Treason. Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of Shall not work corruption of blood. Attainder of....... 3 Shall not work forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted. Attainder of......
Treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of..... Treason, felony and breach of the peace. Senators and Repre- sentatives shall be privileged from arrest while attend- ing or while going to or returning from the sessions of Congress, except in cases of...... Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law. No money shall be drawn from the..... Treaties. The President shall have power, with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur, to make.....
The judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under the Constitution, laws, and....
They shall be the supreme law of the land, and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby..
Treaty, alliance, or confederation. No State shall enter into any...
Trial, judgment, and punishment according to law. Trial by jury. All crimes, except in cases of impeachment,
Such trial shall be held in the State within which the crime shall have been committed.....
But when not committed within a State, the trial shall be at such place as Congress may by law have directed .. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a speedy and public. [Amendments.].....
Suits at common law, when the amount exceeds twenty dollars, shall be by. [Amendments].
Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court. Congress shall have power to constitute......
Troops and ships of war in time of peace without the consent of Congress. No State shall keep....
Use without just compensation. Private property shall not be taken for public. [Amendments.]....... Useful arts, Congress shall have power to promote the pro- gress of science and the...
Vacancies happening in the representation of a State. The executive thereof shall issue writs of election to fill.... Vacancies happening in the Senate in the recess of the legis- lature of a State. How filled... Vacancies that happened during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of the next session. The President shall have power to fill . . . . . . Vessels bound to or from the ports of one State shall not be obliged to enter, clear or pay duties in another State. Veto of a bill by the President. Proceedings of the two Houses upon the..........
Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate ...
He shall have no vote unless the Senate be equally divided.
The Senate shall elect a President pro tempore in the absence of the....
He shall be chosen for the term of four years... The number and the manner of appointing electors for President and.............
In case of the removal, death, resignation or inability of the President, the powers and duties of his office shall devolve on the.....
Congress may provide by law for the case of the removal, death, resignation or inability both of the President and......
On impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors shall be removed from office. The....
Vice-President. The manner of choosing the. The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with them- selves.
The electors shall name, in distinct ballots, the person voted for as Vice-President. [Amendments].......... 12 They shall make distinct lists of the persons voted for as Vice-President, which lists they shall sign and certify, and send sealed to the seat of government, directed to the President of the Senate. [Amendments].......... 12 The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the cer- tificates, and the votes shall then be counted. [Amend- ments]..
Vice-President. The manner of choosing the. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be Vice- President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors. [Amendments]..
If no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice- President. [Amendments]....
A quorum for this purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators; and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. [Amend- mentsj...
But if the House shall make no choice of a President before the 4th of March next following, then the Vice- President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the Presi- dent. [Amendments]..
No person constitutionally ineligible as President shall be eligible as. [Amendments] ... Virginia entitled to ten representatives in the First Congress. 1 Vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The right of citizens of the United States to. [Amendments]......
War. Congress shall have power to declare...
For governing the land and naval forces. Congress shall have power to make rules and articles of..
No State shall, without the consent of Congress, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay, engage in....
War against the United States, adhering to their enemies, and giving them aid and comfort. Treason shall con- sist only in levying...
Warrants. How to be issued...
Weights and measures. Congress shall fix the standard of.... 1 8 Witness against himself. No person shall, in a criminal case, be compelled to be a. [Amendments].. Witnesses against him. In all criminal prosecutions the
accused shall be confronted with the. [Amendments]. 6 Witnesses in his favor. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have compulsory process for obtaining. [Amendments]....
Witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two..
Writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless in case of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.. 1 Writs of election to fill vacancies in the representation of any State. The executive of the State shall issue.. . . . Written opinion of the principal officer in each of the Execu- tive Departments on any subject relating to the duties of his office. The President may require the......
Yeas and nays of the members of either House shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journals....
The votes of both Houses upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the President with his objections shall be determined by.
Translated from the Latin Original.
CHARLES,* by the grace of GOD, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c. to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING.
II. WHEREAS Our well beloved and right trusty Subject, CECELIUS CALVERT, Baron of BALTIMORE, in our Kingdom of Ireland, Son and Heir of GEORGE CALVERT, Knight, late Baron of BALTIMORE, in our said Kingdom of Ireland, treading in the Steps of his Father, being animated with a laudable and pious Zeal for extending the Christian Religion, and also the Territories of our Empire, hath humbly besought leave of Us, that he may transport by his own Industry, and Expence, a numerous Colony of the English Nation, to a certain Region, herein after described, in a Country hitherto uncultivated, in the parts of America and partly occupied by Savages, having no Knowledge of the Divine Being, and that all that Region, with some certain Privileges, and Jurisdictions, appertaining unto the wholesome Government and State of his Colony and Region aforesaid may by our Royal Highness be given, granted and confirmed unto him and his heirs.
III KNOW YE therefore that WE, encouraging with our Royal Favour, the pious and noble Purpose of the aforesaid Baron of BALTIMORE, of our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, have GIVEN, GRANTED and CONFIRMED, and by this our present CHARTER, for US, our Heirs, and Successors, do GIVE, GRANT and CONFIRM, unto the aforesaid CECILIUS, now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, all that Part of the Peninsula, or Chersonese lying in the Parts of America, between the Ocean on the East, and the bay of Chesapeake on the West, divided from the Residue thereof by a Right Line drawn from the Promontory, or Head Land, called Watkin's Point, situate upon the Bay aforesaid, near the river of Wighco, on the West, unto the Main Ocean on *Charles the first, of England.
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