Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-06-17
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In order to form moro perfect Ualon,
estAhlish Justice, insure donsstie tran
qaifsy, provide FOR the coanmoa defeucs,
| pronoss the general welfare, and sssurs
the blessings of liberty 10 Ourselves and
our posssrfsy, 10 ordssa and sslsAfish
tais eonssisaason far Is UAised hates
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sxc. I.-l. al lsgislatizapoweE hare
in granted, shall be Eassea In Congress
| of she United STATES, whiah shall aon-
sist Of Ssaata and House of Raprsssn-
tativas. % ssgs ~
Sac. H.--l The House of Representa-
lives shall be composed of Members eho-
saa ssegy second year bJ the people of
she several States; aud the sIessors in
each Ssasa shaa have shs Qualifications
regulate for slecsors of the noss numar-
ous branch Qs the State lsgialaaurs.
2. Ne pexsan shall be . representative
who shsl not have attained 10 the age Of
twenty aye years. and seven yeays eiti-
zsa OF the Uaised States, and who shall
pot when elected, be an iahabitant of
thai Stale in which he snail be ahossn.
8. Representatives. .aaa direct taxes
shall be apportioned amoag shs seYsraI
States which may be inclnded within this
Union, according to their respective num-
bers, which shall be determined by sd-
ding 10 tAa whole mamher Of frsa persons,
snclading those bound 10 sarviee for q
term of years, and excluding Indians not
, taxed, thres-ffths OF all other persons
The actual enumeration shall be made
witain three ysaxs after the fret meeting
OF tee Congress Of the United States,
and within sEsry subsequent term Of Ten
years, in such manner as they shall by
law direct. The number Of represents
Lives shall not exceed one for every thar
ty sAousand, bat each Ssata shall hare at
least one representative and until such
enumeration shall be made, the State OF
New Hampshire shall be entitled 70
chsoss shses; Massachusetts eight; Rhode
Island and Providence Plantaiioas one
Connecsicut fFs; New York sig; Gew
jersey four; Pennsylvania eight; Della
ware one; Maryland six Virginia ten !:
North Carolina 1--WE; South Carolina fsye:
and Georgia threa.
4. When vacancies happen ia the rep
resentation from any State, the executive
authority tkeTeof shaiI Issue writs of
election 10 aA up such vacancies. s "
5. The House of Representatives shall
choose their speaker and othsr olicers,
| and shall have the sole power Of i'm
fpeaehment.
Sec ILL.,. The Senate of the United
Stases shall be composed oil twe Senator's
from each State, chosen by the legisla-
sure thereof, for six years, and each Sen
asor shall have one vote. -
q Immediately after they shall be as
semhled ip consequence of shs first elec-
| tion, they shall be divided, as equally as
may be, into thfes classes. The seats of
the Senators Of the frst class shall be va
Gated at the expiration of the second
ysag, Of the second class at the expira-
| tion Of the fourth, and of sha third class
at the expiration of the sixth year, so
that enc third may be chosen every se-
esna year and IL vacancies happen, By
resignation or otherwise auEiBg the re-
cess of the legislature Of any State, The
exssusiye thereof may make temporary
| appointments until the next meeting of
the legislature, which shall then Gil such
vacancies. Vi ~
| 3, No person shall bel Senator Who
shall not have attained TO the age of thir-
| ~ years, and been nine years citizen
of the United States, and who shali not,
when slsctsd, be an inhabitaat Of that
State for xhich be shall be chosen.
4. The Vice President Of the United
States shall be President of The Senate,
bat shall have no vote, unless they be
equally divided.
| 8. The Senate shall choose their other
ofkeer, and also President pro tempore,
IN the absence Of the Vice President, OF
when be shall exercise the ofice of Pres
ident OF the Uaiscd States.
.. The Senate shalt hare shssole pew
sr to try all impsaehmenas. When sit
ling for that pnrpose, they shall be sn
oath or afsEmation. When the President
sf the United States is tried, the Chief
Justice shall preside and no person shall
be convicted without the eonouFvenss of
swo-Ghrids of the msnbara present.
Z. Judgment In case Of impeachment
shall not extend further shaa 10 renewal
from ofiae, and disqualification 80 hold
and enjoy any ofiee Of hsnor, trust or
profs, undar the United States; bmg the
party eonsisssd shall, nesmthslass, be
liable and suhjsss TO indiossuent aooord.
iag to laH.
Sec. IV.--i. The times, places aad
| manner Of halding elections for Senators
and Representatives, shall be prescribed
In sach Stale ny the legislature shereof !;
bHs khs Gangrsss may at any time. by
Law, make or alter such regulations, e.
cspt ~ TO tbs place Of ehaasing Senators.
/ 2. The Congress shaiI assemble at least
ones i'm asssy year, and sach messing
shall be oa the 6sst Moaday In Dscsmhar,
i unless shsy shan By las appoins Q diiTsr.
s1s dag.
See. VII. Each Honss shall ba the
Judge at the elec1aens. rssurns and quail.
l6casi0ns af its own member !; and ma
i iogisy nf each shall eonskituse gnornaa
/ % do business; bat smsll@ nambes
| may adionrn frem dap 20 dag, ,aad may
bs authorised 10 compel tAa attsndance
Of absent members, in such mannea ssd
II andef sash pansaaies 10 aash Hosae msg
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IL 4 Essh Hause mar aeaermins the rale
Il Of iss proceedings, panish It's msmhers
flfor disorderIyi behavior, and with the
coneaxrsnss of twe-shirds sxpsl . nen.
81 Each Hoass shall kesp ! jour.
lnal Of Ice pTpossdisgss and from time e
I. Time pnblish sbs ssme, sxcepsins such
II psrts - may 10 thsiF judfment require
/ seoreGy and the ysAs and nays u ths
fmemhers of either Houss. On any auas.
i sions shall, al The desire 81 one bfsh d