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<br />vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
<br />Section. 9.
<br />The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be
<br />prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such
<br />Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
<br />The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public
<br />Safety may require it.
<br />No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
<br />No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be
<br />taken.
<br />No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.
<br />No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another; nor
<br />shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.
<br />No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and
<br />Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
<br />No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall,
<br />without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King,
<br />Prince, or foreign State.
<br />Section. 10.
<br />No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of
<br />Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or
<br />Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
<br />No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be
<br />absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on
<br />Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision
<br />and Controul of the Congress.
<br />No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace,
<br />enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded,
<br />or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
<br />Article. II.
<br />Section. 1.
<br />The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of
<br />four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
<br />Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole
<br />Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or
<br />Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
<br />The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an
<br />Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of
<br />Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States,
<br />directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of
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