THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, 

 provide for the common defense, promote the 

 general welfare, and secure the blessings of 

 liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain 

 and establish this Constitution for the United 

 States of America. 



ARTICLE I. 



SECTION I. 1. All legislative powers here- 

 in granted shall be vested in a Congress of the 

 United States, which shall consist of a Senate 

 and House of Representatives. 



SECTION II. 1. The House of Represent- 

 atives shall be composed of members chosen 

 every second year by the people of the several 

 States ; and the electors in each State shall 

 have the qualifications requisite for electors of 

 the most numerous branch of the State Legis- 

 lature. 



2. No person shall be a Representative who 

 shall not have attained to the age of twenty- 

 five years, and been seven years a citizen of the 

 United States, and who shall not, when elect- 

 ed, be an inhabitant of that State in which he 

 shall be chosen. 



3. Representatives and direct taxes shall be 

 apportioned among the several States which 

 may be included within this Union, according 

 to their respective numbers, which shall be de- 

 termined by adding to the whole number of 

 free persons, including those bound to service 

 for a term of years, and excluding Indians not 

 taxed, three fifths of all other persons. The 

 actual enumeration shall be made within three 

 years after the first meeting of the Congress of 

 the United States, and within every subse- 

 quent term of ten years, in such manner as 

 they shall by law direct. The number of Rep- 

 resentatives shall not exceed one for every 

 thirty thousand, but each State shall have at 

 least one Representative ; and until such 

 enumeration shall be made, the State of New 

 Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three ; 

 Massachusetts, eight ; Rhode Island and Provi- 

 dence Plantations, one ; Connecticut, five ; 

 New York, six ; New Jersey, four ; Pennsyl- 

 vania, eight ; Delaware, one ; Maryland, six ; 

 Virginia, ten ; North Carolina, five ; South 

 Carolina, five, and Georgia three. 



4. When vacancies happen in the represen- 

 tation from any State, the executive authority 

 thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such 

 vacancies. 



5 . The House of Representatives shall choose 

 their speaker and other officers ; and shall have 

 the sole power of impeachment. 



SECTION III. 1 . The Senate of the United 

 States shall be composed of two Senators from 

 ach State, chosen by the Legislature thereof 



for six years ; and each Senator shall have one 

 vote. 



2. Immediately after they shall be assem- 

 bled in consequence of the first election, they 

 shall be divided as equally as may be into three 

 classes. The seats of the Senators of the first 

 class shall be vacated at the expiration of the 

 second year, of the second class at the expira- 

 tion of the fourth year, and of the third class 

 at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one 

 third may be chosen every second year; and if 

 vacancies happen by resignation, or otherwise, 

 during the recess of the Legislature of any 

 State, the executive thereof may make tempo- 

 rary appointments until the next meeting of 

 the Legislature, which shall then fill such va- 

 cancies. 



3. No person shall be a Senator who shall 

 not have attained to the age of thirty years, 

 and been nine years a citizen of the United 

 States, and who shall not, when elected, be an 

 inhabitant of that State for which he shall be 

 chosen. 



4. The Vice-President of the L'nited States 

 shall be President of the Senate, but shall have 

 no vote unless they be equally divided. 



5. The Senate shall choose their other offi- 

 cers, and also a President pro tempore, in the 

 absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall 

 exercise the office of President of the United 

 States. 



6. The Senate shall have the sole power to 

 try all impeachments. When sitting for that 

 purpose, they shall all be on oath or affirma- 

 tion. When the President of the United 

 States is tried, the chief-justice shall preside : 

 and no person shall be convicted without the 

 concurrence of two thirds of the members 

 present. 



7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall 

 not extend further than to removal from office, 

 and disqualification to hold and enjoy any 

 office of honor, trust, or profit under the 

 United States ; but the party convicted shall 

 nevertheless be liable and subject to indict- 

 ment, trial, judgment, and punishment, ac- 

 cording to law. 



SECTION IV. 1. The times, places and 

 manner of holding elections for Senators and 

 Representatives shall be prescribed in each 

 State by the Legislature thereof ; but the Con- 

 gress may at any time by law make or alter 

 such regulations, except as to the place of 

 choosing Senators. 



2. The Congress shall assemble at least once 

 in every year ; arid such meeting shall be on 

 the first Monday in December, unless they 

 shall by law appoint a different day. 



SECTION V. 1 . Each House shall be the judge 

 of the election, returns, and qualifications of 



