The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-04

each State acting in its sovereign aud indie
pendpnt character, in order TO form p"ftaa-
nrnt Federal Government. establish justice
insure domestic tranquility, ana secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves ana our pos
terity--in voking the favor ana guidance Oh
Almighty (iod--tio ordain and establish TINS
Constitution for the Oonieaefa'e states oi
ARTICLE I.
SECTION I.
All legislative mowers herein delegated
shat bs vested in n Congress OF the Confeder-
ate ~tltss, which shall consist OF Senate
and House OF Representatives..
sscTToS H.
Tho House of Bspresen tatives shall be
com po~ed of members chosen every second
year by III" people OF the several States and
the Electors ia each state shall be citizens Of
the Conf. dertte States. and have the quaiifl-
cations requisite for Electors of the most
numerous branch OF the State Legislature
hat no person of foreign birth, not a citizen OF
the Confederate States. shall be allowed to
vote tor any officer, civil or political, State or
Federal.
2 No person shall be Representative who
sh I'll NOT have attained the age of twenty five
years, and tie citizen of the Confederate
states, and who shall not when elect ted, be an
fuh thittnt of that State Ia which he shall be
chosen.
g Repres. natives and direct taxes shall he
npportipued among the srveral States, which
NAV be- Included within this Contederacy, ac
cording TO their reap-ctiv numbers, which
n tSf te determined, Dy AIDING 10 tne WnOie
number OF free persons, including those
bound TO service for term OF years,
mad excluding Indi ans not taxed, three
tifths Of all slaves Tue actual equine
ration SHAH be made within three years
afL,r the first meeting of the Congress OF the
Confederate Statrs and within every subse-
queut term OF ten years. in snch manner rs
they Ill, hy law, direct, The number oil
BrprP~en tatives shall not exceed one tor every
ftty thousand, but each State shall have Al
least Aer Represent and, until such
enu,n alton Ia Ill b. III tde, the State OF South
Clroiina shall ne entitled 10 choose six-the
STATE OF tiroTgit tpn---thf State of Alabama
nina-tha State OF Fiori la two the State vi
mississippi seven-tns State OF Louisiana Six,
AMI thu Sttte of'Trxts six.
When vacancies happen In the represen
tttiou from any State, tnr Executive au thori
~ thereof shall issue Wrlts VI electio 10 til
such ylctuciss.
The House of X representatives. shall
choose THEIR Speaker and other Officers and
shall have the sole power of in peachm"nt;
except that any in iical or other Federal officer
Resident and acung solely "iihin the limits oil
any SLite, may be impeachet by vote OF
two thirds OF both branches OF the Legislature
thereof
sgcTros III.
l. The Senlte of the Confederate States
shall be- compo> ed OF two Senators from each
State. chosen by the Legislature thereof, ut
the regular session next immediately proceed
Ing the coinm.n cement of the term OF service
and each Senator shall have one vote.
Ifumpdt ftpty AFTER tEeV SnfIl DE- assem-
bled, iu consequence of the first election, they
shall be divided rs equally as may be into
thr-e classes. The seats of the Senators of the
FIST ltss shall be- vacated at the expiration
OF the econd year of the second class at the
expiration Of the fourth year, and of the third
cliss 1T the expiration of the sixth year; so
that one thiri may be chosea every second
year; and If V tcIucies happen by resignation,
or otherwise, during the recess of the Leg sla
tura of any Sta to, the Executive thereof may
make temporary appon tments until the next
meeting Of the Legislature, which shall then
I'LL such vacancies
8 No person shall be d Senator who shall
not have attained the age of thirty years, and
b. - citizen OF the Confederate States and
who shalt not, when elected be IN inhabitaut
Of the state for which he shall be chosen.
Tho Vice President of the Confederate
States shall b. Pre$i lent of the Senate, but
sh I'll have no vote, unless they be equally di-
yidei
The Senate shall choose their other off,
c"rs and also Il President pro tempore in the
absence of the Vice President. or when he
shalt exercise the Office Of President of the
Clnfadertta States.
e The Senate shall have the sola power to
Try All impeachments- When sitting for that
purpose. they shall be on oath or affirmation.
When the President of the Confederate States
is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside;
and no person shall be convicted without the
concurrence Of two thirds of the members pre-
sent
Z fufgmnntin cases of impaech nIent shall
nor tAlthN i'TFhtr IMAM 10 removal from ONCE,
and disqu tlict ton 20 hold and enjoy any office
OF h"uur, trust or profit, under the C0nfeder-
ate STATES but the party convicted shall,
nevertheless he liable aud subject TO indct-
ment, triai, Judgment and punishment accord
Ing 10 law.
sgcrI3sIv.
!. The times, places, and manner of hold
ing elections Tor Senators and Representatives
shah o. pres rtbei in each State by the Lee
gi-lttura thereof, subject to the provisions of
this Constitution but the Congress NAV, at
any time, hv law, make or alter such regula-
t,."e "r-""' &c TO the times and places CT
choosing Senators.
:. "a tol,-r-s~ shall assem- BILE Il lea st once
it, every year ; ana such meeting shall be on
the first Monday ia December unless they
shall, by law, appoint different day.
SECTION V.
I. EIch House sh al be- the J udge of the cleo
tious, returns. and qualifications of its own
member, and a iority of each shall consti-
tutr = quorum To do business but a smaller
number may adjourn from day to day, and
M Il" authorized to compel the attendance
OF absent members, in such manner and I'M
der such penalties as each House may pro-
vide
Etch House NAV determine the rules of
Its proceedings, punish it's member for disor-
drrIy behavior, and, with the concurrence of
two birds OF the whole number, expel mem
brr
3 Each House shall keep a journal of Its
proceedings, and from time to time publish
The S iIur, Excepting such parts "a may, in
v.
and ma. of The mtmh' RS Of either House, on
any Question, shall, at the desire of one tifth
If tl,,,~" present, be inferred on the Journal
4 Neither HOUSE, during the session of Con
gr.ss, shtli, without the consent of the other
adjourn for more than three days, nor TO any
ot,ter place than that in which the two
Houses shah BE- sitting
SECTION VI.
The Senators and R-presen tatives shall
reeriv" compensation tor their services to
be ascertained bv law, and paid out of the
Treasury OF the Confederate States. They
shall. in all cases, except treason, felony and
breach OF the peace, be- privileged from arrest
during their attendance at the session of their
res pective HOUSES, and in going To and return
log from the same and for any speech or de-
hHt" in either House, they shall not be ques-
TONED IN any Other place.
,. No Senator or Representa- tive shall dur
Ing the time Tor which be was elected, be ap-
pointed 10 any evil office ui.tier the au thority
Of the tonis dtrate States, " hith shall have
breu crea ted, or the -mnaulents whereof shall
have been increased during such time !; and no
ItIeon holding any office under the CoBf.der-
1T" STATS shall be- a member OF either House
curing his c"ntiunanc.. in Office Bat Congress
NAV, by law, grant 10 the principal officer in
each ot the Executive Departments Il Beat
upon The floor oi either House, aith the priyi-
hge ot Discussing any measures appertaining
TO his Department
sKcrIosvu.
All bills for raising revenue shqll origin
hte IN The House OF Rrpr sentatives; bur the
Senaie may propose or concur with amend
msnt~ ~ on other bills.
2 Every bill which shall have passed both
Houses, snait, before it becomes q law be
presented 10 the President of the Confederate
Stats; II be a prove, he shall sign it, but if
not, he shall return it nth his obiec tons to
thtt House III which it shall have originated,
who shall euter the OBJECTIONS at large on
their Journal, and proceed 10 reconsider II II.
after such reconsi Ter 1tion. two III irds of that
hons+ sh "a agree 10 pass the bill, it shall ba
sent, together with the objections to the O, her
House, by which IL shall likewise b., recon-
t.hred, and u approved by two thiros of that
nou7e, II shaii become Il law. But in ali