Constitution of the United States
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ISBN13: 9780217196130
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: chapter{{Section 4CONSTITUTION. We, the people of the United States, in order to Preamble, form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to our- selves and our posterity, do ordain and estab- lish this Constitution for the United States of America. ARTICLE I. SECTION I. All legislative powers herein granted shall be congress, vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Eepre- sentatives. SECTION II. The House of Representatives shall be com- Representatives, how chosen. posed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature. No person shall be a Representative who shall Qualification of representatives. not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and have been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. Apportionment 01 representative1: - and direct taxes. Census every ten years. Vacancies, bow filled. Representatives choose officers and bring im. peachments. Senate, how chosen. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three- fifths of all other persons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting o..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217196130 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217196136 |
| Weight | 0.63 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 190 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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