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The united states in congress assembled shall also 

 Lave the sole and exclusive right and power of regulat- 

 ing the alloy and value of ruin struck by their own 

 authority, or by that of the respective states fixing 

 the standard of weights ami measures throughout the 

 united states regulating the trade ami managing all 

 affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the 

 provided that the legislative right of any state 

 within its own limits be not infringed or violated - 

 establishing and regulating post-offices from one state 

 to another, throughout all the united states, and 'exact- 

 ing such postage on the papers passing thro' the same 

 as may be requisite to defray the expences of the said 

 office appointing all officers of the land forces, in the 

 service of the united states, excepting regimental offi- 

 cers appointing all the officers of the naval forces, 

 and commissioning all officers whatever in the service 

 of the united states making rules for the government 

 and regulati9n of the said land and naval forces, and 

 directing their operations. 



The united states in congress assembled shall have 

 authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of 

 W, to be denominated "A Committee of the 

 and to consist of one delegate from each state; 

 and to appoint such other committees and civil officers 

 as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of 

 the united states under their direction to appoint one 

 of their number to preside, provided that no person be 

 allowed to serve in the office of president more than 

 one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the 

 necessary sums of Money to be raised for the service of 

 the united states, and to appropriate and apply the 

 same for defraying the public expences to borrow 

 money, or emit bills on the credit of the united states, 

 transmitting every half year to the respective states an 

 account of the sums of money so borrowed or emitted, 

 to build and equip a navy to agree upon the num- 

 ber of land forces, and to make requisitions from each 

 state for its quota, in proportion to the number of 

 white inhabitants in such state; which requisitions 

 shall be binding, and thereupon the legislature of each 

 state shall appoint the regimental officers, raise the 

 men and cloath, arm and equip them in a soldier like 

 manner, at the expence of the united states; and the 

 officers and men so cloathed, armed and equipped shall 

 march to the place appointed, and within the time 

 agreed on by the united states in congress assembled: 

 But if the united states in congress assembled shall, on 

 consideration of circumstances judge proper that any 

 state should not raise men, or should raise a smaller 

 number than its quota, and that any other state should 

 raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, 

 such extra number shall be raised, officered, cloathed, 

 armed and equipped in the same manner as the quota 

 of such state, unless the legislature of such state shall 

 judge that such extra number cannot be safely spared 

 out of the same, in which case they shall raise officer, 

 cloath, arm and equip as many of such extra number 

 as they judge can be safely spared. And the officers 

 and men so cloathed, armeu and equipped, shall march 

 to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on 

 by the united states in congress assembled. 



The united states in congress assembled shall never 

 engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal 

 in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, 

 nor coin money, nor regulate the value thereof, nor 

 ascertain the sums and expences necessary for the de- 

 fence and welfare of the united states, or any of them, 

 nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the 

 united states, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon 

 the number of vessels of war, to be built or purchased, 

 or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor 

 appoint a commander-in-chief of the army or navy, 

 unless nine states assent to the same: nor shall a ques- 

 tion on any other point, except for adjourning from 

 day to day be determined, unless by the votes of a 

 majority of the united states in congress assembled. 



The Congress of the united states shall have power to 

 adjourn to any time within the year, and to any place 

 within the united states, so that no period of adjourn- 

 ment be for a longer duration than the space of six 

 Months, and shall publish the Journal of their proceed- 

 ings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to 

 treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their 

 judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of 

 the delegates of each state on any question shall la- 

 entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any dele- 

 gate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at 

 his or their request shall be furnished with a transcript 

 of the said Journal, except such parts as are above 

 excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the several 



ARTICLE x. The committee of the states, or any 



nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the 

 uch of the powers of congress as the 



united states in congress assembled, by the consent of 

 nine states, shall from time to time think expedient to 

 vest them with; provided that no power be delegated 

 to the said committee, for the exercise of which, liy the 

 articles of confederation, the voice of nine states in the 

 congress of the united states assembled is requisite. 



AKTICI.I: xi. Canada acceding to this confederation, 

 and joining in the measures of the united states, shall 

 be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of 

 this union: but no other colony shall be admitted into 

 the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine 

 states. 



ARTICLK xn. All bills of credit emitted, monies bor- 

 rowed and debts contracted by, or under the authority 

 of congress, before the assembling of the united states, 

 in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be 

 deemed and considered as a charge against the united 

 states, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said 

 united states, and the public faith are hereby solemnly 

 pledged. 



ARTICLE xm. Every state shall abide by the deter- 

 minations of the united states in congress assembled, 

 on all questions which by this confederation are sub- 

 mitted to them. And the Articles of this confederation 

 shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the 

 union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at 

 any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless 

 such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the united 

 states, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures 

 of every state. 



AND WHEREAS it hath pleased the Great Governor 

 of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we 

 respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and 

 to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confedera- 

 tion and perpetual union. KNOW YE that we the 

 undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and 

 authority to us given for that purpose, do by these 

 presents, in the name and in behalf of our respective 

 constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each 

 and every of the said articles of confederation and per- 

 petual union, and all and singular the matters and 

 things therein contained: And we do further solemnly 

 plight and engage the faith of our respective constitu- 

 ents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the 

 united states in congress assembled, on all questions, 

 which by the said confederation are submitted to them. 

 And that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed 

 by the states we respectively represent, ana that the 

 union shall be perpetual. 



IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto set our 

 hands in Congress. DONE at Philadelphia in the state 

 of Pennsylvania the ninth Day of July in the Year of 

 our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy- 

 eight, and in the third year of the independence of 

 America. 



On the part and behalf of the State of New Hampshire. 

 JOSIAH BARTLETT, JOHN WENTWORTH, jt \n. 



August 8, 1778. 



On the part and behalf of the State of Massachusetts Bay. 

 JOHN HANCOCK, FRANCIS DANA, 



SAMUEL ADAMS, JAMES LOVELL, 



ELURIDGE GERRY, SAMUEL HOI.TKN. 



On the part and in bcfmlf <>J tin- State of Rhode Island and 



Providence Plantations. 



WILLIAM ELLERY, JOHN COLLINS. 



HENRY MARCHANT, 



On the part and behalf of the State of Connecticut. 

 ROGER SHERMAN, TITUS HOSMKK, 



SAMUEL HuNTINOTON, ANDREW ADAMS. 



OLIVER WOLCOTT, 



On the part and behalf of the State of New York. 

 JAS DUANE, WILLIAM l>nn, 



FRAS LEWIS, GOUVR MORRIS. 



On the part and in behalf of the State of New Jersey. 



JNO WlTHERSPOON, NATHL SCUDDER, Nov. 26, 



1778. 



On the part and behalf of the State of Pennsylvania. 

 ROBT. MORRIS, WILLIAM CLINGAN, 



I)AMI:L KOBI.KDF.AU, JOSEPH REED, July 2L'nd, 



JONA BAYARD SMITH, 1778. 



On the part and behalf of the State of Delaware. 

 JOHN DICKINSON, May 5, THO. M'KEAN, Feb. 12, 



1779, 1779. 



NICHOLAS VAN DYKI:, 



On the part and behalf of the State of Maryland. 

 JOHN HANSON, March 1, 1781, 

 DANIEL CARROLL Do 



