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The following is prefixed to the eleventh of the preceding amendments:

THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

At the first session, begun and held at the city of Phi

ladelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following Article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which when ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures shall be valid as part of the said Constitution, viz:

The following is prefixed to the twelfth of the preceding amendments:

EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

At the first session, begun and held at the city of Wash

ington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday the seventeenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and three.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Two thirds of both Houses concurring, that in lieu of the third paragraph of the first section of the second article

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curing, for limited times, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective
writings and discoveries..

ASSEMBLE. Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, on the first Monday in De

cember, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

ASSEMBLE. Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assem

ble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances..
ATTAINDER. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.
ATTAINDER. No State shall pass any bill of attainder.

ATTAINDER of treason. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason,
but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the
life of the person attainted..

ATTENDANCE. Less than a quorum of either House may compel the attendance of absent
members.

ATTENDANCE. Members of Congress privileged from arrest during their attendance at ses

AUTHENTICATION of records, acts, and judicial proceedings of States.
AUTHORS may secure exclusive rights to their writings for a limited time.

BAIL. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual
punishments inflicted..

BALDWIN, deputy from Georgia, signed this Constitution. Abraham..

BALLOT. The electors shall vote by ballot for President and Vice President of the United States.

They shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and, in distinct ballots,
the person voted for as Vice President.

BALLOT. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives shall
choose, immediately, by ballot, the President....
BANKRUPTCIES. Congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of

BASSETT, deputy from Delaware, signed this Constitution. Richard..
BEDFORD, jr., deputy from Delaware, signed this Constitution. Gunning.
BILL of attainder. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.

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BILLS. 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...
BILL. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate shall,
before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve,
he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that House in which
it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their Journal, and pro-
ceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree
to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which
it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall be-
come a law. But in all such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on
the Journal of each House respectively..

BILL. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted)
after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he
had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which
case it shall not be a law
BILL. Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of
Representatives may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment,) shall be pre-
sented to the President of the United States; and, before the same shall take effect, shall
be approved by him, or, being disapproved by him, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of the
Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in
the case of a bill..

BILLS of credit. No State shall emit bills of credit

BLAIR, deputy from Virginia, signed this Constitution. John

BLOOD. No attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the
life of the person attainted.

BLOUNT, deputy from North Carolina, signed this Constitution. William..

BORROW money. Congress shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the United
States

BOUND. Persons bound to service for a term of years, included in representative numbers..
BREACH of the peace. For a breach of the peace, a Senator or Representative may be arrested.
BREARLEY, deputy from New Jersey, signed this Constitution. David.

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BRIBERY. All civil officers shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, bribery, &c.

BROOM, deputy from Delaware, signed this Constitution. Jacob..

BUILDINGS. Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation over needful build

ings in places purchased by the consent of the Legislatures of the States BUSINESS. A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business BUTLER, deputy from South Carolina, signed this Constitution. Pierce .

CAPITAL crime. 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..
CAPITATION tax. No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the

census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken...
CAPITATION tax. No amendment shall be made prior to 1808 to affect the preceding clause..
CAPTURES. Congress shall have power to declare war, to grant letters of marque and reprisal,
and make rules concerning captures on land and water.....
CARE. The President shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
CARROLL, deputy from Maryland, signed this Constitution. Daniel
CASES to which the judicial power shall extend. (See Judicial Power.).
CAUSE. No warrant shall issue but upon probable cause..
CENSUS to be taken within three years after first meeting of Congress, and every ten years
thereafter, in such manner as they shall by law direct...

CENSUS. No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or
enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.

CENSUS. No amendment shall be made prior to 1808 to affect the preceding clause
CESSION. On the cession by particular States of a district, (not exceeding ten miles square,)
and the acceptance of Congress, it may become the seat of Government of the United
States....

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CHARGE of treason. A person charged in any State with treason, &c., who may fly from justice, to be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime..

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