Certain persons ineligible to office Rebellion debt declared valid shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state. SEC. 3. No person shall be a senator or representative in Congress, or elector of president and vice-president, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability. SEC. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation Payment of incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void. insurrectionary debt inhibited SEC. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. ARTICLE XVI SECTION 1. The right of the citizens of the United States to Suffrage not vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or on account by any state, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. to be denied of race, color, etc. SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ARTICLE XVI2 The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on Income tax incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment Article XV was proposed by Congress February 26, 1869, and declared in force March 30, 1870. Ratified by Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin-30. Of the above, Georgia and Ohio at first rejected, but finally ratified. New York rescinded her ratification. Rejected by California, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, and Oregon-6. 2 Article XVI was proposed by Congress March 15, 1909, and declared in force February 25, 1913. Ratified by Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, Illinois, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Maryland, Georgia, Texas, Ohio. Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, North Dakota, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Maine, Tennessee, Arkansas, Wisconsin, New York, South Dakota, Arizona, Minnesota, Louisiana, Delaware, and Wyoming-36. among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration. ARTICLE XVII1 U.S.senators by people The senate of the United States shall be composed of two Election of senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures. issue writs of When vacancies happen in the representation of any state Executive to in the senate the executive authority of such state shall issue election to writs of election to fill such vacancies; provided, that the legis- fill vacancies lature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the constitution. 1 Article XVII was proposed by Congress December 4, 1911, and declared in force May 31, 1913. Ratified by Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming-36. INDEX TO CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES PAGE Acts, records and judicial proceedings of each state, entitled to faith and credit in other states.... 540 541 537 Attainder, bill of, prohibited 537 Attainder, of treason, shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted 540 Bills for raising revenue, shall originate in the house of representatives. 535 Before they become laws, shall be passed by both houses and approved by the president; or, if disapproved, shall be passed by two-thirds of each house.... 535 Not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment intervene, shall be considered as approved.. 535 Capitation tax. See Tax. 537 Census, or enumeration, to be made every ten years... 533 Claims of the United States, or of the several states, not to be prejudiced by any construction of the constitution 541 Citizens of each state shall be entitled to the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states 541 Of the United States, all persons born in or naturalized are, amendment Article XIV. Commerce, regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform.... Congress, power to enforce laws against slavery, amendment Article XIII.. 547 Power to secure the right to vote to every citizen, irrespective of race or color, 15th amendment 548 Vested with legislative power.. 533 May alter the regulations of state legislatures concerning elections of senators and representatives, except as to place of choosing senators 534 Shall assemble once every year.. 534 May provide for cases of removal of president and vice-president.. 539 May determine the time of choosing electors of president and vice-president.. 538 May invest the appointment of inferior officers in the president alone, in the courts of law, or the heads of departments.. 539 May from time to time establish courts inferior to the supreme court. 540 540 May prescribe the manner of proving the acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each state. 540 The assent of, required to the formation of a new state within the jurisdiction of any other, or by the junction of two or more.... 541 May propose amendments to the constitution, or, on application, call a convention.. 541 The assent of, required to the admission of new states into the Union. To coin money, regulate the value of coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures.. To define and punish piracies, felonies on the high seas, and offenses against the laws of the nations. 536 To declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules concerning captures.. To pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into effect.. 537 To dispose of and make rules concerning the territory and other property of the United States. 537 Constitution, formed by the people of the United States, preamble. And the laws under it, and treaties, declared to be the supreme law. Courts, inferior to the supreme court, may be ordained by Congress.. PAGE 533 541 542 542 541 540 540 541 Debts, against the confederation to be valid against the United States under this constitution.... 542 Of states in rebellion, prohibition against payment by United States or any state, 14th amendment Duties on exports between states prohibited. 548 537 On imports and exports imposed by state shall inure to the treasury of the United States. 537 Elections, of senators and representatives, shall be prescribed by the state legislatures, as to time, place, and manner...----- 534 Qualifications and returns of members of Congress to be determined by each house.............................. Electors, presidential. prohibition to certain persons as, who have been engaged in the rebellion, 14th amendment... Electors of president and vice-president, how chosen, and their duties No senator or representatiye holding office under the United States shall serve as. Enumeration. See Census 538 533 Executive power shall be vested in a president. See President.. 538 Exports. See Tax. And imports, duties are by states, to be payable into the treasury of the United States. Ex post facto law, none shall be passed 537 537 Habeas corpus, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion.. 537 House. See Senate. Impeachment, all civil officers liable to.. 539 Persons found guilty by, liable to indictment and punishment for the offense. 534 537 Judges shall hold their offices during good behavior.. 540 The compensation of, shall not be diminished during continuance in office.. 540 540 540 Judicial proceedings, records and acts of each state are entitled to faith and credit in every other state. 540 Jury trial shall be held in the state where the crime shall have been committed. 540 If a crime has not been committed within a state, the trial shall be held at the place Congress shall have directed 540 Jury, trial by, secured, in prosecutions for all crimes, except in cases of impeachment.. 540 And in suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, 7th amendment 545 Laws, supreme, the constitution, the laws under it, and treaties declared to be.. 542 533 Money, shall be drawn from the treasury only by appropriations.. ------ 537 Nobility, titles of, shall not be granted by the United States.. 537 Officers of the senate, except the president, shall be chosen by the senate. 534 539 Orders of one house, requiring the concurrence of the other. See Resolution ------- -535-6 Persons held to labor or service, their importation or immigration into the United States may be prohibited after 1808... 537 Persons escaping from one state into another shall be delivered up to those entitled to service.... 541 |