CHAPTER 224. 66 225. Of fines, penalties, costs and recognizances,..538 TITLE XXVI. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. ..540 CHAPTER 226. 66 227. 228. 229. 230. 231. Of offences against the State,. ....542 Of offences against the life or person,.. ..543 Of regulating the sale of active poisons,....546 Of forgery and counterfeiting, Of offences against public justice,.. 232. Of offences against the public peace, . ..547 ..553 ..555 ..... ....558 559 233. Of offences against chastity, decency and morality,. ... Of offences against public policy, .. ....561 66 245. Of fees and costs in certain cases,. TITLE XXX. CHAPTER 246. Of acts repealed,... ..584 ..588 ...593 3. Senators, how and by whom chosen.-10. Provision as to migration or importa- certain powers. How classified.-State executive to 4. Times, &c., of holding elections, how 6. Compensation.-Privileges.-Disqual- 3. 7. House to originate all revenue bills.- ARTICLE II. President, his term of office.-Electors of president, number, and how appointed. Electors to vote on same day.-Qualification of president.-On whom his duties devolve in case of his removal, death, &c.-President's compensation. His oath. President to be commander in chief.He may require opinion of, &c., and may pardon.-Treaty-making power. -Nomination of certain officers.-When president may fill vacancies. President shall communicate to congress. He may convene and adjourn congress, in case, &c.; shall receive ambassadors; execute laws, and commission officers. All civil offices forfeited for certain crimes. WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ARTICLE I. SECTION 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the United States, which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives. SEC. 2. The house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states; and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years and been seven years a citizen of the The United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other persons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one representative: and until such enumeration shall be made, the state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three; Massachusetts, eight; Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one; Connecticut, five; New York, six; New Jersey, four; Pennsylvania, eight; Delaware, one; Maryland, six; Virginia, ten; North Carolina, five; South Carolina, five; and Georgia, three. When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The house of representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment. SEC. 3. The senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years; and each senator shall have one vote. Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year, and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one third may be chosen every second year; and if vacancies happen by resignation or otherwise, during the recess of the legislature of any state, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The vice-president of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. The senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro tempore in the absence of the vice-president, or when he shall exercise the office of president of the United States. The senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. |