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CONSTITUTION
OK Tilt!
t«:trEDI2I.ITL STlTIii G. AflOtK I.
\\'c, the people ill' the CVmfedende t
' i .ti >. mi» li M ils acting in P H»v<- • i-'i t
it in Ii n. ii’j iTi Iriil i iriiiu'tiT. in "i-l 1 1 *
form a permanent i'V>iruil tiovninnieiit, .
establish jiitti. *■. insure '!"iii Han- -
quility and secure the blessings ol ‘' '' i
tj to ■uir-ii-has mnl our poslciitv iinn- j.
t ii«. i ,i; favoraml guidanceoi Almighty
1...1 do ordain and c t iblish this con-
HtitUtillll (ill tin’ 1 olltcdejal ' I’liltt’-i ol
Aimiin '■ ii
AdiJliii'l 'I
S H < | All legist itivc powers Ill’ll ill t
Th-gated shall be vested in a l impe - i
i 1 tile Colliedeiate States, which tll.’ll! i
nsi.-tof a Sciiati’ ami House o! Ueprc- ...
relatives.
1 'i'll ' Holis'l 111 lil’pre: elltu- i]
tiv’i's shall be compos.-d ot ineiioi. r.-oho- ~
s. n evn hit'iuni \i :ir by tin’ J> ’• ol ,|
till SUM-I J Mates , Mill On ■ I'li’i tors ill j g
Im li Mall’ shall In- eiti/.rns i I tin) i on- ~
o derate St ties, and have the qiialitica- |
lions requisite I'm electors of th- most ] j
iruinTi us 1 .1 •n< ii id' tin’ Stall’ l.' /:. !.t (
lull’; lint in* jii • i -on n! foreign liiitli, 1 ,
lint a citizen id the t 'otili’iliTiili! States, ,
shall In' allow d to vote lor Mi) officer, |
civil oi political, State or I'i-i'.i-rni. |
'i. No |n’i -mi shall lie a lie) rcsenta- |
live, who shall not have attained the ,
a: ol twenty live years, and he a i it- , |
gen nl the I'mieder.ite Stall . and who
• hall Iml, vvlieii elet ted, he an inhahi j]
tunt oi that State in vvhieh he shall he
C'lioten.
itepn-entativ i-K and 1 »ii«- t lavas
shall be appoi titu,oil among the several j
States, which may he included within |
this Confederacy, m cording to tln ir re
spoctive iiuiiilii i , vvhieh shall lit: deter- 1
mined le, adding to tlie who c nunihet ,
of tree persons, including those hound ,
ton r'. iee lor a tenu oi years, and inclu
• hi.’ Indians not laved, three tilths n!
ail slaves, 'hhe aeliial enumeration j
ml! lie mad - v.ithin tliiee years after
t.ie tliKt llli’elin;’ ot (In I’undress ot the
I nlederale Slat- .oil within cverv
uh.-eijinnt tcrinof ten years, in ninth :
lualinrr as they -.hall, lay law. direct
'I lie number of Representatives hit'll I !
not exceed one lor every iifty thousand,
lull each State shall have at least one
liepreseiitative ; and until sneh emmie
i tlion shall lie made, the Slate ofSoi tli
i molina shall In- entitled to choose rix,
the State of tell, the State ol 1
Alabama nine, the State of T'lnrida two, |
ttie State of Mississippi seven, the State
of lioutmaua iv, and the Stilt ■ of Texas
six.
I When vo am iis ouopni i’i the rep
risentaliim Irom any m le, the Kveeit
t:ve authority thereof all isssuc* vviits
'•I el it in to nil such vacancies.
e. 1 lie llollst’ ofi'epreM’Ut’ltivei shall
h i,’si* their speaker and other otlieer-,
•il l shall have the sole power of im
i e.e hlnriit, except tlml any judicial or
ti.er federal olliivf ie-idcut and acting
oh y within the limits of any State. |
mav ; e impended l\ a vote of two
thirds *t hoti hranclieh oftli! I
t ni e I In reel.
: i. . 1 ■ ’The Senate of the t’otife 1
it o states snail he composed ot two
S n iters from each Slate, chosen for j
six years hy the 1, . i- -Inline thereof, at
the regular see ion next immeiliatelv
piece liny the ei.inilU'lieeim nl "I the
term ol r■ rv i ■ ; and cat ii Senator .1 *
have one vote.
J lin mcilii tidy after they shall lie
assembled, ill i iiii-equeucc of the lirsl
election, they su ill he divided as equal
Iv as tuny he it.hi three classes. The
seal >oi the ■ ..itors ot he first class
shall he vaeatedat tlie exp l rati li of the
second year ; ol the second duns at the
i-xpirateni ol the lotti t!< v ear, and of the j
third clu - at the expiridion of the siv ’h
year; so that one th'id in a/ he idio-en ;
even second year; and it vne im ies Imp 1
pen by resignation or otherwise, dill i'iu !
the iei-, . 111 the l .-■gi.-.lal tit e of any I
Slat , the ! incentive thereof i.-.av make
'enipojniy appointments until the next j
meetin / of lie- I gislaluni, with h sha I I
tin'll tilt sta li v ui am :-‘s.
.'i No prison shall I-.- a Senator who '
diiill not have attained the aye ol thir
t> year- , and he n it I’.en of 11 o I 'onh d
• into Mates; and vho shall not Av Inn
elected, ho an inhalnlaut ot tin- State !
lor which In- shall e chosen.
-I The \ii e !’il’sidi llt ol til-'t'onfe-l
irate Stales shall he I'iesident of tile
Senate, hut sh.tll have no vote, unless
they he ciitially div ided.
o. Tilt) Setialo shall dloose their nth
I'l'oHiiTis; and also a Ties detit /id I,hi
par* in the alisein eof the Vice President '
nr when lie sli.ill evereise die titliee ot
I'iesident of tee oiifederutu States,
0. The S, o -teshall have the sole povv
ertotryi.il imp. aelnueiits. When sit
liny for tint purpo- <*, they shall Inn n
oath or affirmation When the I‘resi- :
• lento! the full federate States is tried, i
,* el'hiel Justiee shall preside , and no
•rson shall he loiivirti.d without tee
■ ncurretii eof two-thirds of the mem-
I I is present.
• .ludynient iui.e- sn* inipe.n Innent
shall not extend fmthrr than to remo
. al from otliix*. uml disi|uadtieati.ai i"
mild and enjoy any oftiiv oi honor.trns’t
■r protit. under the tViifedcrah- States .
hut the party eonvieo .l sh.tll never
thi'lesa. Ihi Table ami suhieet to in lad j
incut, trial, ju lymeu; and punishment
acoordiny to law
SR' -1 i the times, places and
mannero lioldin ; de. tiousfor Senators
and Kepresentatives shall he prescribed
in each State hy th-' l.eyisiaiure theie
of, subject to the prov isious of this i ->u
stitutiou; but tlie Conyrcss mav, atany
time, by aw, make or alter such 'ec.u"
lattons, except as to the IniN'saud places
u! dioosiny Senators.
- Tbe Tonyres. shall a-emlde at
least once in every yen : and ad; me,*:
iuj; shall he on the lost Moudav in i
• vmlier. unless tin v shall, In law, ■
p nut a different day.
see •">. I. i. nil House shall !-• tin*
mice of (lie el li-ms. returns and ion,!
tioitious i . own meiubi :-. and a
majority oi ea i . ill vaeistiiute a quo
t Util to do husiue - ; hut a smaller uum
U*r may inljourn t:om day to dav. and
may tv authori- i to iviinnel tlie alien
dance ot absent iin-mU ts. in such e m- i
ner and under such penalties as cadi
House mav provide.
Lach House mav dcttruiine the |
tuh-s of rtspre iH’iiinys, punisti its mem
Ivrs foi disordetiv bdi iviir, m,| with ,
the concurrence ot two ihir-ts ot the i
iv inde numls-r. exi.s-i a tm tub
•i. Each House shall k« <*j> a journal of
-s pri-ceeilinys, and .. *m ton ■ to time
pahlish the same, ex vptiny such parts !
as may, in their judgment, requti ’ se
ox-y . and the veas and navs of the
members of either iltne on auv que.
-i.ou. shall, at ihu d. iiru --i on# tilth of
tho.se present, he entered on the join- ~
n il i <
i Neither Ilniise, during the s-’ssioti
of • onyress, shall, without tint con-amt j
of the other, a'lioiirn for more t lau /
th itt- days, nor to any titlier pla< e t h r i > ,
that in which the two Houses s:iall he .
sit liny. t
,V(. ; e u. I. The Senators and Kepre- : f
-nt :;■ . d| receive a coiiipensitioii | ,
for t - " services, to be aseert lined by , fl
|,i tv, i. , I p.i I outof the treasury of the [ v
on lei ,te States. I hey shall, in all t
i■ i. ex ept treason, felloliy and breach
:• j ■ ji.y-.i-, In* privileyed from a*rest j ‘
ouii ,li'-.f att- iidaucj at til - Scssi-m j
tie . ie.speetive Hoaxes, and ill yoiuy - ,
to and retnrni iy from tiio same; and ,
to on -pee, bor debate ia eilher H wise, j
ih.-y t-ii ill not be qucstio:i>*-l in,my nth t
er p a e. _ j ,
•J No Senator or llepresentativeshrll.
du’iny li: time mi wliidi lie was t*lei t- ,
i- I. In* appointed to any civil ofli.-e liu
,h r the authority of tie- temfederate ]
Mates, which >li.ll have been created, i
i,r the emoluments whereof shall have \ (
been iucreawd during such time; and no
person liohliny any oaiee under the j
i ’onfederate Mates shall Is; a member o! j
either House ditriny his continuance in!,
miiee. Piiitt ’oiiyrees may. by law, grant i '
to the ptineipa! otlieer in each of the !
r.xeeutiv ’ I leplll tllleuts 11 seat Upon the | ,
lloor of i ither House, with tin: privilege |
of di-eu-sing any measures apjairtuining i
to his department
Str. 7-1. All hills for raising rove- i
inn- .-.hall originate in the House of Rep- j
reseulatives; hut the Senate mav pro- !
pose or concur with amendments as on i
other bills.
g. faery hill vvhieh shall have pv-,-,1
both Houses, shall, hemic it becomes a
law, he presented to the President ol
the l loldeiJerate States; if he approve, lie
shall sign it; but if not, lie shall return
i it with his objections to that IT use i.n
which it shall have originated who
\ shall enter the objections at huge on
their journal, and proceed to leeoiisider
it. if, after such reconsideration, two- ■
thin!.-, of that House shall aytei’ in pass 1
the hill, it shall lie sent, together with j
the i hjeiTion-. to the other House, hy’!
which it sliall likewise lie iveousidered, j
ami if approved hy two-thirds of that
| House, it shall become a law. Hut in
ail Sitl* h eases, the votes of both Houses
shall lie determined by yeas and nays,
- and the names of the persons voting for
and against the hill shall he entered on
j the jolirn d of each House respectively.
* If any lull shall not lie returned hy the
President within ten days (Sundays ex
ci pled) after it sliall have linen present
ed to him, the same shall he a law, in
like manner as if lie had signed It, un
less the Congress, by their a Ijom nment
prevent its return; in which ease it shall
not he a 1 ivv. The President may ap
prove any appropi iation and ilmapprov«
any other appropriation in tie: same
hill. In sin h eases le- snail, in signing
the hill, designate the appropriations |
disa proved; and sliall return a copy of j
i such appropriations, with his objections,
tiit ie ilouse in which the hill sliall have
mated; and the same proceedings
'liali then l>e had as in i a e of other hills
: disapproved hy the President.
it Kvery order, n silution or vote, to
i which the coni'iirri nee of both Houses
may lie necessary (except on a question
of adjournment) shall he presented to
the President of tli ■ Coiileder de States;
and before the same shall take clfect,
! ehiiil he approved by him; or being dis
approv d hy him, shall he re-passe* i-v
two-thirds of both Houses according to
Ihc rules and limit.tions prescribed in
ease of a lull.
M's'. N J’he Congress shall have jmw
ill '
I 'l'o lay and collect taxes, duties,
iinjvosts, and excises, for revenue limv
siu \ to pay the debts, provide for the
; eonimon defeiiee, and early on the gov
1 crnmei.t of the Confederate States; iMit
Ho iHHintie-s shall he granted from the
treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes
mi importations from foreign nations he
I laid to nromote or foster any hr,Huh of
industry, and all duties, im’-osts. and
, excisis shall hetintfoim tlllTHlgiloul til.’
1 l'old del ale States:
In hollow money on the credit of
tlie V.'ulllederate States:
'To regulate commerce with foreign
nations, and am lig the several Stales,
and with the Indian tribes; hut neither
j this, nor ally other clause contained in
the e list it (l tit >ll, shall ever lie eeiistru al
tn delegate the power to Conyres to ap
prnpriate money for any internal im
provement intende I to iacilitate com
meive; except for the purpose of fimiish
ing lights, la-anins, and buoys, and oth
i’i aids to navigation upon the coasts,
and the improveimsit of harbors and
the removing ot obstructions in river!
navigation, in all which uises. such du
ties shall he laid outlie navigation ta
! eilitated thereby, as may ho mves arv
to pav the costs and expenses thereof
-I. l'o establish uniform laws of na
t'.nali/.ation, and uniform lav s mi tlie
subject of hankruptcies throughout- tlie
’ 1 Oldeiierate States, hut no law of Cun
gross sliall diseharge any ileht eontraet
ed before tile passage of tlie sioue:
o. 'To coin moiiee, regulate the value
therein' an 1 of foreign coin, and liv the
stainlar-l of weights and measures.
li. 'To provide for the punishment of
. I'ountorloitiny the securities and current
coin of the Confederate States:
. To establish postoltioes and post
routes: hut tlie expenses of tlie Post
-’i:• e I 'ep irtment after tile lif t day of
March in the year of our land eighteen j
hiiiinre,l a d sixly-tnree, shall he paid
out m its own revenues.
s To piomote the progress of seienee
and useful arts, by seenriuy for lipiited
times to autlims and inventors the ev
elu.di ■ light tolheir respective writings i
and discoveries
!•. 'To amstitute tribunals inferior to !
the .Supreme Court.
10. I n deihie and punish piracies axil
telmiies i.inimittisl on the hiyli seas,
ami otiemvs against tin* law of nations
11. io d via re war, grant letters of
marque and repiisal, and make rules
concerning captures on land and water:
T-V I n raise and support armies; hut
no appropi iation of money to that use
shall lie for a longer term than two
\ ears;
Hi To provide and tnaiutain a uavv:
It Io maki riiU-s for the govern- j
uteiit and regulation of tli,' naval am!
land forces:
1- 'i'u provide for calling forth the
militia to execute the laws of the Coii
li’derate States, suppress iiiMineetions
and rejH l invasiui.v
la To provide for org.ini*ing..aruiiug
and -!is. iplining the uniitia and for gov
erning such jvirt ot them as mav be em
ployed in the service of Hie Confederate -
•'t i’-i-. 1.-serving to the States, respee*
tt'il' the ap|HHUtment of the niHeers
hi.,l ihu authority m tiaiuiug the militia <
»rcm ding to the discipline j»j».--'•rit« ] by
l ingress:
17 *!*»» exercise exclusive legislation,
in ; 1 1 * cii-. s whatsoever, «.v> r such di.v
trict iiint exceeding ten miles quart-) us
may, l>y cession of one or more .Slates
and tli** aeeeplanco ot ( uugre-.s, beenim*
the seal of the Government of the (Jon
fed'v.tte States: and to exercise like au
thority over all pines purchased by the
consent ot the legislature of the State in
which the Minn- sh ill be, for the erec
tion of forts, inagazines, arsi mils, dock
yards end oth t needful buildings: ; i,d
I s To make all laws which shall lie
necessary and proper for ciH-ryinif into
execution the fnreg ini: powers, and nil
other powers vested by this l'.institu
tion in the government- of th.* ( outi i
erate States, or in any department or of- *
ticer thereof.
See. !! I The ini|M)rtiitiori of negro.':-
<>l the Alliean race, iroin anv fori an
e.iuntry other thin the sbt\vholding
States or lia i iioi i . of the i ■i■ < | Stales
of Ameiiea. is hereby forbid-bn; and
Con • less is ietptireil to pass sileli law
.shall ell etlialiy prevent the sum*
li. Congress shall also h ive power to
prohibit tiie in! rod i let ion of slm.-s from
any State not a member of, oi f,-i iihu v
not belonging I i till- Con fed* -i.iex.
d. The piivih-ge of the writ of habeas
corpus shall nor he suspend 1. unless
when in eases ol rebellion or invasion
the public safeiv may reipire it.
4. No Mil oi ail under, or ,• y ,
law, or law denying or inquiring the
fight of properly 111 m_;ln -hue.-
he passed.
n. No capitation <>|- oilier direet I .
shall he laid unless in proportion to !l. •
Census o! euilllieiali li lleieiuheloie hi
reeled to he tak -:i.
•». N'<* tax or duty »b ill he laid on ; -
tides exported Pom any Slate ex -opt I.v
a vote ol tavo-tioids ot both llou.ec
i. No pieleirme shall he .n.en hv
any regulation of e'lmim-rcv <ri -. nl
- the pm ts of otic State over too.-*; of
another.
5. No money shall he drawn from the
treasury hut in eons-,pieuec of appro
priations made by la .; and a ivynlar
statement and uvroiint of lhe receipts
and expenditures of all puli! e monev
•shill lie puiil.sh'-d 1 roui time to time.
ih Congress shall uppropriat" no
money from tiie treasury eve,'pi l.v a
vote of two-thirds of both lion es, tak
en by yeas and nays, unless it. in- asked
and estimated for by some one of the
head* of Depannent, and submitted to
Congress by the I‘iesident ; or for the
purpose of paying ils own expenses and
contingencies; or for the pavim-nt of
claims against tile Conh ae State-.,
the justice oi which shall have been
judicially declared by a tribunal for the
investigation of el inns against the gov
ernment, which it is h' i.-hv mad : tin
duty ot Coiigiv..s to i stuolish.
Id. All bills appropiial.ng mom y
shall specify li i-'cdeial emiem v the ex
act amount of each appropiialion and
the puqiose for which it is made ; and
emigres shall grant no extra eonipeo
sat inn to any puhlie character, ■■ Ulcer,
ag.-nt or servant, after such eouiraet
shall have been made or r.ueli . ,-rvii\
tendered.
11. No tide of nobility shall he grant
ed by the tainted rate States; mid no
person holding any office o ; proiit or
trust, under them shall, without, the
consent of the Congress, accept of anv
present, emolument, oflice or title of
any kind whatever from any king,
prince or foreign State.
1- Congress shall make no law re
specting an establishment »f religion, or
prohihiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the lreedmn of speei h. or of
the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble and petition the
government for a vedres.; of grievan-vs.
Id. A well r. gulated militia being
neeesiiiry to the security of a ftee State,
the light ot the people to keep and hear
arms shall not he infringed.
1 I. No : oldier shall, in time of peace,
In* quaittui-d in any hmi.-e without, the
consent ol the owner ; mu in time <..
war, hut in a manner to he [ireseiili d
I.y law.
la. The right of the people to !,•- sc
cure in their peisons. houses, pipe,
and effects against ipii ■ ISO!la|lie M arches
and seizures shall not be violated ; ami
no wait nmts shall issue hit! ttpou pmh
able cause, supported by oath or allinu
lion, and partictilai ! v desr-rihing the
place to he searched, and the per.-.-ue, or
tilings to he seized.
lti. No |«-i son shall he held to answer
lor a capital or otherwi e iu'aimms
crime, unless on a presentment or in
dierment of a grand jury, except in eases
arising hi the land or naval forces, in
in the militia, when in actual service in
time of war or puhlie .lan ger ; nor shall
| any person lie subject tor the same of
j fence to he t wice put in Jeopardy >*' life
or liiuh ; nor he compelled, in anv crim
inal ease, to boa witness against him
sdt ; or In- deprived of iil'e, iiivrtv, or
| properly, witJamit due process of law;
; nor shall private properly he taken for
M tlhlie use. without, just compensation.
17. In all criminal prosecutions the
accused sl-.all enjoy the right to i sneedv
and puhlie trial, by an impartial i n v of
tiie State and d.sti ii-t winn in ike i inie
| shall hay c been e.mimitted, which d.s-
I tri t shall have been previously a.-eer
j I 'ilted by law, and to he informed of
I the nature and can e of the accus ition ;
. to he confronted with tiie witnesses
i against hiui ; to have compui-urv pr,»-
; cos*, for obtaining witnesses i:: ids favor:
I and to have tin- , issist;i:i . .-1 e ,a a 1 tor
i ids defence.
IS. in suits iit common law, when
the value in controversy shall raped
twenty-liolktrs, tiie rightoi rii. 1 1 |.\ jury
I shall he preserved ; and no fact s > trieil
iby ;i jury shall oe otherwise re-exam
ined in any court of the C-. modern,-y.
than according to the t itles of the coiii
mon law .
l!l. KA.es.-ive heal shall not he re
quired, nor excesxive line.- imposed, nor
cruel an 1 miusitai punisinm -,ts indicted.
7U Even law. or resolution having
the force of law, shall relate to hut one
subject, and that shall iv ex -U's-eii in
the title.
10 1. No state sh d! enter into
mi.v trea'.y, alliiUKV, or conleder.uion :
grant letters ot marque or reprisalcoin
money: make tin .-thing but gold and
silver eain a ten ier in payment of debts ;
pass any hill ot attainder, or,
law, or law impairing t, e obligation ot
contracts, or grant any title f .lobiiitv.
No state shall, without the con
sent ot Congress. lay imposts or duties
on imwort. or expoits. except what may
Ik* absolutely necv*ss:iry tor , xceutin..
its insiiection laws : and the net pro
duce of all duties .uni imjs»ts. laid hv
any state on imports or export*, sh.d
Ik* ior ttie us»* ot the irea-nrv ot the
Colltv,l*iatStut,v and ~11 sr.-n k. ,
j shall he subject to the revision and con- <
1 Lrol of Congre.-s. (
No Stale dial!, without the con- l
sent of Congress, lay any duty on ton- v
mage, except on sea-going vessels, for t
the ininrovetne it ot its r,vers and bar- |
hors navi sited by the said v-sse!.- : hut t
! such duties shall not conflict with any ;
treaties o* lb-' t «>riic*,li-rntt- S. ales uilh 1
I ireigu nations; and t,ny surplus reve
nue, tints derived, shall, after making 1
sii.-ii imtirovemen? paid into the ,
common i:- 1 axuiy sli ~ aey- State t
keep troojis fir : id; s ~J vv-;ir ,u time ot t
pea e. enter into any agH*.-m* lit or com- <■
jvict v.'.th anotlie • State, or with a for- s
eign ilower, ei' engage in liar, uuie.-s
ic-tiialiinvaded, or in inch iiriuioent
dang•.-!•' <• * ‘.' ill not admit of delay. Hut i
' when ijiv i iver divides nr .‘lows through i
tw . or moi'i* States, they may enter int .
eojnp.i ■(, with each otner to improve
th.- ih-iv i.: i'.i"U Ih, reof.
ARTICLE 11.
Sr -1 1. The exeeutiv.* power sliail
he vested in a l’lesident of the ''onfed
~i ri-- States ot ,\fner,-'a lb* and , lit*
Vi e I’resi hint shall hold their ofiiees
tor the term »>f six years ; lmt the Pres- ,
blent shall not he re-eligible. The ;
Pivaha.t ami \ : *,* i’resi,lent shall !>,.*
eleeled :is follows :
7. Kieii State shall appoint in such
mnmier i s tin- ie.i.-latnre thereof may
determine, a number of electors e,j .:al
‘ to the whole number of Senators and
pep- itives t-i ,v: iell tile S ale may
lie entitled in the Congress ; but tm
Sen.itoi' or iieptv--ntative, or per-.m
imbli-ig an oflice of trust or nro'it under 1
th" 1 ontederate faai-.-s, shall he ap
pointed an elector.
'S'lie electors .*•! t'i nicer in their re
spective States ami 'ot,* by ballot for
President ami Vice PivsidetC, one of
whom, at least, shall nut lie an inhabi
tant of the same State with themselves;
nicy shall name ia their hall,its the per
il voted lor as President, and in dis
tinct hail.its tiie person voted for s
Vice Pr, s.-b-iit, and they shall md,e
di•tin Is li.-t.-, ot all persons voted for as
, r,»ide;it. am! of all persons voted tor i
:;s vice Pi esident. and the number of
vote.-tor each, which list; tljev shall
sign and certify, and transmit, sealed,
to tiie seat of government of the Con- !
!. derate States, diieeti'd to the Presi
dent ot the ;senate ; the President of the j
Senate shall, in tin* presence of the Sen- '
ate and House of Uepresentatives, open
all !•" eertiiieates, and the votes shall 1
i then hi* counted ; tiie person having the j
• - greatest number of votes for President |
. shad he the President, if such number, j
he a majority of the whole number of !
■ •lectors appointed; and if no person
have . ill'll ei'ei.’iiiy, llie.i, from tin- per- !
• sons having the highest numbers, not j
■ ding three, on the list of those !
vote 1 lor its President, th * House of
if , . -sntiitivesshall ehoo-.e inii*ediute
: Iv, by ballot, the President, i'.ut in !
-1 choosing the President, the votes shall
1 betaken by States, the rcpr< sen ialion
1 ft an ea. h State having one vote; a
- ; quorum for this purpose shall consist of
. j a member or members from two-thirds
t oi the Stii'es, and a majority of all tee
States shall he a to a choice.
Ami it tim House of Kepresentutives
she.ll not choose a President, whenever
• tin- right ol choice shall devolve upon
r them, before the fourth day of March
• next following, then the Vice President
, shall act . s President, as in ease of the
! detail, or other e institutional disability
, of the President.
4. The person having the greatest
- number of votes as Vice President ,shall
r he the V ice President, if stteii number
r I'c a majority of the whole number of
I' electors appointed; and if no person
have a majority, then, from the two
■ highest numbers on the list the Senate
shall ill lose the Vice President; a t[Uo
; nun '.or the pin pos«'shall eoiisi -t of tvvo
, ■ thirds of the whole number of Senators
r j and a majority of the whole.'number
shall he necessary to a choice.
•>. Put no person constitutionally in
eligible to the oilice of Presid, id. shall
i be eligible to that of Vice President of
1 ; the Confederate States.
n. Ihe i',ingress mav det*'imale the
tone ol choosing Hie electors, and the
; day on which they shall give theii
votes; which day .-lull he tiie same
I throughout, tlm Confederate States.
i. No pels,ei exeej-t a natural horn :
eii zeli of the l’oilfederate Slates, or a
eitisrii th'-reot, at the time o' the adop
' lioti of tins constitution, or a citizen
thereof horn in the Cnited States prior
i.i the 20tli of Deeemlsir. ISliO, shall he .
• i eligible to the oilice of Piesident ; nei
ther shall any person lie eligible to that
oilice who shall not have attained to tie
age ol thirty-tiu* years, an,-! been fo.n -
| teen years a resident within the limits
‘ of tin* Confederate Slates, as thev mav
exist at the lime of his election.
■s.'ln case of tiie removal of tin* I’n s
ident Com nine,*, or of his death, resig- .
nation, or inability to discharge tin*
powers ti.nl duties of the said oilice. the
; same shall devolve on the Vice Presi
dent ; a.nl the Congress may, hv law,
provide i,:r tiie ea-c of removal, death,
resignation, or iuabiiity Uith of the
President an 1 \ ice President, declaring ■
what otlicer shall then act as Presitleut,
and Midi oilieer sll ill act according!-,
until the disability- he Teinoved or a
Presi.lant shall be elected.
T Ihe President shall, at stated times,
teeetv" lor his servaes a compensation,
" oi. ,i snail neither he iii,’ii-iis,-d nor
diminished during the period for which
he shall have lieen electeds ami he
shall n„t receive within that period anv
other emolument iroin the Confedeiate
States, or any of them
Id. Ik-fore hr cut is on the execution
"! ins oilice lie sliail take tiie following
",ith or atlirm.ition :
do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
! will faithfully execute the oftice of
President ot the Confederate States, and
will, to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect, and defend the Cfonstitution
iheteoi." -
S«. . 'J. 1.1 lie* ’President shall be
■ ■ iminan ii-i-in-cliiu of the army and
navy of tiie Conf,slt-rate States, anti of
the militia ,4 tie- several Slates, when
’ d!,d into tiie actual service ol theCon
tcierale States; he may require the
oj'.iiton, in writing, of the principal of
"V,"' in each of the Executive Dt part-
I ” a M*n any subject relating to the
. . :t;es oi their resjiective oltices : and lie
' * "-J i'-ive p a.ver to grant re;-, i, ves and
I'-irdcns for otfenei-s against the Confc i
-rate States, except in cases of iinix-a, h
tnerit.
lie sh ill have power, hv and with
Ha- advice and consent of the Senate,
t > make treaties, provided two-thirds of
the Senators present eonOuf ; and he
'."ill i. 'i.i’iate. arid by- and with the
adv! and , n-Atit of the Senate, shall
II - 1 a i..|
’ ‘eteis alt,K -ajuls. Judges ol ihcjupi,-me ’ .
court, and all other officers of the Con- j
federate States, whose appointments are '
not herein otherwise provided tor, and
which shall Im* established hy law ; but
the Congress may, by law, vest the ap- •
tiointinent of such inferior ollicers, as !
they think proper. in the President j
alone, in the court-: ot law, or in the |
heads of Departments.
h. The ]>rincij'al officer in each of the
Execntire Department... and all persons ,
connected with the di;>loniatic service,
may hi: removed fioin office at the pleas- j
me of the President. All other givil
ofiieers of the Executive Department j
may Pi removed at any time hy the
Pi i lent, or « ther appointing power, j
when their services are unnecessary, or
lor disho.’i --;y, ineapiaity. inefficiency,
misconduct, or neglect of duty; and
when so removed, the removal shall he
rep. l ied to tiro Senate, together with
the reasons therefor.
i. the President shall have power to 1
till all vacancies that may happen dir- I
ring the recess of the Semite, by grant
ing eominissiona which shall expire at
the end ot their next session ; but no
pci s at rejected by the Senate shall be
;e enpointud to toe same Cilice during
their ensuing recess.
m:.j. if —l. The President shall, from
time to time, give to the Congress in
lui math ill ot tire state of the tbm'cder
• ey. mid recommend to their considera
tion such measures as lie shall judge
in eessary an 1 expedient; lie may. on
cclij.oidinary occasions, convene both
irons. -. or either of them ; and in ease
i of disagreement, between them, w'th re
spect to tin- time of adjournment, he
may adjourn tuenr to such time as ire
shall thin!; pr iper ; Ire shall receive ani
i hass tilors and other public muiisti-rs ;
j he shall trilu- care that the laws be t'ailh
-1 tally execute 1, and shall commission all
■ the officers of the Confederate States.
sue. 4. 1. The President, Vice Pres
ident, and r'l civil officers of the Con
federate states, shall be removed from
office on impcachim-nt for. and eonvie
tio i of treason, bribery, or oilier high
; crimes and misdemeanors.
article 111.
Sue. 1. -1. I’lie judicial power of the'
Confederate States shall lie vested i.i
! one supreme court, and in such inferi
■ or courts as the < 'ongiass may from time
. to rime ordain and e-tahlrsh. f J he
jlidges, hotii o! the supreme and inferi
! or courts, shall hold their oltices during
' gonil lichavior, and shall, at stated
times, receive for their services a com
! peiisation, which sirail not be diminish
ed during their continuance a office.
Sue. 1 - i. '1 he judicial power shall
extend to all eases arising under this
I constitution, the laws of the Confeder
ate States, and treaties made or which
shall be made under their authority ; to
all eit.-es alt cling ambassador's, inker
: public ministers and consuls : to all ca
ses of admiralty and maritim : juris iie
tieii ; to ioiitroversifs to which tlieOon
| federate States shall be a party; to can
troversies between two or more States;
'i tween a State and citizens of another
State where the Stale is plaintitf,betw een
citizens claiming lands iindiu gnntsof
different Staff s. and between a State or
lire citixe is thereof, and foreign States.
; citizens or subjects; but no State shall
be sued hy a citizen or subject of uuv
j loreign State.
A in all eases affecting ambassadors,
j other public ministers, and consuls, and
those in which a State shall he a party,
the supreme con t shall have appellate
jurisdiction, both as to law and fact,
| with such exceptions, and under such
regulations, as the Congress siiali inn!; -.
li. The trial of all crimes, except in
eases ot impeachment, shall be by jurv
and such trial shall be held in the Sta'te
where the said crimes sirail have been
committed ; but when not committed
within any State, the trial shall be at
such place or places as the Congress
may, by lav, have directed.
Sue.;;. 1. Treason against the Con-
I icdcrate States shall consist only in le
tying war against them, or adhering ti.
their i in-mica, giving them aid and
comfort. No person shall be convicted
of treason unless on the testimony ot
two wiim-ssi-s to tin; same overt act, oi
on confession in 1 pen court.
-. ’1 he Congress stall I have power ti
declare the punishment of treason; but
no attainder of treason shall work cor
ruption of liiood, or forfeiture, except
db fllg tire life of the person attainted
ARTICLE IV.
Sec. 1. -1. Full faitli and credit shall
lie given in each State to the public ni ts,
records, anil judical proceedings ofeverv
other State. And the Congress may. In
general i iws, prescribe the manlier iti
which such acts, records, and proceed
ings shall he proved and the effect
thereof.
Sue. A 1. The citizens of each State
shall be entitLd to all privileges and
immunities d 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 tile right of property in
arid slaves -.rail not be thereby impair
ed.
A prison charged in any State with
treason, ielony. n ether crime, against
the laws of such State, who shall lit*.-
tiom justice, rind be found in an
other state, shall, on demand of the
executive authority of the State from
which he tied, be delivered up, to lie
reii: ivci I to the State having jurisdiction
of the crime.
b. No slave or other person held to
set vice or labor in any State or territory
of tire Confederate States, under the laws
thereof, escaping or lawfully carried in
to another, shall, in consequence of run
: law or regulation tie-rein ire discharg'd
from such service or labor: but shall
he delivered up on claim of the party
to whom Mich slave belongs, or to whom
such service or labor may tie due.
uc -i. -J. Other Staten may be ad
mitted into tlri- Conic eraev by a vote
ot two-thirds ot the whole House of
Representatives, and two-thirds of tire
Serrate, the Senate voting by States;
bat no new state siiali be termed or
erected w tinu the jui isdictiou of any
other State, nor any State be formed la
the junction ot two or more States, or
putts ot States, without the consent of
the Legislature ot the Stale concerned
as well as of tire Congress.
i he t ongress snail have power to
dispose of and make all needful rules
and regulations . ling the propei -
v. of the Confederate States, including
the 1 in is thereof.
■b the Confederate States may re
quire new territory ; and Congress’shall
ha i e power to legislate and provide gov
ernments for the inhabitants ot all
territory belonging to the Confederate
'hate.-, lying without the limits of the ‘
s -'.eia! States , and m.u permit them,
at sueii t.mcs and :a such niaiiuei' as
- - - .■■nr'ii i ii i «u
it may hv law provide, t» form Stats
1 to tie admitted into the Confederacy.-
In all such territory the institution of
! negro slavery, as it now exists in the
Confederate States, shall be recognise i
: and protected by Congress and tn the
j territorial government ; and the itihuh-
I itant- of the several Confederate ,state.,
and Territories shall have the right to
lake to such Territory any slave l.w
--; fully held by them in any of the States
ov'-Teriitories of the t.'ontederate Mate-.
i f J he i ontederate f-tatesshall gttaraniv
to every State that now is or hereafter
may become a member ot t-his Contede
raev, a republican form ot government,
. and siiali protect each ot them against
invasion : ami on application of ihe b-»
; jnluture (or of the executive when tbe
Legisiature is not in session) against do
mestic violence.
ARTICLE V.
Siv. 1—!. Upon the demand of anv
tliree States, legally asscnililed in tliei’r
several conventions. the t’ongress shall
I summon a eunventiou <rf all the ; tales,
’ to take into consideration such ai.i. ud
, incuts to the constitution us tin .aid
States shrill concur in suggesting at the
lime when tin-said demand is made, and
j should any of the proposed amendments
to the constitution be agreed on by the
said convention—voting by States- and
tire same In- latitied'by the legislature
of two thirds of the several States, or bv
conventions in two-thirds thereof as
the one or the other mode of ratification
may be proposed by the general coiiveu
tion they shail tiiencefo; ward forma
part of this constitution. lint no State
shall, without its consent, be deprived
oi its equal representation in tlu-Senate.
ARTICLE VI
1. The government established by this
| constitution is the successor of the Pro
| visional Government of the Confederate
States of America, and all the laws pass
cd by the hitter shall continue in force
until tin- same shall he repealed or mod
i ilied; and all the officers appointed by
tie- same siiali remain in office until
i their successors are appointed and quali
fied, or the offices abolished.
-• All debts contracted and engage ■
: i in outs entered into before the adoption
i : of this eonstitutian shall be as valid
- 1 a cainst the Confederate States under
■ this constitution as under the I’rovision
■ al Government.
'lbis constitution, and the laws of
; the Confederate States, made in ptirsti
-1 mice thereof, and all treaties iiiade.-or
which shall be made under tlie authori
- tv ot tlie Confederate States, shall be
the supreme law of the land; and the
1 judges in every State shall be bound
s thereby, anything in the constitution or
laws of any State to the contrary not
i withstanding.
j 4. The Senators and Representatives
r before mentioned and tlie 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 as
; Urination, to - ipport this roustitution;
r but no religious test shall ever be r •
i quired as a qualification to any office
i or public trust under the Confederate
r States.
ii. 'J he enumeration, in tlie constitu
i tion, of certain l ights, shall not lie eon
> striwd to deny or disparage others
tained by the people of the several
. States.
I 7. ihe powers not delegated to the
, Confederate States by the constitution,
e nor prohibited by it to the states uu
• reserved to the States, respectively, or
h to the people thereof.
ARTICLE Vir.
II 1. The ratification of the conventions
, of live States shall Im* sufficient for the
t! estahlishment of this constitution W
j tween the States so ratifying the same
2. A lieri five States shall have ratuied
ll this constitution, in the nutter before
ls specilied, the Congress under the Pro
visional constitution, shall prescribe the
time for holding the election of I’resi
I dent and Vice-President; and, for tlie
° meeting of tlie Electoral College; and,
' tor counting the votes, and iiiaugurat
'. 'ms the President. They shall, also,
l! j prescrihe the time for holding the first
II election of mem tiers of Congress under
this constitution, and the time for as
" sembling- the same. Until the assem
n liiing of such Congress, the Congress un
' der the Provisional constitution shall
! i continue to exercise the legislative pow
■ : ers granted them; not extending la-vond
the time limited by tile constitution of
! i the Provisional Government.
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