proper to admit, shall not be prohib= ited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. The Privilege of the Writ of Ha= beas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may re= quire it. No Bill of Attainder or ex facto Law shall be passed. post No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Propor= tion to the Census or Enumeration here= in before directed to be taken. No Fax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State. No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Re Habeas corpus. Attainder and ex post facto laws. Direct tax es. No exportation duty. Commerce between the States. Money, howdrawn from Trea sury. To be published. No nobili ty. Foreign presents and titles. Powers denied to the States. to enter, clear, or pay Duties in an= other. No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time. a No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, with= out the Consent of the Congress, accept of any Present, Emolument, Office, Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. он Section. 10. No State shall enter or Con= or into any Treaty, Alliance, No State shall, without the Con= sent of the Congress, lay any I'mposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on I'm= ports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress. Powers denied to the States. Other pow ers denied to States. Further denial of powers to tates. President Electors, pointed. how ap any No State shall, without the Con= sent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually in= vaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay. Article. II. He Section. 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Sena= tors and Representatives to which the State be entitled in the Congress : but may Senator or по an or Representative, The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States. No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible |