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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..
No amendment shall be made prior to 1808 to affect the preceding clause..
CAPITATION tax.
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..
No amendment shall be made prior to 1808 to affect the preceding clause CENSUS. 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... 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........
CHIEF JUSTICE shall preside when the President of the United States is tried on an impeach
ment by the Senate. The.
CHOSEN. (See Elected, &c.)
CHUSE. (See Elect.)
CITIZEN of United States. No person shall be a Representative in Congress who has not been seven years a citizen of the United States.....
CITIZEN of United States. No person shall be a Senator in Congress who has not been nine years a citizen of the United States.....
CITIZEN. No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time
of the adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President.
CITIZENS. The judicial power shall extend to controversies between a State and citizens of
another State; between citizens of different States; between citizens of the same State
claiming lands under grants of different States; and between a State, or the citizens
thereof, and foreign States, citizens, or subjects....
CITIZENS. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citi-
zens in the several States.
CITIZENS. The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign State..
CIVIL office. (See Office.)
CIVIL officers. All civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment
for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.....
CLAIM. Fugitive slaves shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom they belong, &c...
CLAIMS. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regula-
tions respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing
in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States,
or of any particular State.......
CLASSES. The Senators shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. (See Senators.)
CLEAR. Vessels bound to or from one State shall not be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties
in another..
CLYMER, Deputy from Pennsylvania, signed this Constitution, George.......
COIN money. Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin.
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COIN. (See Counterfeiting.).
COIN money.
No State shall coin money.
COIN. No State shall make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts...
COLLECT duties. Congress shall have power to lay and collect duties, taxes, imposts, and ex-
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the United States..
COMMERCE. Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among
the several States, and with the Indian tribes..
COMMERCE. No preference shall be given by any regulations of commerce or revenue to the
ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels, bound to or from one State, be
obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another....
COMMISSIONS. 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..
COMMISSIONS. The President shall commission all the officers of the United States
COMMON defence, &c. The Constitution established to provide for the common defence, &c..
COMMON defence. Congress shall have power to provide for the common defence.....
COMMON law. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty
dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved: and no fact tried by a jury shall be
otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of
the common law
COMPACT. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or com-
pact with another State or a foreign power.
COMPEL the attendance of absent members. A smaller number than a quorum of each House
may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties
as each House may provide.
COMPENSATION. 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... COMPENSATION of the President of the United States. The President shall, at stated times,
receive for his services a compensation which shall be neither increased nor diminished
during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within
that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them...
COMPENSATION. The judges both of the Supreme and Inferior courts shall hold their offices
during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensa-
tion which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office......
COMPENSATION. Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensa-
COMPULSORY process. In all criminal prosecutions the accused to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favour......
CONCUR. The Senate may propose and concur in amendments to revenue bills, &c.
CONCURRENCE. No person shall be convicted on an impeachment without the concurrence
of two-thirds of the Senators present.......
CONCURRENCE. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the two
Houses may be necessary, shall be presented to the President, except, &c...
CONFEDERATION. No State shall enter into any confederation
CONFEDERATION. All debts contracted or engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation
CONFESSION in open court. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court CONFRONTED. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to be con
fronted with the witnesses against him.
CONGRESS United States. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in Congress..
CONGRESS United States shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives..
CONGRESS, members of. (See Senators.) (See Representatives.)
CONGRESS shall by law direct the manner in which the census or enumeration of the people shall be made.
CONGRESS. The first Congress to consist of 65 members from the several States, as mentioned herein. (See Representatives.). CONGRESS. The time, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may,
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at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing
Senators
CONGRESS shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first
Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day
CONGRESS of the United States:
Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own
members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a
smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the
attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each
House may provide
Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly
behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member...
Each House 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 of either House, on any question, shall, at the desire
of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the Journal...
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..
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.
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 ap-
prove, 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 proceed to reconsider it..
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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 become a law.. 1 7 2 7
But, in all such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
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