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hose of another; nor shall vessels bound to, or from, oneState, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. CLAUSE7. No money shall be drawn from the treasurybut in consequence of appropriations made by law: and aregular statement and account of the receipts and expendi-tures of all public money shall be published from time totime. CLAUSE 8. No title of nobility shall be granted bythe United States: And no person holding any office ofprofit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of theCongress, accept of any present, emolument, office or title,of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreignstate. SECTION X.—CLAUSE 1. No State shall enter intoany treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters ofmarque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; makeany thing but gold and silver coin atenderin payment ofdebts; pass any bill of attainder, ex-post-facto law,or lawimpairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any titleof nobility. CLAUSE 2. No State shall, without the consent of theCongress, lay any impost o* duties on imports or exports,except what may be absolutely necessary for execut-ing its inspection laws; and the net produce of all dutiesand impost, laid by any State on imports or exports,shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States;and all such laws shall be suvject to the revision and controlof the Congress. CLAUSE 3. No State shall, without the consent oCongress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships-of-war, in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compactwith another State, or with a foreign power, or engage inwar, unless actually invaded, or insuch imminent danger aswill not admit of delay. ARTICLE II.—Executive Department. SEC rION I—CLAvUSE1. The executive power shallbe vested ina Presidentof the United States of America.He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and,together with the Vice-President, chosen for the same term,be elected as follows: CLAUSE 2. Each State shall appoint, in such manneras the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors,equal to the whole number of senators and representativesto which the State may be enti led in the Congress; but nosenator or representative, or person holding an office of trustor Be under the United States, shall be appointed anelector. CLAUSE3. The Congress may determine the time ofchoosing the electors, and the day on which they shall givetheir votes; which day shall be the same throughout theUnited States. Cummings’ Encyclopedia. 518 CLAUSE 4. No person except a natural-born citizen,or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoptionof this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of Presi-dent; neither shall any person be eligible to that office whoshall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, andbeen fourteen years a resident within the United States. CLAUSE 5. In case of the removal of the Presidentfrom office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to dis-charge the powers and duties of the said office, the sameshall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress mayby law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation,or inability, both of the President and Vice-President,declaring what officer shall then act as President; and suchofficer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed,or a President, shall be elected. CLAUSE 6. The President shall, at stated times,receive for his services a compensation which shall neither_ be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and heshall not receive within thatperiod any other emolument from the United States, or anyof them. CLAUSE 7. Before he enter on the execution of hisoffice. he shall take the following oath or affirmation: —‘‘ Ido solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully executethe office of President of the United States, and will, to thebest of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Consti-tution of the United States.”’ SECTION II.—Cu.aAusE 1. The President shall becommander-in-chief of the army and navy of the UnitedStates, and of the militia of the several States, when calledinto the actual service of the United States; he may re-quire the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in eachof the executive departments, upon any subject relating tothe duties of their respective offices; and heshall have pow-er to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against theUnited States, except in cases of impeachment. CLAUSE 2. He shall have power, by and with the ad-vice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, providedtwo thirds of the senators present concur; and he shallnominate. and by and with the advice and consent of theSenate shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministersand consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other offi-cers of the United States, whose appointments are not here-in otherwise provided for, and which shall be establishedby law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointmentof such inferior officers, as they think proper,in the Presi-dent alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of depart-ments. CLAUSE 3. The President shall have power to fill upall vacancies that may happen during the recess of the
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