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AN ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE AMENDMENTS THERETO.

ABSENCE. In the absence of the Vice President the Senate shall choose a President pro tem.
ABSENT members. A smaller number than a majority of either House of Congress may com-
pel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as
each House may provide.

ACCEPT. No person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, shall, without
the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind
whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign states.....
ACCOUNT. A regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public
money shall be published from time to time.
ACCUSATION. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused to be informed of the nature and cause
of the accusation..

ACTS, records, and judicial proceedings. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the
public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress
may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and judicial pro-
ceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof..

ACT as President. In case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability, of both the President
and Vice President, the Congress shall, by law, declare what officer shall then act as Pre-
sident, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed, or a Presi-
dent shall be elected.

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ADJOURN from day to day. A smaller number than a majority of each House of Congress may
adjourn from day to day.

ADJOURN. Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the
other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two
Houses may be sitting.
ADJOURNMENT. 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 man-

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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-
ralty and maritime jurisdiction..

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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AFFIRMATION. (See Oath or affirmation.)

AGE of qualification for a Representative in Congress, 25 years.

AGE of qualification for a Senator in Congress, 30 years..

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

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

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ALIENS, or persons of foreign birth, not eligible as President or Vice President of the United
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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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

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
be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment, which may be made
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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.

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

years

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

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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

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

ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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BALLOT. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives shall choose, immediately, by ballot, the President.

BANKRUPTCIES. Congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of

bankruptcies throughout the United States.

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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