North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-09-17
Sec. vi. Each House shall be the

ness but o smaller NUN Der may adjourn
from day to day, and may be authorized to
compel the attendance of absent members, In
such manner and under such penalties as
each House may provide.
2. Each House may determine the rule OF
its proceedings, punish Its members for dis
orderly behavior, and with the concurrence
of two-thirds expel member.
3. Each House shall keep journal of it's
proceedings, and from time to time publish
the same, excepting such parts as may in
their judgment require secresy ; and the yeas
and nays of the members of either House, on
any question, shall, at the desire of one-tilth
of those present, be entered on the journal.
4. Neither House during the session of
Congress shall, without the consent OF the
other. adjourn for more than three days, nor
to any other place than that in which the
two Houses shall be sitting
SEE. VII. The senators and representa-
tives shall receive a compensation for their
services, to be ascertained by law, and paid
out of the treasury of the United 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 respective Houses, and in going to or
returning from the same and for any speech
or debate in either House, they shall not be
questioned in any other place.
?. No senator or representative shall dur
ing the time for which he was elected, be ap-
pointed to any civil Office under the authori-
ty of the United States, which shall have
been created, or the emoluments whereof
shall have been increased. during such time
and no person holding any office under the
| United States shall be member of either
House during his continuance in office.
Sec. Will All bills for raising revenue
shall originate in the House of Representa-
tiyes but the Senate may propose or concur
with amendments, as on other bills.
2. Every bill which shall have passed the
House of Representatives and the Senate,
shall before it become law, be presented to
the President of the United States if he ap-
prove he shall sign 1t but if not, he shall re-
turn it, with his objections. to that House in
which it shall have originated, who shall en-
ter the objection at large on their journal,
and proceed to reconsider it. If after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of that House
shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent,
together with the objections, to the other
House, by which it shall likewise be recon-
sidered, and if approved by two thirds Of
that House, it shall become law. But in
all such casses the votes of both Houses shall
be determined by yeas and nays, and the
names OF the persons voting for and against
the bill shall be entered on the journal of
each House respectively. If any bill shall
not be returned by the President within ten
days Sundays excepted) after it shall have
been presented to him, the sane shall be
law in like manner as if he had signed it, un-
less the Congress by their adjournment pre-
vent its return, in which case 1t shall not be
law.
8. Every order, resolution, or vote to
which the concurrence of the Senate and
House of Representatives may be neces sarY
Except question OF adjournment,) shall be
presented to the President of the United
States, and before the same shall tax effect,
shall be approved by him or being dlsapprov-
ed by him, shall be repassed by two thirds
of the Senate and House Of Representatives,
accordidg to the rules and limitations pre-
scribed in the case of the bill.
Sec. VIII.-That Congress shall have
power
l. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts
and excises, to pay the debts and provide for
the common defence and general welfare of
the United States; but all duties, imposts
and excises shall be uniform throughout the
United States:
2 To borrow money on the credit of the
United States:
3. To regulate commerce with foreign ma
tions, and among the several States, and with
The Indian tribes
4. To establish uniform rule Of naturali-
zation, and uniform laws on the subject of
bankruptcies througout the United States:
5. To coin money, regulate the value there
of and offoreign coin, and fix the standard of
weights and measures:
6. To provide for the punishment of coun-
terfeiting the securities and current coin of the
United States:
7. To establish post Offices and post roads
8. To promote the progress of science and
useful art, by securing for limited times to
authors and inventors the exclusive right to
their respective writings and discoveries
8. To constitute tribunals inferior to the
Supreme Court:
10. To define and punish piracies and felo-
nies committed on the high seas and offences
against the law of nations:
IL. To declare war, grant letters of marque
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