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missioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; 

 making rules for the government and regulation 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 Congress, to be denom- 

 inated "A Committee of the States," and to consist of one delegate 

 from each State; and to appoint such other committees and civil offi- 

 cers 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 expenses; 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 number 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 requisition shall 

 be binding ; and thereupon the legislature of each State shall appoint 

 the regimental officers, raise the men, and clothe, arm, and equip them 

 in a soldier-like manner at the expense of the United States : and the 

 officers and men so clothed, 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 assem- 

 bled, 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, 

 clothed, 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, clothe, arm, and equip as many of such extra 

 number as they judge can be safely spared, and the officers and men 

 so clothed, armed, 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 expenses necessary for the 

 defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit 

 bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appro- 

 priate 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 question on any other point, ex- 

 cept 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 adjournment 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 



