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  Alexander Hamilton

New Jersey

  Wil: Livingston
  David Brearley.
  W<SUP>M</SUP>. Paterson.
  Jona: Dayton

Pennsylvania

  B Franklin
  Thomas Mifflin
  Rob<SUP>T</SUP> Morris
  Geo. Clymer
  Tho<SUP>S</SUP>. FitzSimons
  Jared Ingersoll
  James Wilson.
  Gouv Morris

Attest:  William Jackson Secretary

  ARTICLES IN ADDITION TO, AND AMENDMENT OF, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE 
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PROPOSED BY CONGRESS, AND RATIFIED BY THE 
 LEGISLATURES OF THE SEVERAL STATES, PURSUANT TO THE FIFTH ARTICLE OF 
                     THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION \12\

                           Article [I.] \13\

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of 
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or 
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; of the right 
of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the 
Government for a redress of grievances.
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\12\ The first ten amendments of the Constitution of the United States 
(and two others, one of which failed of ratification and the other 
which later became the 27th amendment) were proposed to the 
legislatures of the several States by the First Congress on September 
25, 1789. The first ten amendments were ratified by the following 
States, and the notifications of ratification by the Governors thereof 
were successively communicated by the President to Congress: New 
Jersey, November 20, 1789; Maryland, December 19, 1789; North Carolina, 
December 22, 1789; South Carolina, January 19, 1790; New Hampshire, 
January 25, 1790; Delaware, January 28, 1790; New York, February 24, 
1790; Pennsylvania, March 10, 1790; Rhode Island, June 7, 1790; 
Vermont, November 3, 1791; and Virginia, December 15, 1791.
                                                                 
Ratification was completed on December 15, 1791.
                                                                 
The amendments were subsequently ratified by the legislatures of 
Massachusetts, March 2, 1939; Georgia, March 18, 1939; and Connecticut, 
April 19, 1939.
                                                                 
\13\ Only the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th articles of amendment had 
numbers assigned to them at the time of ratification.
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                             Article [II.]

    A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security 
of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, 
shall not be infringed.

                             Article [III.]

    No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any 
house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, 
but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

                             Article [IV.]

    The right of the people to be secure in their persons, 
houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and 
seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, 
but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and 
particularly describing the place to be searched, and the 
persons or things to be seized.

                              Article [V.]

    No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or 
otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment 
of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval 
forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of 
War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the 
same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor 
shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against 
himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without 
due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for 
public use, without just compensation.

                             Article [VI.]

    In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the 
right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the 
State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, 
which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, 
and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; 
to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have 
compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to 
have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

                             Article [VII.]

    In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy 
shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall 
be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise 
re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according 
to the rules of the common law.

                            Article [VIII.]

    Excessive bail shall not be required, not excessive fines 
imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

                             Article [IX.]

    The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, 
shall not be construed to deny or disparate others retained by 
the people.

                              Article [X.]

    The powers not delegated to the United States by the 
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved 
to the States respectively, or to the people.

                             [Article XI.]

    The Judicial power of the United States shall not be 
construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or 
prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of 
another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    The eleventh amendment to the Constitution of the United States was 
proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Third 
Congress, on the 4th of March 1794; and was declared in a message from 
the President to Congress, dated the 8th of January, 1798, to have been 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States. The dates 
of ratification were: New York, March 27, 1794; Rhode Island, March 31, 
1794; Connecticut, May 8, 1794, New Hampshire, June 16, 1794; 
Massachusetts, June 26, 1794; Vermont, between October 9, 1794 and 
November 9, 1794; Virginia, November 18, 1794; Georgia, November 29, 
1794; Kentucky, December 7, 1794; Maryland, December 26, 1794; 
Delaware, January 23, 1795; North Carolina, February 7, 1795.
    Ratification was completed on February 7, 1795.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by South Carolina on 
December 4, 1797. New Jersey and Pennsylvania did not take action on 
the amendment.

                             [Article XII.]

    The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and 
vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, 
at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with 
themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted 
for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for 
as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all 
persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as 
Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which 
lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the 
seat of the government of the United States, directed to the 
President of the Senate;--The President of the Senate shall, in 
the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open 
all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;--The 
person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall 
be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole 
number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such 
majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not 
exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, 
the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by 
ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes 
shall be taken by states, the representation from each state 
having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a 
member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority 
of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the 
House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever 
the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth 
day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act 
as President, as in the case of the death or other 
constitutional disability of the President.\14\--The person 
having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be 
the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole 
number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, 
then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall 
choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall 
consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a 
majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of 
President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the 
United States.
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\14\ This sentence has been superseded by section 3 of amendment XX.
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                       Proposal and Ratification

    The twelfth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was 
proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Eighth 
Congress, on the 9th of December, 1803, in lieu of the original third 
paragraph of the first section of the second article; and was declared 
in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 25th of 
September, 1804, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 13 of the 
17 States. The dates of ratification were: North Carolina, December 21, 
1803; Maryland, December 24, 1803; Kentucky, December 27, 1803; Ohio, 
December 30, 1803; Pennsylvania, January 5, 1804; Vermont, January 30, 
1804; Virginia, February 3, 1804; New York, February 10, 1804; New 
Jersey, February 22, 1804; Rhode Island, March 12, 1804; South 
Carolina, May 15, 1804; Georgia, May 19, 1804; New Hampshire, June 15, 
1804.
    Ratification was completed on June 15, 1804.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by Tennessee, July 27, 
1804.
    The amendment was rejected by Delaware, January 18, 1804; 
Massachusetts, February 3, 1804; Connecticut, at its session begun May 
10, 1804.

                             Article XIII.

    Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, 
except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have 
been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or 
any place subject to their jurisdiction.
    Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this 
article by appropriate legislation.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    The thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Thirty-
eighth Congress, on the 31st day of January, 1865, and was declared, in 
a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 18th of December, 
1865, to have been ratified by the legislatures of twenty-seven of the 
thirty-six States. The dates of ratification were: Illinois, February 
1, 1865; Rhode Island, February 2, 1865; Michigan, February 2, 1865; 
Maryland, February 3, 1865; New York, February 3, 1865; Pennsylvania, 
February 3, 1865; West Virginia, February 3, 1865; Missouri, February 
6, 1865; Maine, February 7, 1865; Kansas, February 7, 1865; 
Massachusetts, February 7, 1865; Virginia, February 9, 1865; Ohio, 
February 10, 1865; Indiana, February 13, 1865; Nevada, February 16, 
1865; Louisiana, February 17, 1865; Minnesota, February 23, 1865; 
Wisconsin, February 24, 1865; Vermont, March 9, 1865; Tennessee, April 
7, 1865; Arkansas, April 14, 1865; Connecticut, May 4, 1865; New 
Hampshire, July 1, 1865; South Carolina, November 13, 1865; Alabama, 
December 2, 1865; North Carolina, December 4, 1865; Georgia, December 
6, 1865.
    Ratification was completed on December 6, 1865.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by Oregon, December 8, 
1865; California, December 19, 1865; Florida, December 28, 1865 
(Florida again ratified on June 9, 1868, upon its adoption of a new 
constitution); Iowa, January 15, 1866; New Jersey, January 23, 1866 
(after having rejected the amendment on March 16, 1865); Texas, 
February 18, 1870; Delaware, February 12, 1901 (after having rejected 
the amendment on February 8, 1865); Kentucky, March 18, 1976 (after 
having rejected it on February 24, 1865).
    The amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by 
Mississippi, December 4, 1865.

                              Article XIV.

    Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United 
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens 
of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No 
State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the 
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor 
shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or 
property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person 
within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
    Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the 
several States according to their respective numbers, counting 
the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians 
not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the 
choice of electors for President and Vice President of the 
United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and 
Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature 
thereof, is deniedto any of the male inhabitants of such State, 
being twenty-one years of age,\15\ and citizens of the United States, 
or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other 
crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the 
proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the 
whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
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\15\ See amendment XIX and section 1 of amendment XXVI.
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    Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative 
in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or 
hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or 
under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a 
member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or 
as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or 
judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of 
the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or 
rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the 

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