good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office...
Session of Congress. (See Meeting.) Session. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting or ses- sion shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Session. 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 shall be sitting.
Session. Senators and Representatives shall, in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their re- peace, spective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same...
Session of the Senate. The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may hap- pen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session...
Sherman, deputy from Connecticut, signed this Consti ution. Roger..
Ships of war. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, keep ships of war in time of peace.
Signed. Every bill, resolution, order, or vote, approved, shall be signed by the President.. Signed. Any bill, resolution, &c., not returned within ten days, to become a law as if it had been signed by the President.
Signers of the Constitution..
William Livingston, David Brearly, William Paterson, Jonathan Dayton, New Jersey........
ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.
Silver. No State shall make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts Slaves. Three-fifths of all slaves included in representative numbers..
Slaves. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dol- lars for each person...
Slaves. No amendment of the Constitution, made prior to 1808, shall affect the preceding
Slaves. No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.....
Slaves. No amendment made prior to 1808 shall prohibit the importation of persons (or slaves)...
Soldier. 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........
South Carolina entitled to five Representatives in first Congress.
Spaight, Deputy from North Carolina, signed this Constitution. Richard Dobbs.. Speaker and other officers. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and
Speech. Senators and Representatives, for any seech or debate in either House, shall not be questioned in any other place.
Speech. Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech.
Standard. Congress shall have power to fix the standard of weights and measures. State of the Union. The President shall, from time to time, give to the Congress information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient..
State. A Representative in Congress shall be an inhabitant of the State in which he shall be chosen...
State. Each State shall have at least one Representative in Congress..
State. When vacancies happen in the representation from a State, the Executive thereof shall issue writs of election to fill them..
State. A Senator in Congress shall be an inhabitant of the State for which he shall be chosen State. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may, at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choos- ing Senators..
State. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State....
ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.
State. No preference shall be given, by any regulation of commerce or revenue, to the ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to or from one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.
State. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.... State. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on im- ports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspec- tion laws; and the nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on im- ports or exports, shall be for the use of the Treasury of the U. States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress..
State. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.. State. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, the electors of President and Vice President U. S. (See Election). The judicial power shall extend to controversies to which the United States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States; between a State and citizens of another State; between citizens of different States; between citizens of the same State claiming lands under grants of different States; and between a State, or the citizens thereof, and foreign States, citizens, or subjects..
State. In all cases in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction..
State. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such
trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed..
State. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judi- cial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may, by general laws, pre- scribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States...
A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the Executive au- thority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
State. No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due..
State. The Congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regula- tions respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claim of the United States, or of any particular State...
State. The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and, on application of the Legislature or of the Executive, (when the Legislature cannot be convened,) against domestic violence.....
State. No State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate... State. The judges in every State shall be bound by the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the U. S., any thing in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwith- standing.........
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