The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught Part 14

No tax shall be laid on articles exported from the States--nor capitation tax but in proportion to the Census before directed

All laws regulating Commerce shall require the a.s.sent of two thirds of the members present in each house--

The United States shall not grant any t.i.tle of n.o.bility--

The Legislature of the United States shall pa.s.s no Law on the subject of Religion, nor touching or abridging the Liberty of the Press nor shall the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus ever be suspended except in case of Rebellion or Invasion

All acts made by the Legislature of the United States pursuant to this Const.i.tution & all Treaties made under the authority of the United States shall be the Supreme Law of the Land & all Judges shall be bound to consider them as such in their decisions

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The Senate shall have the sole and exclusive power to declare war & to make treaties & to appoint Amba.s.sadors & other Ministers to Foreign nations & Judges of the Supreme Court

They shall have the exclusive power to regulate the manner of deciding all disputes & Controversies now subsisting or which may arise between the States respecting Jurisdiction or Territory

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The Executive Power of the United States shall be vested in a President of the United States of America which shall be his stile & his t.i.tle shall be His Excellency----He shall be elected for * * * Years & shall be re-eligible.

He shall from time give information to the Legislature of the state of the Union & recommend to their consideration the measures he may think necessary--he shall take care that the laws of the United States be duly executed: he shall commission all the Officers of the United States & except as to Amba.s.sadors other ministers & Judges of the Supreme Court he shall nominate & with the consent of the Senate appoint all other Officers of the United States--He shall receive public Ministers from foreign nations & may correspond with the Executives of the different states--He shall have power to grant pardons and reprieves except in impeachments--He shall be commander in chief of the army & navy of the United States & of the Militia of the several states, & shall receive a compensation which shall not be increased or diminished during his continuance in office--At Entering on the Duties of his office he shall take an Oath to faithfully execute the duties of a President of the United States--He shall be removed from his office on impeachment by the house of Delegates & Conviction in the supreme Court of Treason bribery or Corruption--In case of his removal death resignation or disability The President of the Senate shall exercise the duties of his office until another President be chosen--& in case of the death of the President of the Senate the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall do so----

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The Legislature of the United States shall have the Power & it shall be their duty to establish such Courts of Law Equity & Admiralty as shall be necessary--the Judges of these Courts shall hold their Offices during good behavior & receive a compensation which shall not be increased or diminished during their continuance in office--One of these Courts shall be termed the Supreme Court whose Jurisdiction shall extend to all cases arising under the laws of the United States or affecting amba.s.sadors other public Ministers & Consuls--To the trial of impeachments of Officers of the United States--To all cases of Admiralty & maritime jurisdiction--In cases of impeachment affecting Amba.s.sadors and other public Ministers the Jurisdiction shall be original & in all the other cases appellate--

All Criminal offences (except in cases of impeachment) shall be tried in the state where they shall be committed--the trial shall be open & public & be by Jury--

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Immediately after the first census of the people of United States the House of Delegates shall apportion the Senate by electing for each State out of the Citizens resident therein one Senator for every * * *

members such state shall have in the house of Delegates--Each State however shall be ent.i.tled to have at least one member in the Senate------

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No State shall grant Letters of marque & reprisal or enter into treaty or alliance or confederation nor grant any t.i.tle of n.o.bility nor without the Consent of the Legislature of the United States lay any impost on imports--nor keep Troops or s.h.i.+ps of War in Time of peace--nor enter into compacts with other states or foreign powers or emit bills of Credit or make anything but Gold Silver or Copper a Tender in payment of debts nor engage in War except for self defence when actually invaded or the danger of invasion is so great as not to admit of delay until the Government of the United States can be informed thereof--& to render these prohibitions effectual the Legislature of the United States shall have the power to revise the laws of the several states that may be supposed to infringe the Powers exclusively delegated by the Const.i.tution to Congress & to negative & annul such as do

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The Citizens of each state shall be ent.i.tled to all privileges & immunities of Citizens in the several states--

Any person charged with Crimes in any State fleeing from Justice in another shall on demand of the Executive of the State from which he fled be delivered up & removed to the State having jurisdiction of the Offence--

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Full faith shall be given in each State to the acts of the Legislature & to the records & judicial Proceedings of the Courts & Magistrates of every State

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The Legislature shall have power to admit new States into the Union on the same terms with the original States provided two thirds of the members present in both houses agree

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On the application of the legislature of a State the United States shall protect it against domestic insurrections

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If Two Thirds of the Legislatures of the States apply for the same The Legislature of the United States shall call a Convention for the purpose of amending the Const.i.tution--Or should Congress with the Consent of Two thirds of each house propose to the States amendments to the same--the agreement of Two Thirds of the Legislatures of the States shall be sufficient to make the said amendments Parts of the Const.i.tution

The Ratifications of the * * * Conventions of * * * States shall be sufficient for organizing this Const.i.tution.--

DRAUGHT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL.

We the People of the States of New Hamps.h.i.+re, Ma.s.sachusetts, Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare and establish the following Const.i.tution for the Government of Ourselves and our Posterity.

Article I

The stile of this Government shall be, "The United States of America."

II

The Government shall consist of supreme legislative, executive and judicial powers.

III

The legislative power shall be vested in a Congress, to consist of two separate and distinct bodies of men, a House of Representatives, and a Senate; each of which shall in all cases, have a negative on the other.

The Legislature shall meet on the first Monday in December in every year.

IV

_Sect. 1._ The Members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen every second year, by the people of the several States comprehended within this Union. The qualifications of the electors shall be the same, from time to time, as those of the electors in the several States, of the most numerous branch of their own legislatures.