xxii CONSTITUTION OF

THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1787.

PRESENT—New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia; and from Maryland,
Mr. Ross.

Congress having received the report of the convention lately
assembled in Philadelphia,

Resolved, unanimously, That the said report with the resolu-
tions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the
several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of
delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof, in con-
formity to the resolves of the convention, made and provided in
that case. CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.

AMENDMENTS.

ARTICLE I.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the peo-
ple peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a
redress of grievances.

ARTICLE II.

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a
free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall
not be infringed.

ARTICLE III.

No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house
without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a
manner to be prescribed by law.

ARTICLE IV.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particu-
larly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or
thing to be seized.