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ner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law ADJOURNMENT. 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,) shall be presented to the President of the United States. (For proceedings, see resolution.) ADJOURNMENT. In case of disagreement between the two Houses of Congress with respect to the time of adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper....

ADMIRALTY and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power shall extend to all cases of admi

ADMITTED. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union..

ADOPTION of this Constitution. All debts contracted or engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation....

ADVICE and consent of the Senate. (See Senate.)

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AGE of qualification for Vice President of the United States, 35 years..

AGREEMENT or compact. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or compact with another State or a foreign power

ALLIANCE. No State shall enter into any alliance

ALIENS, or persons of foreign birth, not eligible as President or Vice President of the United S
States

AMBASSADORS. The President shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, appoint ambassadors, &c.

AMBASSADORS. The President shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers...
AMBASSADORS. The judicial power shall extend to all cases affecting ambassadors, other
public ministers, and consuls.

AMBASSADORS. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, the
Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction..

AMENDMENTS, as on other bills. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of

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Representatives; but the Senate may propose, or concur with, amendments as on other

bills
AMENDMENTS to the Constitution. The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall
deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application
of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing
amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of
this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States,
or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification
may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment, which may be made
prior to the year 1808, shall, in any manner, affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth
section of the first article; and that no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its
equal suffrage in the Senate....

APPELLATE jurisdiction. (See Supreme Court.)..
APPOINTED. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected,
be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have
been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such time...
APPOINTED. No Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit
under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector
APPOINTMENTS. The Executives of States may make temporary appointments of Senators
in the recess of the legislatures thereof to fill vacancies....

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APPOINTMENT of officers of the militia reserved to the States respectively
APPOINTMENT of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States. (See
Electors.)
APPOINTMENTS. The President shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of

the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, judges of the
Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States whose appointments are not
herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law. But the Congress
may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the
President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments
APPOINTMENTS. The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen

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during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions, (or appointments,) which shall expire at the end of their next session......... APPORTIONED. Representatives and direct taxes to be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, &c..... APPROPRIATION of money to the use of armies shall not be for a longer period than two

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APPROPRIATIONS. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time APPROVED. Every bill, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment,) shall be presented to the President of the United States to be approved or disapproved by him.. APPROVED. Any bill returned by the President with objection, may become a law if approved by two-thirds of both Houses of Congress.... ARMIES. Congress shall have power to raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years..

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ARMING. Congress shall have power to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the

militia..

ARMS. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

ARMY. Congress shall have power to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces..

ARMY. The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the army.

ARMY. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the

owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

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ARMY or Navy. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger.. 5th amend. ARREST. Senators and Representatives shall, in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the sessions of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same.... ARSENALS, &c. Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation over arsenals, &c. ARTS. Congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by se

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writings and discoveries.. curing, for limited times, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective

ASSEMBLE. Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, on the first Monday in De

cember, unless they shall by law appoint a different day..

ASSEMBLE. Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assem

ble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.. ATTAINDER. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.. ATTAINDER. No State shall pass any bill of attainder.

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ATTAINDER of treason. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, life of the person attainted.. but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the

members.. ATTENDANCE. Less than a quorum of either House may compel the attendance of absent

sions, &c. (See Arrest.).
ATTENDANCE. Members of Congress privileged from arrest during their attendance at ses-

AUTHENTICATION of records, acts, and judicial proceedings of States..
AUTHORS may secure exclusive rights to their writings for a limited time.

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punishments inflicted... BAIL. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual

BALDWIN, deputy from Georgia, signed this Constitution. Abraham.

BALLOT. The electors shall vote by ballot for President and Vice President of the United States.
the person voted for as Vice President..
They shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and, in distinct ballots,

choose, immediately, by ballot, the President.
BALLOT. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives shall
bankruptcies throughout the United States..
BANKRUPTCIES. Congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of

BASSETT, deputy from Delaware, signed this Constitution. Richard.
BEDFORD, jr., deputy from Delaware, signed this Constitution. Gunning.
BILL of attainder. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed..

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BILLS. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the
Senate may propose or concur with amendments, as on other bills...

BILL. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate shall,
before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve,
he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that House in which
it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their Journal, and pro-
ceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree
to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which
it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall be-
come a law. But in all such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on
the Journal of each House respectively...

BILL. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted)
after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he
had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which
case it shall not be a law
BILL. 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,) shall be pre-
sented to the President of the United States; and, before the same shall take effect, shall
be approved by him, or, being disapproved by him, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of the
Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in
the case of a bill..

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BILLS of credit. No State shall emit bills of credit
BLAIR, deputy from Virginia, signed this Constitution.
BLOOD. No attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the
life of the person attainted

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BLOUNT, deputy from North Carolina, signed this Constitution. William.

BORROW money. Congress shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the United
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BOUND. Persons bound to service for a term of years, included in representative numbers..
BREACH of the peace. For a breach of the peace, a Senator or Representative may be arrested.
BREARLEY, deputy from New Jersey, signed this Constitution. David.

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