The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-03-27

thereof:
, 4. To establish uniform laws of na,u.
raI'za,ion, and uniform laws on the sub.
Ject OF bankruptcies, throughout the Con.
tederate States but no law of Congress
shall discharge any debts contracted be,
lore the passage Of the same:
8 To coin money, regulate the value
thereof and OF foreign coin, and fix the
standard of weights Nnd measures:
o. 10 provide for the punishment Of
counierfeiting tlosecurities and curren,
coin OF the Confederate States:
T. 10 establish post Offices and post
routes; but the expense Of the Post Of
fce Department, after the first day Of
March, in the year Of our Lord eighteen
hundred and sixty three, shall be paid
out OF ITS own revenues
g. To promote tie progress of science
and useful arts, by securing for limited
tunes TO authors and inventors the exclu
sive right TO their respective writings and
discoveries
l" constitute tribunals inferior to
the Supreme Court.
lC. 10 define and punish piracies and
teIonIes committed on the high seas, and
offences against the Jaw Of nations:
ii. 10 declare war, grant letters Of
mar9ue and reprsal, and make rules con
cer"'hg captures on land aud water.
~. 10 RAISE and support armies but
no appropriation Of money to that use
sha'i tie Tor longer term than two years
l3 10 provide and maintain a navy
II. To make rules for government and
regulation Of the land aud naval forces
10. 10 provide for calling forth the
n"I''a to execute the laws Of the Con
iederH'e S'a'es, suppress instructions,
and repe, invasleus
10. 10 provide for organizing, arming,
and discipIIuiug the militia, and for GOV
ernlug such part Of them as may be em,
| pl"yed IN the service of the Confederate
States; reserving to the States, respective
" the appointment Of the oilicer., and
the authority OF training the militia ac
cording 10 the discipline prescribed by
Congress
H. To exercise exclusive legislation,
in all cases whatsoever, over such district
("o' exceeding ten miles sQuare) as may,
10y ceas'on of one or more States and the
acceptance Of Congress, become the seat
"t the Government Of the Confederate
States and TO exercise like authority
over all places purchased by the consent
oi the Legislature of the State in which
the same shall be, for the erection Of for,s,
magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other
needfu! buildings and
| II, Ia I,n.
necessary and proper for carrying into
execution the foregoing powers, and all
other powers vested by this Constitution
III the government Of the Confederate
States. Or in any department, or officer
| thereof
Section 9-1. The importation Of
negroes OF the African race from any for,
s'gn country, other than the slavehodinp
States or Territories Of the United States
oi America, is hereby forbidden and
Congress ia required to pass such laws as
shall etfectuaiiy prevent the same.
2 Congress shall also have power to
prohibit he introduction of slaves from
any State not II member of or Territory
not belonging to, this Confederacy.
3. The privilege Of tho writ of habeas
corpus shall not lie suspended, unless
when The case Of reb eIlion or Invasion
the puhl'c safety may require il.
J. No bill OF at,lnder, or er post tacto
IA or law denying or impairing the
rght OF property in negro slaves, shall be
passed
5 No capration or other direct tax
shall be laid unless in proportion to the
census or enumeration hereinbefore direct.
sd to be taken.
No TAX or duty shall be laid on ar,
ticies exported from any State, except by
a vote Of two thirds Of both Houses.
Z. No preference shall be given by any
regulation OF commerce o. revenue to the
ports OF one State over those Of another.
3 No money shall bs drawn from the
treasury but in consequence Of appropri
anons made 10y law and a regular state
meDt and account Of the receipts and ex
pendItures OF all public money shall be
published Iom time to time.
Congress shall appropriate no mon
ey from the treasury except by vote Of
two thirds OF both Houses, taken by yeas
and nays. unless il De asked and estima,
ted for by some one Of the heads Of De.
parImen,. and submitted TO Congress by
The President !; or for the purpose Of pay
ing i's own expenses and contingencies;
or f"r the payment Of claims against the
Confederate States, the justice OF which
shall have been judiclally declared by a
Tbuns, for the investigation OF claims
agains, the government. which it is here
by made the duty Of Congress TO estab.
lisb
10. All bills appropria,ing money shall
specify in federal currency the exact a.
mount Of each appropriation and the pur-
es Tor which it is made; and Congress
shall grant no extra compensation to aoy
public contractor officer, agent or servant
after sacb contract shall have been made
or SUCH service rendered.
III. No title Of nobility shall be gran.