INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

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Coin money and regulate the value thereof and of foreign

coin. Congress shall have power to

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Coin of the United States. Congress shall provide for pun-

ishing the counterfeiting the secunties and current

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Color, or previous condition of servitude. No denial of

suffrage on account of. [Amendments] .

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Commerce with foreign nations, among the States, and with

Indian tribes. Congress shall have power to regulate

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Commissions to expire at the end of the next session. The

President may fill vacancies that happen in the recess

of the Senate by granting......... . .....

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Common law, where the amount involved exceeds twenty dol-

lars, shall be tried by jury. Suits at [Amendments.]

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Compensation. Private property shall not be taken for public

Use without just. [Amendments] . . . ...

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Confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance,

or...... . ............ . ... .....

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Congress of the United States All legislative powers shall be

vested IN A... .... ... ........ .

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Shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives

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Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, which

shall be on the first Monday of December, unless they

by law appoint a different day. . .... .. . ..

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May at any time alter regulations for elections of Senators

and Representatives, except as to the places of choosing

Senators ...

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Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns

and qualifications of its own members ....... ...

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A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to

do business .... ...... ........ .

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A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may

be authorized to compel the attendance of absent mem-

bers ..... . . . ...

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Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings,

punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with

the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member. ...

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Each House shall keep a journal of Its proceedings

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Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall,

without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than

three days.. . . . . . ... .......

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Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensa-

tion to be ascertained by law ...... , . . . .

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They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach

of the peace, be privileged from arrest during attend-

ance at their respective Houses, and in going to and

returning from the same ............ . ......

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