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Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives, 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 quo-
rum 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 U. S., 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 U. S. 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 mem-
ber of either House during his continuance in office.......

Senator. No Senator shall be appointed an elector of President or Vice President U. S.....
Senators. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each

Senators. Two Senators shall be chosen by the Legislature of each State for six years.....
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 expiration 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
appointments until next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such va-
cancies.......

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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.

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....

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 Constitution
of the U. S....

Service. Persons bound to service for a term of years included in representative numbers...
Service of the U. S. The Congress shall have power to provide for governing such parts of

the militia as may be employed in the service of the U. S......

Service of the U. S. The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the militia of the sev-
eral States, when called into the actual service of the U. S.......
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 U. S...
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.)

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Session. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting or session shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day....

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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...

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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 respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same.

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Session of the Senate. The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may hap-
pen 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 Consti ution. Roger...
Ships of war. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, keep ships of war in time
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

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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Thomas Fitz-
simons, Jared Ingersol, James Wilson, Gouverneur Morris, Pennsylvania....
George Reed, Gunning Bedford, Jun'r, John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, Jacob
Broom, Delaware...

James McHenry, Daniel, of St. Thomas, Jenifer, Daniel Carroll, Maryland......
John Blair, James Madison, Jun'r, Virginia......

William Blount, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson, North Carolina......
John Rutledge, Charles C. Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, South

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Silver. No State shall make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts Slaves. Three-fifths of all slaves included in representative numbers. Slaves. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person....

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Slaves. No amendment of the Constitution, made prior to 1808, shall affect the preceding Slaves. No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due....

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Slaves. No amendment made prior to 1808 shall prohibit the importation of persons (or Soldier. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law........ 3d amend. 26

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South Carolina entitled to five Representatives in first Congress...........
Spaight, Deputy from North Carolina, signed this Constitution. Richard Dobbs...
other officers.
Speaker and other officers. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and

Speech. Senators and Representatives, for any seech or debate in either House, shall not be

Speech. Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech... Standard. Congress shall have power to fix the standard of weights and measures.... State of the Union. The President shall, from time to time, give to the Congress information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.....

State. A Representative in Congress shall be an inhabitant of the State in which he shall be
State. Each State shall have at least one Representative in Congress.
State. When vacancies happen in the representation from a State, the Executive thereof shall

State.

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof........

State. If vacancies happen in seats of Senators, by resignation or otherwise, during the re-
cess 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

State. A Senator in Congress shall be an inhabitant of the State for which he shall be chosen
State. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives
shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may,
ing Senators.
at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choos-

State. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State......

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