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tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the con-
currence 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
attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as that House
may provide..
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..

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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
session.
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 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 vacancies SENATORS. 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, 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 ascer-
BIODtained 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
Ritte 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 peace..

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..

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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

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William Blount, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson, North Carolina..

John Rutledge, Charles C. Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, South Carolina
William Few, Abraham Baldwin, Georgia....

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

SLAVES. No amendment of the Constitution, made prior to 1808, shall affect the preceding
clause

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

SLAVES. No amendment made prior to 1808 shall prohibit the importation of persons (or slaves)
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.......
SOUTH Carolina entitled to five Representatives in first Congress

SPAIGHT, deputy from North Carolina, signed this Constitution. Richard Dobbs
SPEAKER and other officers. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and
other officers..

SPEECH. Senators and Representatives, for any speech or debate in either House, shall not be
questioned in any other place

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

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