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n the‘r persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreas-onable searches and seizities, shall not be vio!ated, and nowarrants si all issue, but | pon probable cause. supportedby oath or affirmation, and part cularly describing theplace to be searched, and the persons or things tu be seized. ARTICLE V.—No person shall be held to answer fora capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a pres: Nt-ment or ind ctment of a grand jury,exe pt in cases arisingin the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actualservice in time of war and public danger; nor shall any per-son be subject for the same «ffense to be twice put in jeop-ardy of life or limb: nor shall be compelled in any criminalease to be a witness against himself, nor 10 be deprived oflife, liberty, or p operty, withovt due process of liw; norshall private property be taken for public use, without justcompensation. ARTICLE VI.- In all criminal prosecutions, thé ac-cused shall «njoy the right toa speedy and public trial, byan impartial jurv of the State and district wherein t! ecrime shall have bern coinmitted, which district shall havebeen previously ascertained by law, and to be informed ofthe nature and cause of the acceusation; to he e nfrontedwith the witnesses again-t him, to have coimpu sory proc ssfor obtaining witnesses in his favor, and tu have the assist-ance of counsel for his defvnse. ARTICLE VII.—In suits at common law, where thevalue in contr -versy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right oftrial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tr ed by a juryshall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the UnitedStates than according to the rules of common law. ARTICLE VIII.—Excessive bail shall not be requir-ed, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual pun-ishients inflicted. ARTICLE IX.—The enumeration in the Constitutionof certain rights, shall not be consirued todeny or disparageothers retained by the people. . ARVICLE X.—The powers not delegated to the Uni-ted States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to theStates, aie rmserved to the States respectively, or to thepeople. ARTICLE XI.—The judicial powcr of the UnitedStates shall not be constru d to ex end to any suit in law orequity. commenced or ; rosecuted against one of the UnitedStates by citizens of anoti.er State, or by citizens or subjectsof any foreign state. Al TICLE XIT.—The electors shall meet in their re-spective States, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom at least, shall not be an inhabitantof the same State wiih themselves; they shall name in their Cummings’ Encyclopedia, 519 ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinctballots th person voted for as Vice-President; and theyshall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as Pr: si-dent, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and ofthe number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign andcertify and transmit sealed to the seat of the governmentof the United States, directed to the president of the Senate;— the president of the Senate shall, in the presence of the- Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certifi-cates,and the votes shall then be counted;—the personhaving the greatest number of votes for President, shall bethe President, if such number be a majority of the wholenumber of electors appointed; and if no person have suchmajority, then from the persons having the highest num-bers not exceeding three on the list of those voted forasPresident, the House of Representatives shall choose im-mediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing thePresident, the votes shall be taken by States, the represen-tation from each State having one vote;a querum for thispurpose shall consist of a member or members from twothirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shallbe necessary to achoice. And if the House o' Representa-tives shall not choose a President whenever the right ofchoice shall devolve upon tlem, befire the fourth day ofMareh next following. then the Vice-President shall act asPresident, as in the case of the death or other constitutionaldisability of the President. ‘he person having the greatestnumber of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-Presi-dent, if such number be a majority of the whole number ofelectors appointed; and if no person have a majority, thenfrom the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shallchoose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shallconsist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and amajority of the whole number shall be necessary toa choice.But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office ofPresident shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of theUnited States. ARTICLE XIII.—SEoTION 1. Neither slavery norinvoluntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime,whereof the person shall have been duly convicted, shallexist within the United States, or any place subject to theirjurisdiction. SECTION 2. Congress shall have power to enforce thisarticle by appropriate levislation. ARTICLE XILV.—SgEor1on 1. All persons born ornaturalized in the United States, and subject to the juris-diction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of theState wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforceanv law whicb shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive
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