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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings.

SEAT of Government of the United States. The list of electoral votes for President and Vice President shall be transmitted, sealed, to the seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate..

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SEATS of Senators. Terms at which the seats of the several classes of Senators shall be vacated
SECRECY. Each House of Congress shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, and from time to
time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy
SECURE the blessings of liberty. The Constitution established to secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and our posterity, &c....

SECURE. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.
SECURITIES. Congress shall have power to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the
securities and current coin of the United States

SECURITY of a free State. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free
State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed

SEIZURES. The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable seizures shall not be vio-
lated. (See Searches.)..

SENATE and House of Representatives. The Congress of the United States shall consist of a

SENATE and House of Representatives. (See Congress.)

SENATE. The Senate shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legis-
lature for six years, and each Senator shall have one vote...
SENATE. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall
have no vote unless they be equally divided.
SENATE. 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

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SENATE. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments: wheu sitting for that purpose they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is

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tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present SENATE. The judgment of the Senate, in cases of impeachment, shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy an office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States, but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law..... SENATE of the United States. The Senate shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members; a majority shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the may provide.... attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as that House SENATE. The Senate may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for dis

orderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member
SENATE. The Senate shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the

same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy; and the yeas and
nays of the members, on any question, shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be
entered on the Journal.....

SENATE. The Senate shall not, during the session of Congress, without the consent of the
House of Representatives, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than
that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.......

SENATE. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the

Senate may propose, or concur with, amendments, as on other bills. (See Bills.)
SENATE. Every bill, order, resolution, and vote, (except on a question of adjournment,) origi
nating in either House of Congress, shall be presented to the President of the United
States. (For proceedings, see Bill-Resolution.).

SENATE. Action of Senate on bills, resolutions, orders, and votes. (See Bills, &c.)
SENATE. The President shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nomi
nate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors,
other public ministers, and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers
of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which
shall be established by law. But the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such

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inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments

SENATE. The President shall have power to fill up all vacencies that may happen during the
recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next
SENATE. The President may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses of Congress, or
either of them

SENATE. No State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate..
SENATE. The lists of votes of electors of President and Vice President shall be directed to the
President of the Senate...

SENATE. The President of the Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives, open all the certificates of the electors of President and Vice President of
the United States..

SENATE. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes as Vice President, then, from the
two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum
for the 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....

SENATOR. Each Senator shall have one vote........
SENATOR. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of 30 years-been
9 years a citizen of the United States, and, when elected, an inhabitant of the State for
which he shall be chosen......

SENATOR or Representative. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which
he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States
which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased
during such time; and no person holding any office under the United States shall be a
member of either House during his continuance in office...

SENATOR. No Senator shall be appointed an elector of President or Vice President United
States..

SENATORS. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each
State......

SENATORS. Two Senators shall be chosen by the Legislature of each State for six years.....

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SENATORS divided as nearly as may be into three classes after the first election: The seats of

the first class vacated at expiration of the second year. The seats of the second class
vacated at expiration of the fourth year. The seats of the third class vacated at expira-
tion of the sixth year; so that one-third may be chosen every second year......
SENATORS. If vacancies happen in seats of Senators, by resignation or otherwise, during the

recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary appoint-
ments until next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies
SENATORS. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representa-
tives, 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 choosing
SENATORS and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascer-
tained by law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.....

They shall, in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to
and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall
not be questioned in any other place.....
SENATORS of the United States shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitu-
tion of the United States..

SERVICE. Persons bound to service for a term of years included in representative numbers..
SERVICE of the United States. The Congress shall have power to provide for governing such

parts of the militia as may be employed in the service of the United States.....
SERVICE of the United States. The President shall be commander-in-chief of the militia of the
several States, when called into the actual service of the United States..

SERVICE or labor. (See Slaves.)
SERVICE. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless
on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or
naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service, in time of war or public danger.....
SERVICES. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services,
to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States..
SERVICES. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, &c.
SERVICES. The judges, both of the Supreme and Inferior courts, shall hold their offices during

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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 peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respect-
ive 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 happen
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 Constitution. Roger

SHIPS of war. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, keep ships of war in time of

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 .....

Geo. Washington, President and deputy from Virginia..
John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman, New Hampshire
Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King, Massachusetts........
William Samuel Johnson, Roger Sherman, Connecticut
Alexander Hamilton, New York

William Livingston, David Brearley, William Paterson, Jonathan Dayton, New Jersey
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons,
Jared Ingersoll, James Wilson, Gouverneur Morris, Pennsylvania.......

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