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CONSTITUTION
OP THR
CMFEDUUTE STATUS 0? JMCRICA.
We, the people of the Confederate
Stall s.#n<li State acting in its sovereign
and inde|*sndeiit character, in order to
form a permanent Federal Government,
establish justice, insure domestic tran
quility and secure the blessings of liber
ty to ourselves and our posterity invo
king t .e favor and guidance of Almighty
(l„d do ordain and e taldish thiscon
stitiiiion for the Confodcwte State I of
Ann riea.
ARTIOLK I
Kko. 1. All legislative powers h< e’n
delegated shall he vested in a Cong leas !
of lhe Confer) -rate States, which shall ■
consist of a Senate and House of Repre
sentatives.
Sue. 2.-1. The House of Represent#- i
lives sliall lie composed of mcinlier* eln>
sen every second year hy the people of
tlie several States ; and the electors in
each State shall be citizens of the Con
federate States, and have the quulilica
tions requisite for electors of the most
numerous branch of the State Legisla
ture; but no peiMin of foreign tiirth,
not a citizen ot the Confederate States,
shall be allowed to vote for any olficer,
civil or polilical, State or Federal
2. No person shall he a Representa
tive, who shall not have attained the
age ol twenty live years, and be a < it.-
zon of the Confederate States, und who
shall not, when elected, he an inhabi
tant of that State in which lie shall he
chosen.
d. Kcpreseiitiitivcs and Direct Taxas
slitdl be Hppoi tfohed aim I.Hie several
States, which may he inohided within
this (lonfeder.i' v, according to their re
spective numbers, whidh shall he deter
mined by adding to the who e number
of free persons, including those bound
to service Idi a ti mi of years, and inclu
ding Indians not. taxed, threo-tifths at
till slaves. The actual enumeration
shall be made within three years aftur
tlm liist meeting ol the Congress of the
Confederate Stales, and within every
subsequent term of ten years, in such
manner as they shall, by law, direct-
The munher of KeprcsentiUives shall
not exceed one for every fifty thousand,
hut each State sliall have at. least one
Representative ; and until such enttme.
littion shall be made, the State oI Sm th
■ arolina shall lie entitled to choose six,
the State of Georgia ten, the State ol
Alabama nine, the State of Florida two,
(lie State of Mississippi seven, the Slate
of Louisiana six, and the State of i’cxas
six.
1, When vacancies happen in therep
irselitittioii 1 1 <mi anv S', le, the Kxscil
t've authority thereof shall isssue writs
of election to till such vacancies.
o. The House of Uepic.-cnlatives shall
choose their speaker anil other officers,
and shall have the sole power of im
peach men t, except that any judicial or
qthcr federal officer resident and acting
solely within the limits of any State,
may he impeached by a vote of two
thirds of botn branches of th i Legisla
ture thereof.
Site. d 1. Tim Senate of the Confed
erate States sliall bo composed of two
Senators from each State, chosen for
six years by the Legislature thereof, at
' the regular session next immediateh
preceding the commencement of the
term ot service ; and each Senator shall
have one vote.
2. Immediately after they shall he
assembled, ill consequence of the first
election, they shall he divided as equal
ly as may lie into three classes. The
seals of the 'cantors of he liist slass
sliall he vaentedat the expiruti n of the
second year ; of the second class at the
expiration of the fourth x ear, and of tho
third class at the expiration of the »ixt li
year; so that one third may lie chosen
every second year; and if vac nicies hap
pen hy resignation or otherwise, during
the recess of the Legislature of any
Stilt *, the F.xeeutive thereof may make
temporary appointments until the next
meeting of the Legislature, which slm I
then till such vacancies.
d No person shall he a Senator who
shall not have attained the age ot thir
ty years, and ho licit zen of the Confed
erate States; and who shali not, when
elected, he an inhabitant ot the State
for w iden he shall e chosen.
-I. The Vice President ot the Oonfed
crate States shall he President of the
Senate, hut shall have no vote, unless
they be equally tlividi d
,V The Senate shall choose their oth
er offieets ; and also a Pres dent y/'e . 7.1
port in the absence ol the \ ice President
or when he sliall exercise lie office of
President of the onfederate States
ti The Seiiatesliall have the sole pow
er to try all impeachments. When sit
ting fur that purpose, they shall been ,
oath or affirmation When the I’resi- 1
dent o: the Confederate States is tied,
the Chief Justice sliall preside ; mid no j
person sliall he convicted without the
eonciirrenee of two-thirds of the tiiem-
Ik'l's present.
7. Judgment in cases o’ impeachment -
sliall not extend further than to remo
val from office, and disquaiitieutiou to
hold and enjoy any office of honor.trust
or protit. under the Confederate States ;
but the party convicted shall never-!
thole,ss. be Fable and subject to in lie;-
nient. trial, judgment and punishment
according to law.
Skc 11 Idle times, places and
manner o bolding elections for Nuintors
and Representatives sliail be prescribed
in cadi State by the Legislature theic
of. suhjoet to the provisions of this con
stitution , but the Congress m iv. at any
time, by aw. make or alter such regu
lations. except as to the times and places
of choosing Senators.
2. lhe Congress shall assemble at
least once in every year ; and such meet
ing sliall be on the lirsi Monday in De
cember. unless they shall, by law, ap
point a ditlerent day.
Skc 5. 1. Kuril House shall be the !
judge of the elections, returns and qual
ifications m( its own members, and a
majority ot each shall constitute a quo
rum to do business ; but a smaller nutii
ber may adjourn from day to da\. and
may be authorised to compel the atten
dance of nnseut meuiU.s. in such man- j
tier and under such penalties as each
House may provide.
2. bach House may determine the
rules of its pro codings, punish its mem
bers lot disorderly beliavjvr. and with
Hie concurrence of two thirds of the
whole numbe:, expel a member.
S Kach House siia.l kei*|> a journal of
its proceedings, and from time to time
publish the same, excepting such parts
ns may, in their judgment, require se
crecy, anil the yeas and navs of the
members of either House, on anv ques
tion. shall, at tho desire of one til th of
now. —» km ■» 1 1 “ 1 ■— r "' 1 MU
those present, be entered cm the jour
nal.
4. Neither House, during tin: session
of Congress, shall, without the consent
of the other, adionrn for more noa
three days, nor to any other place 'am
that in which the two Houses shall be
sitting.
Skc. ti.—l. The Senators and Repre
sentatives slinll receive a compensation
for t cir services, to be ass rt.iiin d by
!aw. i id p iid outof the troannry of the
<,!,;• 1.-i itc States, they shall, in all
casi'-: i-.vcpt treason, fellony and breach
~f ib ■ peace, he privileged from a'rcst
during lheir attendance at the session
■•V their respective Houses, and in going
j to arid returning from the same; and
[ f.. any speeeli or debate in oi'her H w-te, 1
they shall not be questioned in.tny oth
er |i a .
2 No Senator or Representative shall,
during the time for which be was elect
ed, be appointed to any civil office un
der the authority of the Confederate
States, which shall bare been created,
or the emolument* whereof sliall have
been increased during such time; and no
person holding any office under the
Confederate States shall be a member of
either House during his continuance in
office. Rut Congress may, by law, grant
to the principal officer in each of the
Kxecutivc Departments a seat upon tlie
floor of either House, with the privilege
of discussing any measures appertaining
to ids department.
Skc. 71 All bills for raising reve
nue shall originate in the lb. Use of Rep
resentatives; Imt the Senate may pro
pose or concur with amendments as on
other bills.
2. Kvery bill which shall have pasM d
both Houses, shall, he.ore it becomes a
law, be presented to the President of
the Confederate States; if he approve, lie
shall sign it; hut it not. he shall return
it with his objections to that Mouse in
which it shall have originated, who
shall enter the objection* at large on
their journal, and proceed to reconsider
it. If, after such reconsideration, two
j tiii ids of that House shall ag:ee to pass
the bill, it shall lie sent, together with
the objections, to the other House, hy
which it shall likewise tie reconsidered,
and if approved by two-thirds of that
House, it shall become a law. Rut in
all stieli cases, the votes of both Houses
shall he determined hy yeas and navs,
and the names of the persons voting for
and against the bill shall be i-liti-ml on
the journal of each House respectively.
If any bill shall not be returned by the
President within ten days (Similav* ex
cepted) alter it shall have been present
ed to hint, the same shall be a law, in
like manner as if bo bad signed it, un
less flic Congress, by their a Ijournmcnt
prevent its return; in which case it sliall
not ho a law. The President may ap
prove any appropriation and disapprove
any other appropriation in the same
bill. In such cases he shall, in signing
the bill, designate the appropriations
disapproved: and sliall return a copy of
such appropriations, with his objections,
to the House in which the hill shall have
originated ; and the same proceedings
shall then be had as in ca -e of other bills
disapproved by the President.
d Kvery order, resolution or vote, to
which the concurrence of both Houses
may be necessary (except on a question
of adjournment) sliall In- presented to
the President of the < 'outrider ite States;
1 and liefore the same shall take ell'oet,
J sliall lie approved by him; or being dis
i approved by him, sliall be icq ism • bv
two-thirds of both Houses according to
the rules and limit .tions prescribed in
, case of a bill.
Skc. S. Tlio Congress sliall have pow
er -
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties,
imposts, and excises, for revenue neces
sary to pay the debts, provide for the
comtnoa defence, and carry on the gm
ermuci.t ot the ('onfederate States; hut
no bounties aha!l he granted from the
treasury; nor shall any duties or taxes
on importations from foreign nations be
laid to promote or fouler any branch of
industry; and all duties, ini' osts, and
excises shall bcunikulu throughout the
Confederate States:
2. do hoi row money on the credit of
j the Confederate States:
;t. To regulate commerce with foreign
nations, and aiming the several States,
and with the Indian tribes; hut neither
this, nor any otlu r elattse contained in
! thee nstitution, shall ever he csiistrued
to delegate the power to emigres to ap-
I propriate money for am internal im
provement intemle I to facilitate coni
| merce; except for the purpose of funiish
j iug lights, beacons, and buoys, mid oth-
I it aids to navigation upon the coasts.
I and the improvement of harbor* and
i the removing of obstructions in liver
| navigation, in all which cases, such du
ties shall be laid on the navigation fa
! ci I i tilted thereby, as may be luces: in
to puv the costs and expenses thereof:
•1 To establish uniform laws of na
turalization. and upiforni laws on the
subject of bankruptcies throughout the
1 'onlederate States, blit no law of Con
gross shall discharge any debt contract
ed before the passage of the same:
-V To coin tnonev, regulate the value
thereof and of foreign coin, mid lix the
standard of weights and measures
ti. To provide for_ the punishment of
counterfeiting the securities and current
coin of the Confederate States:
7. To establish postoffievs and postvj
routes; but the expenses of the l’ost- \
office Department alter the first day of !
March in tin- year of our Lord eighteen
huntitvd a. d sixly-tir.ee, shall be paid
out of its own revenues:
5. To piomot • th.' progress of science
and useful aits, by securing for limited
times to uuthois and inventors flic ex
clusiv ■ right to their respective writings
and discoveries.
!f lo constitute tribunals inferior to
the Supreme Court:
10. To detine and punish piracies and
felonies committed on the liign seas,
ami olienees against the law of nations
11. To d -clare war, grant letters of
marque and reprisal, and make rules
concerning captures on land and water:
12. To raise and support armies; but
no appropriation of money tv* that use
sliall lie tor a longer term than two
years;
Id lo provide and maintain a navy:
It. lo make rules for the govern
ment and regulation 0* the naval ami
land forces:
L> To provide for calling forth the
militia to execute the i.o>* of the Con
tederate States, suppress insurrections
an l repel invasions
lt> To provide for organizing, arming
and disciplining the militia, and for gov
erning such partot them as may b -em
ployed in the service of the Confederate
States: teserving to the States, respec
tively. the appointment of the officers
and the authority of training the militia
-•-4 .. .. — : -w < r,jn...r,ww., m*mm . ■
:i' -cording to the dinciplino prescribed by
Congress:
IT. To exerciso exclusive legislation,
in all raws whatsoever, over such dis
trict (not ten miles square) a*
may, by cession of one or more States
and the acceptance of Congress, become
I the seat of the Government of the Con
] federate States; and to exercise like au
thority over all places purchased bv the
consent of the lcgi-lature of the State in
which the same shall bo, for the orec
ti"n of forts, 1.., igazines, arsenals, dock
yard.- and other needful buildings; and
M. To make all laws which shall he
necessary and proper lor carrying into
execution the foreg ing powers, and all
, other Jiow ts vested by this OonstTtu- 1
tion in the government of the Con fed-
I crate States, or in any department or of- 1
! licer thereof.
Sfc. !i |. The importation of negroes
ot tiie African lace, front any foreign
country other than the slaveholding
states or 't erritoriesof the United States
of America, is hereby forbidden; and
Congress is required to'pass such laws us
shall effectually prevent the same.
( ongress shall also have power to
prohibit the introduction of slaves from
any State not a member of, or Territory
not belonging to this Confederacy.
The privilege of the writ of habeas
i coi pus shall nor be suspend d, unless
when in cases of rebellion or invasion
tin public safely may reqnre it.
I. No bill ol attainder, or ec yost/ado i
| law, or law denying or impairing the |
j right of property in negro slaves shall
tie passed.
•>. No capitation or other direct tax
shall lie laid unless in proportion to the
census of eiiumcrati.n hereinbefoie di- 1
ret ted to be taken.
b. No tax or duty shall he laid on ar- I
: tides exported I um any State except by I
a vote ot two-thirds tis both Houses.
i. No preference shall he given by
any regulation of commerce or revenue
to the ports of one State over those of
another.
K. No money shall be drawn from the
treasury but in consequence of appro
priations made by law; and a regular
statement and account of the receipts
and expenditures of all public money
sli ill lie published from time to time.
Ik Congress shall appropriate no
money from the treasury except by a
vote ot two-thirds of both Homes, tak
en by yeas and nays, unless it lie asked
and estimated for by some one of the
heads of Department, and submitted to
Congress by the President ; or for tin:
purpose of paying ils own expenses and
contingencies; or for the payment of
claims against the Confederate States,
the justice of which shall have been
i judicially declared by a tribunal for the
investigation of claims against the gov
ernment, which it is hereby unde the
duly of ('migress to establish.
l*k Ail lulls appropriating money
shall specify n Federal cuirency the ex
act amount of each appropriation and
the purpose for which it is made ; and
Condie-s shall grant no extra compen
sation to any public character, eftieer,
ag-nt or servant, after such contract
slial I have been made or sueli service
rendered.
11. No title of nobility shall l>e grant
ed by tiie Confederate States; and no
person holding any office of protit or
trust under them shall, without the
consent of the Congress, accept of any
j present, emolument, office or title of i
any kind whatever from any king, j
prince or foreign State.
IT Congress shall make no law re
spectingan establishment of religion, or
| prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
i abridging tiie freedom of speech, or of
j the press; or tiie right of the people
i peaceably to assemble and petition the
government lor a redress of grievances. !
Id. A well pgulated militia being
iiecvss.iry to the security of a tree Stata,
tiie right of tiie people to keep and bear
arms slid! not be infringed.
I t. No soldier shall, in time of peace, I
lie quartered in auv house without the !
consent of the owner ; nor in time of
war, Imt in a manner to lie prescribed
by law.
la. *1 lie right of the people to be sc- i
cure in their persons, houses, papers j
and effects against unreasonable searches 1
and seizures shall not lie violated ; and j
no wanants shall issue but upon proh- |
able cans'*, supported by oath or affirm- :
| tion, and particularly describing tiie
i place to be searched, and tho persons or j
j things to he seized.
| lt>. No | a i son shall be held to answer '
I for a capital or otherwi e in‘anions 1
j crime, unless on a presentment or in- '
diriment ot a grand jury, except incases |
aii-ing m the land or naval forces, or
; in the militia, when in actual service in '
| time of war or public danger ; nor shall |
i any person be subject tor the same of
j lenee to be t wice put ill jeopardy ot life ;
| or limb ; nor be compelled, inauyerim- •
; inn! case, to lie a witness against him- !
self; or be deprived of life, liberty, or I
property, without dim process of law : ! ,
nor sliall private property be taken for i ,
public use. without just compensation, j ,
IT. In all criminal prosecutions the ; ,
accused sliall enjoy the right to a speedy ]
and public trial, by an impartial jury of ,
the State and district wherein the crime (
j sliall have been committed, which dis- ,
jtri .t shall have been previously ascot- ]
j t inoJ by law. ami to be informed of
the nature and can eof the accusation ; ]
i to be confronted with the witnesses:,
! against him ; to have compulsorv pro- ,
ccs*. for obtaining witnesses in his favor: j
ami to have the assistance of counsel for
j his defence. j ,
Is In suits at common law, where j t
the value in controversy shall exceed
twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury i
s ml; be preserved ; an 1 no tact so tried . i
by a jury sliall ne otherwise re-exam
ined in any court of the O u fed e racy, ]
than according to the rules o, ,he coni- I
mou law. ,
IT Excessive bail shall not be re- [
j quiled, nor excessive tines imposed, nor t
cruel an 1 unusual punishments indicted.
fit. Even law, or resolution having c
the force of law, shall relate to but one r
subject, and that shall be expressed in t
the title. c
Nt:c In 1. No State shall cuter into 1 f
any treaffy, alliance, or confederation ; o
grant letters of marque or reprisal, coin ti
money ; make anything but gold end n
silver oin a tender in payment of debts; d
p tvr any bill oi attainder, or t r s
law, or law impairing tee obligation ot [
contracts, or grant any title f uobilitv. *
2. No State shall, without the con- n
sent -of Congress, lay imposts or duties
on imports or expo; ts. except what may tl
be absoln'ely necessary for executing ti
its insj (ection Saws ; and the net pro- tl
duce of ail duties and imposts, laid bv si
any State on imports or exports, shall si
be for the use of the treasury of the 1 a;
Confederate States ; and all such laws 1 is
**
shall be subject to the revision and con
trol of Congress.
No State sliall, without the con
sent of.Congress, lay any duty on ton
nage, except on sea-going vessels, for ,
tiie improveme it of its rivers and har
bors navi *ated by the said vessels : but
such duties shall riot conflict with any
treaties of the Confederate Slates with
foreign nations; and any surplus revo- j
nue, thus derived, shall; after making
such improvement ’ i*aid into the
common treasury. - slidl ai.y St.de
keep troops or ship** wr Jo time of
peace, enter into < . ~ ■ ", com
pact with another State, or . ith a for
eign power, or engage in war, ink a
actually invaded, or in Mich irrmineut
danger as will not admit of delay. But I
when any river divides or flows through j
two or more States, they may enter into
compacts with each otner to improve
tiie navigation thereof.
AFTICLE 11
Sbc. 11. The executive power shall
lie vested in a President of tiie, Confed
orate States of America. Ho and the 1
Vice President shall hold their offices j
f»r the term of six years ; but the Pres- ;
ident shall not be re eligible. 'ldle
President and Via; President slrttll be
elected ns follows :
t. Each State shall appoint in.such
manner as tiie legislature thereof may
determine, a number of electors equal
to the whole number of Senators and
Uepiesentutiws to which the Suite may
be entitled in the Congress ; but no
Senator or Representative, or person
holding an office of trustor ’ >r->iit under 1
the Confederate States, sliall lie up*
pointed an elector.
I>. The electors shall meet in their re
spective States and '- o te by ballot for l
President and Vice President, one of j
xvhom, at least, shall not be an inhabi- \
lant of tiie same State with themselves;
they shrill name in their ballots the per
son voted for as President, and in dis
tinct ballots the person voted for as
\ ice President, and they shall make
distincts lists of all persons voted for as
i resident, and of all persons voted for
as Vice President, and the number of
votes for each, which lists they shall
sign and certify, and transmit, sealed,
to tiie seat of government of the Con
federate States, directed to the Presi
dent of tiie Senate ; tiie President of the
Senate shall, in the presence of tiie Sen
ate and House of Representatives, open ,
all the certificates, and the votes shall
then he counted ; the person having the
greatest number of votes for President
shall be the President, if spell number
ho a majority of the whole number of
electors appointed; and if no person
have such majority, then, from the pel -
sons i civ ing tiie highest liumliers, not
exceeding three, on the list of those
voted for as President, tho House of
lleprc-^ntativesshall choose immediate
ly, by I’allot, tiie President. But in
choosing the President, the votes sliall
he taken by States, the representation
from each State having one vote; a
quorum for this purpose shall consist of
a member or members from two-thirds
of the States, and a majority of ail Ha-
States shall he necessary to a choice.
And if the House of Representatives
shall not choose a President, whenever
the right of choice shall devolve upon
them, before the fourth day of March
next following, then the Vice President
sliall act as President, as in case'of tho
detail, or other constitutional disability
of the President.
i- The person having tiie greatest
number of votes as Vico President shall
la* the \ ice President, if such number
lie a majority of the whole number of
electors appointed; and if no person
have a majority, then, from the two
highest numbers on the list the .Senate
shall choose tiie Vice President; a quo
ruin for the purpose shall consist of two
thirds of tiie whole number of Senators
and a majority of the whole number
shall be necessary to a choice.
o. But no person constitutionally in
eligible to the office of President shall
l>e eligible to that of Vice President of
the Confederate States.
th 'Hie Congress may determine the
time ot choosing tho electors, and the
day on which they shall give thuii
votes; which day sliall lie the saint*
throughout the* Confederate States.
i. No person except a natural born j
citizen of the Confederate States, or a j
citizen thereof, at tho time o' the adop
tion of this constitution, or a citizen
thereof born in the United States prior !
to tin* 20tli of December, I .Stiff, shat! be
eligible to tho office of President; * nci
ther shall any person be eligible to that
office xvho sliall not have attained to the *
age of thirty-five years, and been four- j
teen years a resident within the limits
of the Confederate States, as they may
exist at the time of his election.
s. in case of the removal of the Pres
ident Isom office, or oi his death, resig
nation, or inability to discharge the
powers anti duties of the said office, the 1
same shall devolve on the Vice Presi
dent ; and the Congress mar, bv law,
provide for the rase of removal, death’
resignation, or inability both of the
President and Vice President, declaring i
">> ! ‘l officer shall then act* as President,
md sueli officer shall act accordingly
until tiie disability lie removed or a
President shall be elected.
i). The President shall, at stated times, j
iceoiya tor his services a compensation,
which shall neither he increased n.. r
uumnished during the period lor which !
lie shall have been elected; and in* .
-hail not receive within that period anv
ulier emolument from the Confederate
states, or* any of them
10. Before lie enters on tiie execution
It Ills office he shall take the following
jath or affirmation : i
, “.f,^ Rolfmnly swear (or affirm) that
will taithtully execute the office oi
! resident of the Confederate States, and
will, to tiie best oi my* ability, preserve, ;
xrotcct, nnrl defend'the Constitution j
hereof.”
Sec. 1. The President shall be
xxmmander-in-ehief of the army and j
uivy of the Confederate States, and of
iie militia of the several States, when
ailed inte* the actual service of the Con • *
(•derate States ; he in iv reouire the
(pinion, in writing, of the principal of- i
t er in each ot th* Executive Depart- . ’■
"" nt - ««|«>n any subject relating to the *
Ktie.' of their respective offices; anti in
lull have power to grant reprieves and * 1
unions for offences against the Conte i- I •'
rate States, except in cases of impeach- *
aent. ‘ <
-• H<* shall have power, by and with
he advice* and consent of the Scaak*.
* make treaties, provided two-third* of I
lie Senators present concur; and he t
lull nominate, and by and xvith the t
flvky and consent of the Senate, shall >
ppoint amliassadors. other nnHic min- ; s
kcre and consuls. .1 tuiges of the supreme a
court, and all other otfioeris of the C on
federate States, whose appointments are j
not herein. otherwise provided for, and :
which sliall be established bv law : but
the Congress may, by law, vest the ap
poir.tment of such inferior officers, as j
they think proper, in the President
alone, in the courts 01 law, or in the
heads of Departments. .
The principal officer in each ot the
Executive Departments, and all persons
; connected with the diplomatic service,
may be removed liorii office at the pleas
ure of the President. All other ci\il
, : ( .j' the Execiitiv'' Department j
,iv removed at any time by the!
when their services are unnecessary, or j
for dishonesty, incapacity
j nils'endilet, <*r neglect of ditty : and
winn so removed, the removal shall be j
reported to the Senate, together with
the reasons therefor.
J. The Pievidant shall have power to
; fill all vacancies that may happen tlu
j ring the recess of the Senate, by grant
ing commissions which shall expire at
the end ot their next session ; but. no
person rejected by the Senate shall be
i e appointed to toe same office during
their ensuing recess.
Si;c. :>.—l. The President shall, from
time to time, give to the Congress in
formation of the state of, the Confeder
acy, and recommend to their considera
thin such measures as he shall judge
me s-avv and expedient; he may, on
extraordinary occasions, convene both
Houses, or either of them ; and :n case
I of disagreement between them, wth ro
-juvt to the time of adjournment, he
may adjourn them to such time as he
shall think proper ; lie shall receive am
j bass'adors and other public ministers ;
] he shall take care that the laws be f iith
] fully executed, and sliall commission all
the officers of the Confederate States.
Six. 4,--l. The President, Vice Pres
! blent, and ail civil officers of the Con
federate states, shall be removed from
office on impeachment for, and corivic
tio i of treason, bribery, or other high
crimes and tuisdeineaners.
ARTICLE 111.
Sue. L—l. Phe judicial power of the
Confederate States shall lie vested in
| one supreme court, and in such interi
or courts as tiio Congress may from time
to time ordain and establish. The
j judges, both of the. supreme and inferi
. or courts, shall hold their offices during
good behavior, and shall, at stated
times, receive for their services a com
pensation, which shall not be diminish
| ed during their continuance ill office.
Sue. 2 ). The judicial power shad
! extend to all cases arising under this
| constitution, the laws of the Confeder
ate States, and treaties made or which
shall be made under their authority ; to
all eases affecting ambassadors, other
public ministers and consuls ; to all ca
ses of admiralty and marjtim > jurisdic
tion ; to controversies to which the Con
federate States shall boa party; to con
i troversies between two or more States :
between a State and citizens of another
State where the State is plaintiff,between
citizens claiming lands under grants of
different States, and between a State or
the citizens thereof, and foreign States,
citizens or subjects: but no State shall
i l>e sued by a citizen or subject of any
{ foreign State.
2. In all eases affecting ambassadors,
j other public ministers, and consuls, and
j those in which a State shal! lie a party,
I the supremo court shall have appellate
jurisdiction, both" as to law and fact,
with such exceptions, and tinder such
regulations, us tiie Congress shall make.
3. The trial of all crimes, except in
cases of impeachment, shall he by jury,
and such trial shall be held in the State
where the said crimes shall have been
committed ; but when not committed
witnin any State, the trial shall be at
such place or places as the Congress
may, by law, have directed.
Sue. 3.—1. Treason against the Con
federate States shall consist only in le
vying war against them, or adhering to
their enemies, giving them aid and
1 comfort. JS'o person shall he convicted
! of treason unless on the testimony of
two witnesses to the same overt act, or
on confession in open court.
2. The Congress shall have power to
| declare the punishment of treason; hut
| no attainder of treason shall work cor-
I ruption of blood, or forfeiture, except
' du >:ng the life of the person attainted.
ARTICLE IV.
Sir. 1.--1. Full faith and credit shall
| be given in each State to the public acts,
records, and judical proceedings of every
; other State. And the Congress may, by
general laws, prescribe the manner in
i which such acts, records, and proceed
ings shall be proved and the effect
' thereo f.
Sic. d. -I. i'be citizens of each Stale
shall lie entitled to all privileges and
' immunities of citizens- in the several
, States and shall have the right of tran
sit and sojourn in any State of this Con
federacy. with their slaves and other
property: and the right of property in
said slat es shall not bo thereby impair
ed.
d. A person charged in any State with
treason, Jeiony, or other crime, against
the laws of such State, tvho shall flog
from jnsticjg, and be found in an- I
ether state, shall, on demand of the i
executive authority of the State from j
wi.ich he lied, be delivered tip, to lie
removed to ihe State having jurisdiction
of the crime.
3. No .-lave or other person held to
service or labor in any State or territory
of the Confedemte States, under the law’s
thereof, escaping or lawfully carried in
to another, shall, in consequence of any
law or regulation therein be discharged j
from - i h service or labor; but shall
be delivered up on claim of the party
to whom such slave belongs, or to whom
such service or labor may be due.
Spc. 3. —l. Other States may lie ad
mitted into this Confederacy by a vote
of two-thirds of the whole House of
Representatives, and two-thirds of the
Senate, the Senate voting by States;
but no new State shall bo formed or
erected within the jurisdiction of any
other State, nor any State be formed bv
the junction of two or more States, or
parts of States, without the consent of
the Legislature of the State concerned
as well as of the Congress.
The Congress shall have power to
dispose of and make all needful nilo?
and regulations concerning the proper
ty «t' the Confederate States, includin'*
tiie lands thereof.
3. 't he Confederate. States mav ac
quire tiew territory : and Congress shall :
have power to legislate and provide .gov- 5
ernraent.i tor the Inhabitants of all
territory belonging to the Confederate
.■states, lying without the limits of the
several States ; and may permit them i
at such times, and in such manner as 1 1
it may by law provide, to form States
to be admitted into the Confederacy.—
In all such territory the institution of
negro slavery, as it now exists in the
Confederate States, shall be recognise!
and protected by Congress and by the
territorial government; and the inhab
itants of the several Confederate States
and Territories shall have the right, to
take to such Territory any slave luv
fully held by them in any nQthc States
orJTVrtStories ot the Confederate Mates.
The i onfederate States shall guaranty
to every State that now is or hereafter
mav become a member (4 this Confede
racy, a republican form ot government,
and shall protect each o' them against
invasion ; and on application of the leg
islature ior of the executive when the
Legislature is not in session; against do
mestic violence
ARTICLE V.
Snc. I—l. Upon the demand of any
1 three States, legally assembled in their
several conventions, the Congress shall
summon a convention of all the States,
to take into consideration such amend
ments to the constitution as the said
States sliall concur in suggesting at the
time when the said demand is made, and
should any of the proposed amendments
to the constitution be agreed on by the
said convention—voting by State's—and
the same be ratified by the legislatures
of two-thirds of the several States, or by
conventions in two-thirds thereof—as
| the one or the other mode of ratification
may lie proposed by the general conven
tion —they shall thenceforward form a
part of this constitution. Rut no State
shall, without its consent, be deprived
oi its equal representation in the Senate.
ARTICLE VI
1. Tire government established by this
cr.iistitu.tion is the successor of tile Pro
visional Government of tiie Confederate
States of America, and all the laws pass
ed by the latter shall continue in force
until the same shall be repealed or mod
ified; and all the officers appointed by
the same shall remain in office until
their successors are appointed and quali
fied, or the offices abolished.
2. All debts contracted and engage
ments entered into before the adoption
of this constitutian shall be as valid
against the Confederate States under
this constitution as under the Provision
al Government.
3. This constitution, and tiie laws of
the Confederate States, made in pursu
ance thereof, and all treaties made, or
which shall lie made under the authori
ty of the Confederate States, shall be
the supreme law of the land; and the
judges in every State sliall lie bound
thereby, anything in the constitution or
laws ot any State to the contrary not
withstanding.
4. The Senators and Representatives
before mentioned and the members of
the several State legislatures, and all
executive and judicial officers, both of
the Confederate States and of the sever
al States, shall be bound by oath or af
firmation, to >. ipport this constitution;
but no religious test shall ever he re
quired as a qualification to any office
or public M ust under the Confederate
States.
fi. The enumeration, in the constitu
tion, of certain rights, shall not lie con
strued to deny or disparage others re
tained by the people of tiie several
States.
7. The powers not delegated to the
Confederate States by the constitution,
nor prohibited l>y it to the States are
reserved to the States, respectively, or
to the people thereof.
ARTICLE VII.
1. The ratification of the conventions
of five States shall lie sufficient fur the
establishment of this constitution be
tween tiie Slates so ratifying the same.
2. When five States shall have ratified
this constitution, in the m itter before
specified, the Congress under the Pro
visional constitution, shall prescribe the
time for holding the election of Presi
dent and Vice-President; and, for the
meeting of the Electoral College; and,
for counting the votes, and inaugurat
ing the President. They shall, also,
prescribe the time for holding the first
election of members of Congress under
this constitution, and the time for as
sembling the same. Until the assem
bling of such Congress, the Congress un -
der the Provisional constitution shall
continue to exercise the legislative pow
ers granted them; not extending beyond
the time limited by the constitution of
the Provisional Government.
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A.bn«y 53 00 Atlanta 7.7 21 00
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