..... 179 CREDENTIALS :- l'ago. 130 131 132 133 136 137 139 141, 143 141 150 151 154 156 158 160 163 165 166 167 168 169 171 174 174 175 177 180 181 183 184 185 186 Office holding; Ineligibility; Originating Acts, 191 191 193 193 194 195 195 196 197 197 1.98 203 204 Thirteen States; Second Branch; Proposal to have thirty-six Mem 204 205 B 189 .. 192 223 787. Page, 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 215 215 216 217 218 219 220 OLUTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING A CONSTITUTION,. 221 224 232 234 236 238 240 241 242 244 245 247 of State to assist the President; Organization of the Departments, &c.; 249 253 256 258 261 264 272 274 277 281 283 .285 to 297 Members, appointed on the 8th of September to revise the Style, .297 to 305 305 306 307 317 Page. RATIFICATIONS, showing the Order in which the Thirteen Slates of the old Confederation adopted the Federal Constitution,.. 319 1. Delaware,...... Dec. 12, 1787, 319 2. Pennsylvania, Dec. 12, 1787, 319 3. New Jersey,.. Dec. 18, 1787, 320 4. Connecticut, Jan. 9, 1788, 321 5. Massachusetts, Feb. 6, 1788, 322 6. Georgia,.. Jan. 2, 1788, 323 7. Maryland, April 2, 1788, 324 8. South Carolina, May 23, 1788, 325 9. New Hampshire, June 21, 1788, 325 10. Virginia, June 26, 1788,. 327 11. New York, July 26, 1788, 327 12. North Carolina, Noo. 21, 1789, 333 13. Rhode Island, June 16, 1790, 334 14. Vermont,....... Oct. 27, 1790, 337 1789. March 4. AMENDMENT:s proposed at the First Congress, 338 Returns of the Decisions of the States thereon, 339 AMENDMENTS Third Congress, Second Session, 340 Fourth Congress, First Session, 340 Fifth Congress, Second Session, 341 Eighth Congress, First Session, 341 LUTHER MARTIN'S LETTER, disclosing the Proceedings of the Federal Convention, addressed to the Legislature of Maryland,. .........344 to 389 ROBERT YATES'S MINUTES of the Secret Debates of the Federal Con. vention, from May 25 to June 5,..... ......389 to 479 YATES AND LANSING'S LETTER to the Governor of New York, furnishing their Reasons for not subscribing to the Constitution, 480 EDMUND RANDOLPH'S LETTER to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, Viro ginia, containing his Reasons for not subscribing to the Federal Constitution, .482 to 491 SHERMAN AND ELLSWORTH to the Governor of Connecticut, 491 ELBRIDGE GERRY'S Reasons for not signing the Federal Constitution, 492 GEORGE Mason's Objections to the Federal Constitution, (a Virginia Delegate.) 494 JOHN JAY'S ADDRESS on the proposed Federal Constitution to the People of New York, 496 RICHARD HENRY Lee's LETTER to the Governor of Virginia, 503 GOUVERNEUR Morris to General Washington, and also to Timothy Pickering, · 505 James Madison to Mr. Sparks, on G. Morris's Course in the Federal Convention, 507 DIGEST OF THE CONSTITUTION. Ar. soc. P. Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each state, entitled to faith and credit in other states, 4 1 13 Amendments to the Constitution, how made,.... 5 ] 14 Appropriutions by law. - (See Treasury.). 1 9 7 Atiainder, bill of, prohibited, .. 1 9 8 Autainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted, .. 3 3 13 Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, 1 7 6 Refore they become laws, shall be passed by both houses, and approved 8 Ar. Sos by the President ; or, if disapproved, shall be passed by two thirds of each house, 1 7 5 Rills not returned'in ten days, unless an adjournment intervene, shall be considered as approved, 1 7 5 Capitation Taz. - (See Tax.) 1 9 7 Census, or enumeration, to be made every ten years, 1 2 2 Claims of the United States, or of the several states, not to be prejudiced by any construction of the Constitution,.. 4 3 14 Citizens of each state shall be entitled to the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states, 4 2 13 Commerce, regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform,.. 1 9 7 Congress, vested with legislative power, 1 1 1 May alte, the regulations of state legislatures concerning elections of senators and representatives, except as to place of choosing senators, 1 4 3 Shall assemble once every year, 1 4 3 May provide for cases of removal of President and Vice-President, 2 1 10 May determine the time of choosing electors of President and VicePresident, 2 1 9 May invest the appointment of inferior officers in the President alone, in the courts of law, or the heads of departments, 2 2 11 May from tiine to time establish courts inferior to the Supreme Court,. 3 1 12 May (with one limitation) declare the punishment of treason,.... 3 3 13 May prescribe the manner of proving the acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each state, 4 1 13 The assent of required to the formation of a new state within the jurisdiction of any other, or by the junction of two or more, 4 3 14 May propose amendments to the Constitution, or, on application, call a convention, . 5 1 14 The assent of required to the adınission of new states into the Union,... 4 3 14 To lay and collect duties on imposts and excises,. 1 6 To borrow money, 1 8 6 To regulate coinnerce, .... 1 8 6 To establish uniforın laws of bankruptcy and naturalization,.. 1 8 6 To coin money, regulate the value of coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures, ....... 1 8 To punish counterfeiting, 18 6 To establish post-offices and post-roads, 1 8 6 To authorize patents to authors and inventors,. 1 8 6 To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court, 8 6 To define and punish piracies, felonies on the high seas, and offences against the laws of nationa, ... 1 8 6 To declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules concerning captures, 1 8 6 To raise and support armies, . 1 8 6 To provide and maintain a navy, 18 To make rules for the government of the army and navy, 8 To call for the militia in certain cases, 18 To organize, arm, and discipline, the militia,.. 1 S 6 To exercise exclusive legislation over ten miles square, 1 8 To pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into effect, 18 7 To dispose of, and make rules concerning, the territory or other property of the United States, 4 3 14 Constitution, formed by the people of the United States, Preumble, 1 How amended,.. 5 1 14 And the laws under it, and treaties, declared to be the supreme law,... 6 1 15 Rendered operative by the ratification of the Conventions of nine states, 7 1 15 Condentions for proposing amendments to Constitution, 5 1 14 Court, Suprenie, its original and appellate jurisdiction,. 3 2 12 Courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, may be ordained by Congress, 3 1 12 Crimes, persons accused of, fleeing from justice, may be demanded, 4 2 13 Debls against the Confederation to be valid against the United States under this Constitution, 6 1 15 Duties on exports prohibited, 1 9 7 On imports and exports, imposed by states, shall enure to the treasury of the United States,.. 1 10 8 Elections, of senators and representatives, shall be prescribed by the state legislatures, as to time, place, and manner, 1 4 3 Qualifications and returns of meinbers of Congress to be determined by each house, 1 5 4 Electors of President and Vice-President, how and their duties,.... 2 1 9 and 12th amendment, 20 Shall vote the same day, throughout the United States,.. 2 1 10 No senator or representative, holding office under the United States, shall serve as .. 2 1 9 Enumerution. (See Census.) 1 2 2 Executive Power shall be vested in a President, 2 1 And impurts, duties on by states to be payable into the treasury of the 1 10 8 Er post fucto Lur, none shall be passed, 1 9 3 7 197 2 4 11 1 3 3 Importation of Slaves, until prohibited, a duty authorized on, after 1808, 1 9 7 Judges shall hold their offices during good behavior, :... 3 1 19 The coinpensations of, shall not be diminished during continuance in office,.. 3 1 12 Judicial power, vested in a Supreme Court and courts inferior, 3 1 12 The cases to which it extends, 3 2 12 Judicial proceedings, records, and acts of each state, are entitled to faith and credit in every other state,.. 4 1 13 Jury trial shall be held in the state where the crime shall have been com. mitted,.. 3 2 12 If the crime have not been coinmitted within a state, the trial shall be held at the place Congress shall have directed,.. 3 2 12 Jury, trial by, secured, in prosecutions for all crimes, except in cases of im. peachment, 3 2 12 And in suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall ex. ceed twenty dollars. 7th amendment, 19 Law, supreme, the Constitution, the laws under it, and treaties declared tu be, 6 1 15 Legislative poroers vested in Congress. (See Congress.). 1 1 1 Money shall be drawn from the treasury only by laws appropriating, 1 9 8 Nobility, titles of, shall not be granted by the United States, .... ... 1 9 8 Officers of the Senate, except their president, shall be chosen by the Senate, 1 3 3 Civil, may be removed by impeachment,.. 2 4 11 Orders of one house, requiring the concurrence of the other. (See Res. olution,)... 17 5 Persons held to labor or service, their importation or migration into the United States may be prohibited after 1808, 1 9 Escaping from one state into another, shall be delivered up to those en. titled to service, 4 2 13 Powers not delegated are reserved to the people, or, when not prohibited, to the states, 10th amendment, 20 Legislative. (See Congress,) 1 1 1 Executive. (See President.). 2 1 8 Judicial. (See Judicial.). 3 1 12 Presents, emoluments, office, or title from, a foreign king, prince, or state, to persons holding offices of profit or trust, prohibited, 1 9 & b |