ss Mr 1' _ r' . ' 4 , ' i . * a; ' rue TzIT-UTIMN Inaqpnsso 1 I i,!_ ziinezs,-.'.receiv\e'>-for Ftheir -se.1:vicezs,; _a sompensatiflnffliffhifh __ Jnbt;þC-dllfllnlflledjdutlflgnflhfill: continuancevin office; _ U zxusgctz, 2; The judicial zpowzes Ahallxextend, to JYIIGRTCS, m fill kW_za*Dd:ze;qz1Ai£Y,--ai3isin_g amder nghis' coznstitution, the laws of' if ' fflEh©f7HBiY5ssdJSthPeBz-,Had zti-rcztieb 431249- Olsiffluihich illa-U] ii? : T, ct. ' madctepunder their authority; to';ill cafes affecting: amþaflay + I Uix v dezzienooflher auhlimmizxiitsrs- and; wnsuls; well ©®}£®9',©1ctze3d' ), wralsyand mjtrfllfllfi Juriidiȝstion zoqontrpverfies 59 ivhlSh _ a yf' Þhe Usilted states-shall be za partly V, tqcontrovepsies þflsl/Veell r , i w; twvo Þsffnflifie flakes,- -between a statesiandrcitizflns; of ztggtgthsr z 3' 'yf flnte, betffieenaxiifizenspf; different statps, ',betwepn__.c_z_ltl,_zl_i_.nf F if? salssne gite/te," .-c*la,i1ning lands winder grants dlfflzxflffi ssflbfiefizzgafldfbfltsiwflqklzwzshtfi, or the citizens .thereof,__an - 0.; m' EÞRBYOS, eitiffensarcsabjefls; :,_-_____\ v - . <' ;_' * . s 5; izllacasesvattfsifixig; ambassadqijsjz. other public" minisiers 1: 'zmdzctanshlszznnd these zinz ivhidxzz state lhallz be navy, the suI preme court shall have orjginalzjurifdicfstionp In all _t;he,othez' F $W>=5=F=Q®I1ÞÞI<®>IÞd<he=suPr£ms NNW -shallze_hasse-_si>i>el i. Zsrteziuxizsdfctionsvbbthexs felswandzsactp -Wi\l.1. FEIFÞ-BPTCXHW' if' &Wiuafld runderusixelizrggulggiozis,.as_ the cqngressihalLmake. i, The trial of all crimes, except in case of impeachmentz, * flnlYhc-byfipryparxd such xtrial-Jþall þe-(held ii1b,th_e__,fi,ate si zv-here ithe "said-crimes shallzhave, been committed ; but. wihen l* , i hat 'Pwumitliffxiwithiniany stay-te, the ,trial 'lshallbe ,atssv such ; place or plates-as the con ress may, by, law .redirected_. _ ' ' ct; 3. -Treqspn,zagainst,ithefflUnitedjþtates shallssconslfl i "Mr in levyffig Wflvzasninlk them, al: in; adhering wtfflbei' _, cuemies, zgiiiin 'ztlzemgaid andcomfort, _.N£_> personzshall be ,l ' edmgictedrof treasonz qinlesszon the 'tEQlLIZl-OQYTQF txypfftyitnesz ; [mimoihessame rivet-tract, Ior on gonfession ixpopen coigfitzct: _si s The congressjlzalio, have. ppzver to declare the; pin-rishment , g nfotfseasdnpbut no attainder-of treasoxxþ-thall work _c rgupqion Oftblood, oreforfeiture, exeeptduring _tl1_e,life,of,_t_ii)e Reason '-- attainted. *. _ .,-_..-_.--_.; _ _ X _ p 3, 1. \ct ct V ARTICLEIV. . ' Sect. 1. Full faith and creditzshallbejgivxznjn each state * to thepublic acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. Andthe congress -may by general laws prescribe 'the manner Tin which If uch' acts, -records, and proceed ings shall be proved, and the- effect-thereof. Sect. 2.ss The citizens-of each shiteshall be entitled to al] privileges and immunities-of citizensm-the several Itates. ' 'a ~ . -.\.,>, "-1- ay. .--. - sisi . A perfon charged in any state with treafon, felony, or other crime, who fhall flee from juftice, and be found in another ftate, fhall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled be delivered up, to be removed to the ftate having jurifdiction of the crine. No perfon held to fervice or labour in one state, under the laws thereof, efcaping into another, fhall, in confequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from fuch fervice or labour, but fhall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom fuch fervice or labour may be due. Sect. 3. New ftates may be admitted by the congrefs into this union; but no new ftate fhall be formed or erected within the jurifdiction of any other ftate; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more ftates, or parts of ftates, without the confent of the legislatures of the states concerned, as well as of the congrefs. The congrefs fhall have power to difpofe of and make all needful rules and regulations refpecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this conftitution fhall be fo conftrued as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. Sect. 4. The United States fhall guarantee to every ftate in this union, a republican form of government, and fhall protect each of them against invafion; and on application of the legiflature, or of the executive (when the legislature. cannot be convened) against domestic violence. ARTICLE V. The Congrefs, whenever two-thirds of both houfes fhall deem it neceffary, fhall propofe amendments to this Conftitution, or, on the application of the legislature of two-thirds of the feveral ftates, fhall call a convention for propofing amendments, which, in either cafe, fhall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this conftitution, 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 propofed by the Congrefs; Provided, that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thoufand eight hundred and eight fhall in any manner affect the first and fourth claufes in the ninth fection of the first article; and that no ftate, without its confenti fhall be deprived of its equal fuffrage in the fenate. \ _- A R T I C L E VI. All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against ct the United States, under this constitution, as under the con sederation. This constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby ; any thing in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding. The senators and representatives before-mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, andall executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this constitution : but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. A R T I C L E VII. The ratification of the conventions of nine states, shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the states so ratifying the same. DONE in CONVENTION, by t/ze unaninzou: rang/ent of the state: present, the stventeezztb day of September, in five year of our Lord one tbousa/Idstverz hundred and e/sigbty seven, and. gf the Independence of t/ze United States: of America the tweffl/J. In witness whereof-rue have berttmtoshbstribed our namer. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President, and Deputy from Virginia. NBW-HAMPSHIRE. PENNSYLVANXA. 7073/1 Ldilgfflflfi; Benjamirz FranHin, Nttha/as Gilman. Tlvama: Mgffliz, MAssAC H USETTS. Robert Morris, Natlvanie] Barnum, George Cbvmgr, Rtzfu: King. Tlvama: Htzgsimons, CONNECTXCUT. fared larger/all, William Samuel Jsso/nzflyn, Jar/m FI/ifflzn, Rager Sbermarr. Gau-vemeur lWarrit. Nzw-Yonx. DELAWARE. Alexander Hami/taz. George Read, N r W-J E RsE Y. Gan/ting Bezlford, jt/n. Da-vid Brear/ey , Rithzrd Bqffiv, , Jfirmtlzazt Dry-ran. In CONVENTION, Monday, September 17th, 1787. RESOLVED, HAT the preceding conftitution be laid before the United States in congrefs affembled, and that it is the opinion of this convention, that it fhould afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chofen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legiflature, for their affent and ratification; and that each convention affenting to, and ratifying the fame, fhould give notice thereof to the United States in congrefs affembled. RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this convention, that as foon as the conventions of nine ftates fhall have ratified this conftitution, the United States in congrefs affembled fhould fix a day on which electors fhould be appointed by the ftates which fhall have ratified the fame, and a day on which the electors fhould affemble to vote for the prefident, and the time and place for commencing proceedings under this conftitution. That after fuch publication the electors fhould be appointed, and the fenators and reprefentatives elected: That the electors fhould meet on the day fixed for the election of the prefident, and fhould tranfmit their votes certified, figned, fealed and directed, as the conftitution requires, to the secretary of the United States. in congrefs affembled; that the fenators and reprefentatives fhould convene at the time and place affigned; that the fenators fhould appoint a prefident of the fenate, for the fole purpofe of receiving, opening and counting the votes for prefident; and, that after he fhould be chofen, the con C ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, be fore the adoption of this conftitution, shall be as valid against the United States, under this conftitution, as under the confederation. This conftitution, and the laws of the United States which fhall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which fhall be made, under the authority of the United States, fhall be the fupreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby; any thing in the conftitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding. The fenators and reprefentatives before-mentioned, and the members of the feveral ftate legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the feveral ftates, fhall be bound by oath or affirmation, to fupport this constitution: but no religious teft shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public truft under the United States. ARTICLE VII. The ratification of the conventions of nine ftates, fhall be fufficient for the establishment of this conftitution between the states so ratifying the fame. DONE in CONVENTION, by the unanimous confent of the ftates prefent, the feventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand feven hundred and eighty seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto fubfcribed our names. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident, and Deputy from Virginia. PENNSYLVANIA. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, Gouverneur Morris. George Read, Gunning Bedford, jun. |