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Page 45 - 31. Oath of Members. The members of the legislative assembly shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the constitution of
Page 55 - of the same September, did resolve unanimously, "that the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention
Page 54 - foreign state. [Proposed by congress March 5, 1794; ratified January 8, 1798] ARTICLE XIi Election of President and Vice President. The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for president, and vice president, one of whom at least shall not
Page 33 - the United States, or of this state; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of .this state, or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison. 1
Page 44 - 15. Punishment of Members. Either house may punish its members for disorderly behavior, and may, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member; but not a second time for the same cause. § 16. Punishment of Person Not a Member. Either house, during its session, may punish by imprisonment any person not a member, who shall have been
Page 36 - subject shall be embraced in an act which shall not be expressed in the title, such act "shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title. § 21. Act to Be Plainly Worded. Every act and joint resolution shall be plainly worded, avoiding as far as practicable the use of technical terms.
Page 55 - ARTICLES IN ADDITION TO AND AMENDATORY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Proposed by Congress and Ratified by the Legislatures of the Several States, Pursuant to the Fifth Article of the Original Constitution ARTICLE I Freedom of Religion, Etc. Congress shall make no law respecting an
Page 58 - shall have been committed; to be heard by himself and counsel: to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof; to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses
Page 52 - shall not be suspended, unless when in case of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken. No preference shall be given by any
Page 23 - Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787; New Jersey, December 18, 1787; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788: Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788; South Carolina, May 23, 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Virginia, June 26, 1788; New York, July 26, 1788; North Carolina, November 21, 1789; Rhode Island, May 29, 1790.