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!, The jadc,a ppWer Of tho Co deras States shall be
..sed n one Sunvme Court and in such inferior Courts
s The Judges both vt the Suprene inferior courts
shall hold their offices during good ,ror and shall. at
stated times rceye for their serv compensate on
which shall not be diminished during their continuance in
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$l Section 3, 4
l. The goaical power shall expnd to all cases arising
under this Constellation the aws If the Confederate States
and treaties made or which shat BE- made under their
thortyS 10 all affecting ambassadors other public
ministers and consus; to all Of admiralty and MARI
time Jurisdiction controversies 10 which the Confedsr.
ste States shall be psety to controversies between two
Or more States; between State and citizen of another
Se where the State is plaintiff between citizens claim
g lands under grants Of different States; and between
State or the cze,s thereof and foreign States citizens or
Of any foreign STATE
.. In all sses affecting ambassadors. other public min
isters and coDsna and those in which State shall be
party the Snprns Court shall have original jurisdiction.
In all the other before mentioned the Supreme Court
shall have appellate jurisdiction, both to law md fact
with such exceptions and under such regulations, as the
B. The trial Of al crimes except in 0: impeach-
ment shall BE- by jury, and such rnl shall be held in the
Stale where the sad crimes shall have been Committed;
but when not committed within any State, the trial shall
be At such place places the Congress may law have
directed. ..
- y Section 8 St.,
L Treason against the Confederate States shall consist
oay in evying against them, in adbering to their
enees giving them aid and comfort No person shall be
evcted II treason unless the testimony of two wit
essss to ae overt act confession in open crt
The Congress shall have power to declare the punish.
sDent If treason but uander OF treason shall work
person attasted.
ARTICLE Nv.
SectiMl |. ar
Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to
the public acts ecords and judicial proceedings Of every
other State And the Congress may By general laws pre-
scribe the in which snch acts records. and pro-
ceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof
Section g.
l. The csens of each State shall be entitled to all the
privileges and mmuuties 1T citizens 10 the several States,
and shall have the right o transit and soour in any state
Of this Conederscy with their slaves and other property;
aud the right Of property said slaves shall not be thereby
impaired.
person charged in any state with treason felony OF
other crime against the laws Of such state WIKI shall flee
from justice and be found in another state, shall de-
and of the Executive authority of the state from which he
1ed be delivered up to be removed to the state having
risdction Of the crime
No slave other held service or labor any
state territory Of the Confederate States Rder the laws
thereof escaping lawfully carried xe another SHALL in
consequence Of any law regulation therein be discharged
rum Such service or la00r Dut snail BE delivered upon
claim of the party to whom such slave besng whom
ssch service or labor may be due.
sr. Sections
l. Other states may be admitted into fhis Confectionery
by of wothrds of the whole House of Representa-
tives and two-rds Of the Senate the Senate voting BY
the jurisdiction OF other state suy state be formed
BY the junction OF two or more states parts Of States
without the consent Of The Legislature of the state
ed a. well as Of the Congress.
g The Congress shall have power dispose Of and make
all needu rules and regulations concerning the property
Of the Confederate States including the lands thereof
Tue Confederate States may acquire territory; and
Congress shall have power to legslate and pde govern
ments for the Inhabitants Of all territory belonging to the
Confederate States lying without the limits Of the several
ststes and may permit them ut such times and in such
manner as by law provide to form states to be adj
mtted into the Conederacy In all such territory, the in
situou of negro slavery it now exists in the Coincide
and by the territorial government and the inhabitants of
the several Confederate States and Territories shall have
the right to take to such erry any slaves lawfully held
BY them any of the states territories Of the Confde
rate States.
4 The Confederate States shall guaranty to every state
that now ia or hereafter may become member Of this Con-
tect each Of them against uvasion and application Of
the Legislature Tor Of the Executive when the Legislature
is not in SESSION. against domestic 'olencs
IL AR7Icls v.
Section l.
Upon the demand Of any three states legally assembled
in their several conventions the Congress shall
convention of a the States take consideration such
amendments to the constitution the said states shall
cur in suggesting at the time when the said demand is
made and should Of the proposed amendments to the
Constitution be agreed by the said
by staes-and the Re ratified bv the legislatures of
the severa states or by conventions in twohrds thereof
q the one the other mode Of ratification may be pro
posed BY the general conventon-they shall from thence
forward form part Of this constitution But M state SHALL
without its consent be deprived Of its equal representation
in the Senate.
ARr1cLE vi.
l. The Government established by this Constitution Is
the of the Provisional Government Of the Coned
crate States of America and all the laws passed BY the lat
ter shall continue fce until the same shall he repeaed
modified and all the officers appointed by the same shall
remain in Office until their appointed and
qualified or the Offices abolished
fore the adoption Of this Constitution shall be valid
against the Confederate States under this Constitution
under the Provisional Government
g. This Constitution, and the laws of the Confederate
States made in pursuance thereof and all treaties made
which shall be made under the authority of the Confederate
safes shall be the supreme law of the land and the
Judges in every State shall be bound thereby anything in
the or laws Of any State to the contrary
withdrawing.
1. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned
and the members of the several State legislatures and ali
executive and Judicial officers both of the Confederate
States and Of the several States shall be bound BY oath or
affirmation to support this Constitution but no religious
test shall ever be required as qualification any office
public trust under the Confederate States.
The enumeration, in the Constitution of certain rights
shall not be construed to deny dparage others retained
BY the people of the several States.
powers not delegated tn the Confederate States by
the Constitution, prohibited by the States are
reserved to the States respectively the people thereof
ARTICLE VII.
The ratification ofthe conventions of five States shall
be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution be-
tween the States 30 ratfying the same.
2 When five States shall have ratified this Constitution
IN the manner before specified the Congress- under the
Provisional Constitution shall prescribe the time for hold