OF DUTIES PAYABLE BY CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICERS; THEIR COMPENSATION; AND OF COSTS IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL Of the regulation of fees and of costs in certain cases, 641 154. Of offences against the lives and persons of individuals, 662 155. Of offences against habitations and other buildings, in- CHAPTER 167. General provisions relating to crimes and punishments, 702 171. Of commencement of proceedings in criminal cases, 172. Of proceedings in court in criminal cases, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. ARTICLE L Legislative power. II. Executive power. III. Judicial power. IV. Relative rights of states. V. How the constitution may be amended. VI. Of former debts, supremacy of the constitution and laws of the United States, and oath required of public officers. 4. Restrictions on the right of search and 5. Rights of persons charged with crimes, 6. Mode of trial in criminal cases. 7. Of trials by jury in civil actions. 9. Rights reserved to the people. VII. Of the ratification of the constitution. 10. Powers retained by the states and peo AMENDMENTS. 1. Religious freedom and the rights of speech, the press and petition. 2. Right to bear arms. 3. Restrictions on quartering troops. ple. 11. United States' courts not to have juris- 12. Manner of choosing president and vice WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more Preamble. perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, 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. powers vested 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Legislative congress of the United States, which shall consist of a senate and in congress. house of representatives. SECTION II. sentatives how 11 Mass. 424. 1. The house of representatives shall be composed of members House of reprechosen every second year by the people of the several states; and composed. the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. a representa tive. Qualification of 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 elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen. Apportionment of representa taxes. Census. 3. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among tives and direct the several states, which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined 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 subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of representatives 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 Providence plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. Vacancies to be filled. House of representatives to choose their own officers. Power of impeachment. Senate, how composed. How classified. 4. When vacancies happen in the representation 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 each state, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years; and each senator shall have one vote. 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled 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 expiration of the fourth year; and of the third class, at the expiration of the sixth year; so that one third may be chosen every Of temporary second year; and if vacancies happen by resignation or otherwise, appointments. during the recess of the legislature of any state, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments, until the next meeting of the legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. Qualifications of a senator. 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. |