PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE, CONSTITUTION, DECLARATION AND ARTICLES OF
CONFEDERATION.
CONFEDERATION, ARTICLES OF, 4008
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 4003
JEFFERSON’S MANUAL
Absence, Sec. 8, 4026
Adjournment, Sec. 50, 4052
Address, Sec. 10, 4027
Amendment, Sec. 35, 4041
Amendment between the Houses, Sec. 45, 4048
Arrangement of business, Sec. 14, 4029
Assent, Sec. 48, 4050
Bills, Sec. 22, 4033
Bills, commitment, Sec. 26, 4034
Bills, first reading, Sec. 24, 4033
Bills, second reading, Sec. 25, 4033
Bills, third reading, Sec. 40, 4044
Bills, second reading in the House, Sec. 31, 4037
Bills, leave to bring in, Sec. 23, 4033
Bills, recommitment, Sec. 28, 4035
Bills, Report taken up, Sec. 29, 4036
Bills sent to the other House, Sec. 44, 4048
Call of the House, Sec. 7, 4026
Co-existing Questions, Sec. 37, 4043
Committees, Sec. 11, 4027
Committee of the Whole, Sec. 12, 4027
Conferences, Sec. 46, 4049
Division of the House, Sec. 41, 4045
Division of the Question, Sec. 36, 4043
Elections, Sec. 4, 4025
Equivalent Questions, Sec. 38, 4044
Examination of Witnesses, Sec. 13, 4028
Impeachment, Sec. 53, 4054
Importance of adhering to rules, Sec. 1, 4022
Journals, Sec. 49, 4051
Legislature, Sec. 2, 4022
Messages, Sec. 47, 4050
Motions, Sec. 20, 4033
Order, Sec. 15, 4029
Order, in debate, Sec. 17, 4030
Order, respecting papers, Sec. 16, 4030
Orders of the House, Sec. 18, 4032
Petition, Sec. 19, 4032
Previous Questions, Sec. 34, 4040
Privilege, Sec. 3, 4023
Privileged Questions, Sec. 33, 4038
Qualification, Sec. 5, 4025
Quasi-Committee, Sec. 30, 4036
Question, the, Sec. 39, 4044
Quorum, Sec. 6, 4026
Reading Papers, Sec. 32, 4037
Reconsideration, Sec. 43, 4047
Report of Committee, Sec. 27, 4035
Resolutions, Sec. 21, 4033
Session, a, Sec. 51, 4052
Speaker, Sec. 9, 4026
Titles, Sec. 42, 4047
Treaties, Sec. 52, 4052
Ordinance of 1787, 4010
Ratification of Constitution, 4020
Ratification of amendment to Constitution, 4025
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
ART. SEC. PAGE.
_Arts and sciences_, to be promoted, 1 8 15
_Acts_, records, and judicial proceedings of each State entitled to
faith and credit in other States, 4 1 17
_Amendments_ to the Constitution, how made, 5 1 18
made, .. .. 19
_Appointments_ to be made by the President, 2 2 16
_Apportionment_ of representatives, 1 2 13
_Appropriations_ by law, 1 9 15
_Appropriation for army_ not to exceed two years, 1 8 15
_Armies_, Congress to raise and support, 1 8 15
_Arms_, right of the people to keep and bear, .. .. 19
_Assemble_, people may, .. .. 19
_Attainder_, bill of, prohibited to Congress, 1 9 15
prohibited to the States, 1 10 16
of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except
during the life of the person attainted, 3 3 17
_Bail_, excessive, not required, .. .. 19
_Bankruptcy laws_ to be uniform, 1 8 15
_Bills_ for raising revenue shall originate in the House of
Representatives, 1 7 14
before they become laws, shall be passed by both houses and approved
by the President; or, if disapproved, shall be passed by
two-thirds of each house, 1 7 14
not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment intervene, shall be
laws, 1 7 15
_Borrow money_, Congress may, 1 8 15
_Capitation tax_, apportionment of, 1 9 15
_Census_, or enumeration, to be made every ten years, 1 2 13
_Citizens of the United States_, who are, (14th amendment), .. 1 20
privileges or immunities of, not to be abridged by any State (14th
amendment), .. 1 20
_Citizens of United States_, not to be abridged on account of color,
race, or previous condition of servitude, (15th amendment), .. .. 20
_Citizens_ of each State shall be entitled to the privileges and
immunities of citizens in the several States, 4 2 17
_Claims_, no prejudice to certain, 4 3 17
of the United States, or of the several States, not to be prejudiced
by any construction of the Constitution, 4 3 18
_Coasting trade_, regulations respecting, 1 9 15
_Coin_, Congress fix value of foreign, 1 8 15
_Commerce_, Congress to regulate, 1 8 15
regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform, 1 9 15
_Commissions_ to be granted by the President, 2 3 17
_Common law_ recognized and established, (7th amendment), .. .. 19
_Congress_ vested with power, 1 1 13
may alter the regulations of State legislatures concerning elections
of senators and representatives, except as to _place of_ choosing
senators, 1 4 14
shall assemble once every year, 1 4 14
officers of government cannot be members of, 1 6 14
may provide for cases of removal, death, &c., of President and
Vice-President, 2 1 16
may determine the time of choosing electors of President and
Vice-President, 2 1 16
may invest the appointment of inferior officers in the President
alone, in the courts of law, or the heads of departments, 2 2 16
may establish courts inferior to the Supreme Court, 3 1 17
may declare the punishment of treason, 3 3 17
may prescribe the manner of proving the acts and records of each
State, 4 1 17
to assent to the formation of new States, 4 3 18
may propose amendments to Constitution or call a convention, 5 1 18
to lay and collect duties, 1 8 15
to borrow money, 1 8 15
to regulate commerce, 1 8 15
to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and naturalization, 1 8 15
to coin money, to regulate the value of coin, and fix a standard of
weights and measures, 1 8 15
to punish counterfeiting, 1 8 15
to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court, 1 8 15
to define and punish piracies, felonies on the high seas, and
offenses against the laws of nations, 1 8 15
to establish post offices and post roads, 1 8 15
to authorize patents to authors and inventors, 1 8 15
to declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules concerning
captures, 1 8 15
to raise and support armies, 1 8 15
to provide and maintain a navy, 1 8 15
to make rules for the government of the army and navy, 1 8 15
to call out the militia in certain cases, 1 8 15
to organize, arm, and discipline militia, 1 8 15
to exercise exclusive legislation over seat of government, 1 8 15
to pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into effect, 1
8 15
to dispose of and make rules concerning the territory or other
property of the United States, 4 3 18
President may convene and adjourn in certain cases, 2 3 17
may enforce prohibition of slavery by appropriate legislation,
(amendment), 13 2 20
_Congress_ may, by a two-third’s vote, remove disability of persons who
engaged in rebellion, (14th amendment), 14 8 20
shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the
provisions of Article XIV, (14th amendment), 14 5 20
shall have power to enforce the provisions of Article XV, (15th
amendment), 15 2 20
representation in, how apportioned, (14th amendment), .. 2 20
_Constitution_, how amended, 5 1 18
laws and treaties declared to be the supreme law, 6 1 18
rendered operative by the ratification of nine States, 7 1 18
_Contracts_, no law impairing, 1 10 16
_Conventions_ for proposing amendments to the Constitution, 5 1 18
_Counterfeiting_, Congress to provide for punishment of, 1 8 15
_Court_, Supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction, 3 2 17
_Courts_ inferior to the Supreme Court may be ordained by Congress, 1 8
15
Ditto Ditto, 3 1 17
_Crimes_, persons accused of, fleeing from justice, may be demanded, 4
2 17
how to be tried, 3 2 17
_Criminal prosecutions_, proceedings in cases of, .. .. 19
_Debts_ against the confederation to be valid, 6 1 18
_Debt_, public, authorized by law, shall not be questioned, (14th
amendment), .. 4 20
incurred in aid of rebellion not to be assumed or paid, (14th
amendment), .. 4 20
_Disability_ of persons who engaged in rebellion (14th amendment), .. 3
20
_Duties_ to be laid by Congress, and to be uniform, 1 8 15
further provision respecting, 1 9 15
cannot be laid by the States, 1 10 16
on exports prohibited, 1 9 15
on imports and exports imposed by States shall inure to the treasury
of the United States, 1 10 16
_Elections_ of Senators and representative shall be prescribed by the
States, 1 4 14
qualifications and returns of members of Congress to be determined by
each house, 1 5 14
_Electors_ of President and Vice-President, how chosen, and their
duties, 2 1 16
altered (see 12th amendment), .. .. 19
to vote the same day throughout the United States, 2 1 16
no senator or representative, or public officer, shall serve as, 2 1
16
_Enumeration_ every ten years, 1 2 13
_Executive power_ vested in the President, (see _President_), 2 1 16
_Exports_ not to be taxed, 1 9 15
and imports, States prohibited from laying duties on, 1 10 16
_Ex post facto law_, none shall be passed, 1 9 15
prohibited to States, 1 10 16
_Fines_, excessive prohibited, .. .. 19
_Fugitives_ from justice to be delivered up, 4 2 17
from service may be reclaimed, 4 2 17
_Habeas corpus_, writ of, can be suspended in cases of rebellion or
invasion, 1 9 15
_House of Representatives._ (See _Representatives_.)
_Impeachment_ to be brought by House of Representatives, 1 2 13
tried by the Senate, 1 3 14
_Impeachment_, judgment on, 1 3 14
all civil officers liable to, 2 4 17
_Importation of slaves_, not prohibited till 1808, 1 9 15
_Judges_ shall hold their office during good behavior, 3 1 17
their compensation, 3 1 17
_Judiciary_—tribunals inferior to Supreme Court may be created, 1 8 15
_Judicial power_ vested in a Supreme Court and courts inferior, 3 1 17
powers of the judiciary, 3 2 17
restriction as to suits against a State, .. .. 19
_Judicial proceedings_ of each State are entitled to faith and credit
in every State, 4 1 17
_Jury trial_ secured, and shall be held in the State where the crime
shall have been committed, 3 2 17
further regulated, (6th amendment), .. .. 19
secured in suits at common law where the value of controversy shall
exceed twenty dollars, (7th amendment), .. .. 19
_Law_, what is declared the supreme, 6 1 18
common, recognized and established, (7th amendment), .. ..
_Laws_, President to see them faithfully executed, 2 3 17
_Legislative powers_ vested in Congress. (See _Congress_.)
_Loans_, authority to make, 1 8 15
_Marque and reprisal_, letters of, 1 8 15
_Militia_ to be called out, 1 8 15
to be officered by the States, 1 8 15
to be commanded by the President, 2 2 19
their right to keep and bear arms secured, (2d amendment), .. .. 19
_Money_ shall be drawn from the treasury only by appropriation laws, 1
9 15
Congress to coin and regulate value of, 1 8 15
States cannot make, 1 10 16
_Naturalization_, uniform rules of, 1 8 15
_Navy_, Congress to provide and govern, 1 8 15
_Nobility_, titles of, shall not be granted by the United States, 1 9
15
nor by the States, 1 10 12
_Oath_ of the President, 2 1 16
of the public officers, 6 1 18
_Office_, who prohibited from holding, (14th amendment), .. 3 20
_Officers_ of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the
House, 1 2 13
_Officers_ of the Senate shall be chosen by the Senate, 1 3 14
civil, may be removed by impeachment, 2 4 17
_Order_ of one house requiring the concurrence of the other, 1 7 14
_Pardons_, President may grant, 2 2 16
_Patents_ to be granted to inventors, 1 8 15
_Petition_, right of, .. .. 19
_Persons_ held to service or labor, their importation or migration into
the United States may be prohibited after 1808, 1 9 15
escaping from one State to another shall be delivered up to those
entitled to service, 4 2 17
_Piracy_, Congress to prescribe punishment for, 1 8 15
_Post offices and post roads_, establishment of, 1 8 15
_Powers_ not delegated to Congress nor prohibited to the States are
reserved, (10th amendment), .. .. 19
legislative (See _Congress_.)
executive (See _President_.)
judicial (See _Judicial_.)
_Presents_ from foreign powers to public officers prohibited, 1 9 15
_Press_, freedom of
_President of the U. S._ vested with the executive power, 2 1 16
shall be chosen for four years, 2 1 16
how elected, 2 1 16
same, (12th amendment), .. .. 19
qualifications for, 2 1 16
who shall act in case of vacancy, 2 1 16
compensation of, 2 1 16
shall take an oath of office, 2 1 16
may be removed by impeachment, 2 4 17
_President_, commander of army, navy, and militia, 2 2 16
may require the written opinion of the heads of departments, 2 2 16
may reprieve and pardon, 2 2 16
may make treaties with consent of the Senate, 2 2 16
may appoint to office with consent of the Senate, 2 2 16
shall fill up vacancies happening during the recess of the Senate, 2
2 16
shall give information to Congress and recommend measures, 2 3 17
may convene both houses or either house, 2 3 17
may adjourn them in case of disagreement, 2 3 17
shall receive ambassadors and public ministers, 2 3 17
shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, 2 3 17
shall commission all officers, 2 3 17
_Privileges_ and immunities of members of Congress, 1 6 14
of citizens (See _Citizens_, also _Rights_.)
_Property_, Congress to provide for care of public, 4 3 18
shall not be taken for public use without just compensation, (5th
amendment), .. ..
_Punishments_, cruel and unusual, prohibited, .. ..
_Quorum_ for business, what shall be a, 1 5 14
of States in choosing a President by the House of Representatives, 2
1 16
_Quartered_, no soldier to be quartered on a citizen, .. .. 19
_Rebellion_, debt incurred in aid of, not to be assumed or paid, (14th
amendment), .. 4 20
disability of persons who have engaged in (14th amendment), .. 3 20
_Receipts_ and expenditures, accounts of, to be published, 1 9 15
_Records_, how to be authenticated, 4 1 17
_Religion_—no law to be made—free exercise of, .. .. 19
religious test not required, 6 .. 18
_Reprieves_ granted by the President, 2 2
_Representatives, House of_, composed of members chosen every second
year, 1 2 13
qualifications of voters, 1 2 13
qualifications of members, 1 2 13
apportionment of, 1 2 13
vacancies, how supplied, 1 2 13
shall choose their officers, 1 2 13
shall have the power of impeachment, 1 2 13
_Representation_ shall be the judge of the election and qualifications
of its members, 1 5 14
what shall be a quorum, 1 5 14
any number may adjourn and compel the attendance of absentees, 1 5 14
may determine the rules of proceeding, 1 5 14
may punish or expel a member, 1 5 14
shall keep a journal and publish the same, 1 5 14
shall not adjourn for more than three days nor to any other place,
without the consent of the Senate, 1 5 14
one-fifth may require the yeas and nays, 1 5 14
shall originate bills for raising revenue, 1 7 14
compensation to be ascertained by law, 1 6 14
privileged from arrest, except in certain cases, 1 6 14
_Representatives_ shall not be questioned for speech or debate in the
House, 1 6 14
shall not be appointed to office, 1 6 14
shall not serve as electors of President, 2 1 16
and direct taxes apportioned according to numbers, 1 2 13
how apportioned among the several States, (14th amendment), .. 2 20
who prohibited from being, (14th amendment), .. 3 20
of a State, vacancies in, supplied until a new election by executive
authority, 1 2 13
_Resolution_, order, or vote, requiring the concurrence of both houses,
to undergo the formalities of bills, 1 7 14
_Revenue bills_ to originate in the House of Representatives, 1 7 14
_Rights of the citizen_ declared to be—
privileges of citizens of the several States, 4 2 17
liberty of conscience in matters of religion, .. .. 19
freedom of speech and of the press, .. .. 19
to assemble and petition, .. .. 19
to keep and bear arms, .. .. 19
to be exempt from the quartering of soldiers, .. .. 19
to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures, .. .. 19
to be free from answering for a crime, unless on presentment or
indictment of a jury, .. .. 19
not to be twice jeoparded for the same offence, .. .. 19
not to be compelled to be a witness against himself, .. .. 19
not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due course
of law, .. .. 19
private property not to be taken for public use, .. .. 19
in criminal prosecutions, shall enjoy the right of a speedy trial by
jury, with all the means necessary for his defence, .. .. 19
in civil cases trial to be by jury, and shall only be re-examined
according to common law, .. .. 19
excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines imposed, no
cruel nor unusual punishment inflicted, .. .. 19
enumeration of certain rights shall not operate against retained
rights, .. .. 19
_Rules_, each house shall determine its own, 1 5 14
_Seat of government_, exclusive legislation, 1 8 15
_Searches and seizures_, security against, .. .. 19
_Senate_, composed of two senators from each State, 1 3 14
how chosen, classed, and terms of service, 1 3 14
_Senate_, qualifications of senators, 1 3 14
Vice-President to be President of the, 1 3 14
shall choose their officers, 1 3 14
shall be the judge of the elections and qualifications of its
members, 1 5 14
what number shall be a quorum, 1 5 14
any number may adjourn, and compel attendance of absentees, 1 5 14
may determine its rules, 1 5 14
may punish or expel a member, 1 5 14
shall keep a journal, and publish the same, except parts requiring
secrecy, 1 5 14
shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place,
without the consent of the other house, 1 5 14
one-fifth may require the yeas and nays, 1 5 14
may propose amendments to bills for raising revenue, 1 7 14
shall try impeachments, 1 3 14
effect of their judgment on impeachment, 1 3 14
compensation to be ascertained by law, 1 6 14
privileged from arrest, 1 6 14
not questioned for any speech or debate, 1 6 14
shall not be appointed to office, 1 6 14
_Senator_, shall not be elector, 2 1 16
who prohibited from being, (14th amendment), .. 3 20
_Senators and representatives_, elections of, how prescribed, 1 4 14
_Slaves_, their importation may be prohibited after 1808, 1 9 15
escaping from one State to another may be reclaimed, 4 2 17
claims for the loss or emancipation of, to be held illegal and void,
(14th amendment), .. 4 20
_Slavery_, except as a punishment for crime, prohibited, amendment, 13
1 20
Congress authorized to enforce the prohibition of, (amendment), 13 2
20
_Soldiers_ not quartered on citizens, .. .. 19
_Speaker_, how chosen, 1 2 13
_Speech_, freedom of, .. .. 19
_States_ prohibited from—
entering into treaty, alliance, or confederation, 1 10 16
granting letters of marque, 1 10 16
coining money, 1 10 16
emitting bills of credit, 1 10 16
making anything a tender but gold and silver coin, 1 10 16
prohibited from—
passing bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, or laws impairing
contracts, 1 10 16
granting titles of nobility, 1 10 16
laying duties on imports and exports, 1 10 16
laying duties on tonnage, 1 10 16
keeping troops or ships of war in time of peace, 1 10 16
entering into any agreement or contract with another State or
foreign power, 1 10 16
engaging in war, 1 10 16
abridging right of United States citizens of, to vote on account of
race or color, (15th amendment), .. 1 20
_States_, new, may be admitted into the Union, 4 3 18
may be admitted within the jurisdiction of others, or by the junction
of two or more, with the consent of Congress and the legislatures
concerned, 4 3 18
_State judges_ bound to consider treaties, the Constitution, and the
laws under it, as supreme, 6 .. 18
_State_, every, guarantied a republican form of government, protected
by United States, 4 4 18
_Supreme Court._ (See _Court and Judiciary_.)
_Suits at common law_, proceedings in, .. .. 19
_Tax_, direct, according to representation, 1 2 13
shall be laid only in proportion to census, 1 9 15
_Tax_ on exports prohibited, 1 9 15
_Tender_, what shall be a legal, 1 10 16
_Territory_ or public property, Congress may make rules concerning, 4 3
18
_Test_, religious, shall not be required, 6 .. 18
_Titles._ (See _Nobility_.)
_Title_ from foreign state prohibited, 1 9 15
_Treason_, defined, 3 3 17
two witnesses, or confession, necessary for conviction, 3 3 17
punishment of, may be prescribed by Congress, 3 3 17
_Treasury_, money drawn from, only by appropriation, 1 9 15
_Treaties_, how made, 2 2 16
the supreme law, 6 .. 18
States cannot make, 1 10 16
_Vacancies_ happening during the recess may be filled temporarily by
the President, 2 2 16
in representation in Congress, how filled, 1 2 13
_Veto of the President_, effect of, and proceedings on, 1 7 14
_Vice-President of the U. S._ to be President of the Senate, 1 3 14
how elected, 2 1 16
amendment, .. .. 19
shall, in certain cases, discharge the duties of President, 2 1 16
may be removed by impeachment, 2 4 17
_Vote_ of one house requiring the concurrence of the other, 1 7 14
right of citizens to, not to be abridged on account of race or color,
(15th amendment), .. 1 20
_War_, Congress to declare, 1 8 15
_Warrants_ for searches and seizures, when and how they shall issue
(14th amendment), .. .. 19
_Witness_, in criminal cases, no one compelled to be against himself
(5th amendment), .. .. 19
_Weights and Measures_, standard of, 1 8 15
_Yeas and nays_ entered on journal, 1 6 14