14 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

ARTICLE IX.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be

construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

ARTICLE X.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,

or to the people.

ARTICLE XL.

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to

extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against
one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens
or Subjects of any Foreign State.

ARTICLE XII.

The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot
for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an
inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their
ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the
person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of
all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-
President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall
sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the
United States, directed to the President of the Senate;—The President
of the Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;—
The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be
the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of
Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from
the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list
of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall
choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the Pres-
ident, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each
state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a
member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of
all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of
Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of

*The eleventh amendment to the Constitution of the United States was pro-
posed to the legislatures of the several States by the Third Congress, on the 5th
of March, 1794; and was declared in a message from the President to Congress,
dated the Sth of January, 1798. to have been ratified by the legislatures of three-
fourths of the States.

+The twelfth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed
to the legislatures of the several States by the Eighth Congress, on the 12th of
December, 1803, in lieu of the original third paragraph of the first section of the
second article; and was declared in a proclamation of the Secretary of State,
dated the 25th of September, 1804, to have been ratified by the legislatures of
three-fourths of the States.