Sidebilder
PDF
ePub

3d. For calling forth the militia,

1st. To execute the laws of the Union;
2d. To suppress insurrections;

3d. To repel invasions. 40.

ART. VIII.-JUDICIARY.

1. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court. 34. 2. To determine by law where the trials of crimes shall be held which are not committed within any State. 68.

3. May make exceptions and regulations in cases over which the Constitution gives the Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction.

67.

[blocks in formation]

To establish a uniform rule of naturalization. 29.

ART. X.-TERRITORY.

1. Government. To make all needful rules and regulations re

specting the territory belonging to the United States. 76. 2. Seat of Government.— To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States. 42.

8. Public Works.

Also over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection, 1st, of forts; 2d, magazines; 3d, arsenals; 4th, dockyards; and, 5th, other needful buildings. 42.

4. Alienation. To dispose of the territory belonging to the United States. 76.

5. New States.

1. Elections.

May admit new States into the Union. 75.

ART. XI.- STATES.

May alter the times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives prescribed in the several States, by the legislatures thereof, except as to the places of choosing senators. 15.

2. Electors of President and Vice-President. - May determine, 1st. The time when the States shall choose their electors of President and Vice-President of the United States;

2d. Also the day on which the electors shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the United States. 55.

3 Acts, Records, Judicial Proceedings. - May by general laws prescribe the manner in which the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of the several States shall be proved, and the effect thereof. 71.

4. Imposts and Duties.- May revise and control any State laws in reference to laying any imposts or duties on imports or exports. 52.

ART. XII.-EXECUTIVE VACANCY.

1. May by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation, or inability, both of the President and Vice-President.

2. May by law declare what officer shall then act as President, until, 1st. Such disability be removed; or,

2d. A President shall be elected. 57.

ART. XIII.-APPOINTMENTS.

May by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper,

1. In the President alone;

2. In the courts of law; or,

3. In the heads of departments. 61.

ART. XIV.-CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

1. Shall propose amendments to the Constitution whenever twothirds of both houses of Congress shall deem it necessary; or, 2. On application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, Congress shall call a convention for proposing amend

ments.

3. May propose either of two modes of ratifying the proposed amend

ments:

1st. By the State Legislatures (78); or,
2d. By State Conventions.

ART. XV.-S
-SLAVERY.

1. Shall have power to enforce the abolition of slavery by appropriate legislation. 98.

2. While the foreign slave-trade was lawful (until 1808), Congress had the power to impose a tax or duty not exceeding ten dollars on each slave imported. 44.

ART. XVI.-GENERAL LAW-MAKING.

Shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution,

1. In the government of the United States; or,

2. In any department thereof; or,

3. In any officer thereof. 43.

ART. XVII. -MEETING.

1. Shall assemble at least once in every year; which meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless, 2. They shall by law appoint a different day. 16.

CHAPTER V.

LAW-MAKING.

ARTICLE I.-PROCEEDINGS.

A bill may become a law through any one of the three following processes:

FIRST PROCESS.

1. The bill shall pass both houses of Congress. 2. It shall then be presented to the President: 3. If he approve, he shall sign it. 24.

SECOND PROCESS.

1. The bill shall pass both houses of Congress; 2. It shall then be presented to the President;

3. If he disapprove it, he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it originated;

4. That house shall enter the objections at large on their journal; 5. They shall proceed to reconsider it; and if, after such recon sideration, two-thirds of that house shall agree to pass it,

6. It shall be sent with the objections to the other house;

7. The other house shall reconsider the bill;

8. If approved by two-thirds of that house, it shall become a law; 9. The votes of both houses shall be determined by the yeas and nays in all such cases;

10. The names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. 24.

THIRD PROCESS.

1. The bill shall pass both houses of Congress.

2. It shall then be presented to the President.

3. He neglects to approve and sign it.

4. He also neglects to return it to the house in which it originated.

5. It becomes a law at the end of ten days (Sundays excepted), unless Congress, by adjournment within that time, prevents its return. 24.

ART. II.-ORDERS, RESOLUTIONS, AND VOTES.

Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment),

1. Shall be presented to the President of the United States.

2. It shall be approved by him before the same shall take effect; or, being disapproved by him,

3. It shall be passed by the two Houses of Congress, by twothirds of each, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in case of a bill. 25.

CHAPTER VI.

PROHIBITIONS ON THE UNITED STATES.

ARTICLE I.-HABEAS CORPUS.

The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when the public safety may require it,

1. In cases of rebellion;

2. In cases of invasion. 45.

ART. II. DIRECT TAXES.

No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census. 5, 47.

ART. III.- EXPORT-DUTIES.

No tax or duties shall be laid on articles exported from any State. 48.

[blocks in formation]

1. No preference shall be given, by any regulation of commerce or revenue, to the ports of one State over another.

2. Nor shall vessels bound to or from one State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties, in another. 48.

ART. V.-PUBLIC MONEY.

1. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law.

2. A regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 49.

3. No appropriation of money to raise and support armies shall be for a longer term than two years. 37.

ART. VI. - NOBILITY.

No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States. 50.

ART. VII.- PENALTIES.

1. No bill of attainder shall be passed.

2. No ex-post-facto law shall be passed. 46.

« ForrigeFortsett »