The Style of this Government shall be The United States of America & the
Government shall consist of supreme legislative Executive & judicial
Powers.
2
The Legislative Power shall be vested in a Congress to consist of two
separate Houses--one to be called the House of Delegates & the other the
Senate who shall meet on the ---- ---- Day of ---- in every year.
3
The members of the House of Delegates shall be chosen every ---- year by
the people of the several States & the qualification of the electors
shall be the same as those of the electors in the several States for
their legislatures--each member shall have been a citizen of the United
States for ---- years; and shall be of ---- years of age & a resident in
the State he is chosen for.----Until a census of the people shall be
taken in the manner herein after mentioned the House of Delegates shall
consist of ---- to be chosen from the different States in the following
proportions: for New Hampshire, ----; for Massachusetts, ---- for Rhode
Island, ---- for Connecticut, ---- for New York, ---- for New Jersey,
---- for Pennsylvania, ---- for Delaware, ---- for Mary^{ld}, ---- for
Virginia, ---- for North Carolina, ---- for South Carolina, ---- for
Georgia, ---- & the Legislature shall hereafter regulate the number of
delegates by the number of inhabitants according to the Provisions
herein after made, at the rate of one for every ---- thousand.--All
money bills of every kind shall originate in the house of Delegates &
shall not be altered by the Senate. The House of Delegates shall
exclusively possess the power of impeachment & shall choose it's own
officers & vacancies therein shall be supplied by the executive
authority of the State in the representation from which they shall
happen.
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The Senate shall be elected & chosen by the House of Delegates which
House immediately after their meeting shall choose by ballot ----
Senators from among the Citizens & residents of New Hampshire ---- from
among those of Massachusetts ---- from among those of Rhode Island ----
from among those of Connecticut ---- from among those of New York ----
from among those of New Jersey ---- from among those of Pennsylvania
---- from among those of Delaware ---- from among those of Maryland ----
from among those of Virginia ---- from among those of North Carolina
---- from among those of South Carolina & ---- from among those of
Georgia ----
The Senators chosen from New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island &
Connecticut shall form one class--those from New York New Jersey
Pennsylvania & Delaware one class--& those from Maryland Virginia North
Carolina South Carolina & Georgia one class.
The House of Delegates shall number these Classes one two & three & fix
the times of their service by Lot--the first class shall serve for ----
years--the second for ---- years & the third for ---- years--as their
times of service expire the House of Delegates shall fill them up by
elections for ---- years & they shall fill all vacancies that arise from
death or resignation for the time of service remaining of the members so
dying or resigning.
Each Senator shall be ---- years of age at least--shall have been a
Citizen of the United States 4 years before his election & shall be a
resident of the State he is chosen from. The Senate shall choose its own
Officers.
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Each State shall prescribe the time & manner of holding elections by the
People for the house of Delegates & the House of Delegates shall be the
judges of the elections returns & Qualifications of their members.
In each house a Majority shall constitute a Quorum to do
business--Freedom of Speech & Debate in the legislature shall not be
impeached or Questioned in any place out of it & the Members of both
Houses shall in all cases except for Treason Felony or Breach of the
Peace be free from arrest during their attendance at Congress & in going
to & returning from it--Both Houses shall keep journals of their
Proceedings & publish them except on secret occasions & the yeas & nays
may be entered thereon at the desire of one ---- of the members present.
Neither house without the consent of the other shall adjourn for more
than ---- days nor to any Place but where they are sitting.
The members of each house shall not be eligible to or capable of holding
any office under the Union during the time for which they have been
respectively elected nor the members of the Senate for one year after.
The members of each house shall be paid for their services by the States
which they represent.
Every bill which shall have passed the Legislature shall be presented to
the President of the United States for his revision--if he approves it
he shall sign it--but if he does not approve it he shall return it with
his objections to the house it originated in which house if two thirds
of the members present, notwithstanding the President's objections agree
to pass it, shall send it to the other house with the President's
objections, where if two thirds of the members present also agree to
pass it, the same shall become a law--& all bills sent to the President
& not returned by him within ---- days shall be laws unless the
Legislature by their adjournment prevent their return in which case they
shall not be laws.