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Show THE FEDERAL CO~V E~TlON. whi. ch h e w? as c1 c,c t ec .J1 , be 111111ointcd to a• ny civil office under the aut1 w n' tY o f tl1 e United States' wl11clt shall have be.e n c·:eate d , or th e ern olu111ents whereof shall have b.e en In-creased, d m.1· ng su ell time.' and no person holdwg . any d tl U ·1 office un er 1c 11 1~, ed St·'1 tes ' shall be a member of mther House, duriug his continuance in office. . . S eclw· n 7. All tu- ills for rai ing revenue shall ong1nate 1. n t l 1e IIo use of Represent<a tives.' but the Sena• te may pro- W •1 ~ 11 amendments as on other bdls. ~)OSe or concur lJ Every bill which shall have passed th? Ilonse of Repre- 'en tatL. ves an d th e Senate shall ' before It become a. law, be presented to the President of the United States;_ If ~e a~- prove, 1le S b a 11 Sl•g n 1't 1 but if no• t ' he• shall return 1t•,• cwr' 1th 1118 b. t' to t11at House in wh1ch 1t, ha11 have 011b1nated, 0 JeC IOnS, . . who shall enter the objections at large on the~r JOUI~nal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such rcconsJderatwn, twothirds of that Honse shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sen t , toco rether with the objections, to the ot.h er Housed, bb y which it shall likewise be reconsid ered, and 1f approv~ Y two-thirds of that IIonse, it shall IJecome a law. B~t 1n all such cases the votes of both Ilou~es shall be dctermmed by yeas and nays, an<l the names of the persons voting for and ~gainst the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the Pre· ~ident within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall hate been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like .man· nN as if be had signed it, unless the Cougress by the1r ad· .1 onrnmeut prevent its return, in ·which case it shall not bea 1~w. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate and HouRe of Reprcsen tati ves may be neces· sary, (except on a qnestion of adjournment,) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two-thirds of the THE FEDEHAL CO~V~NTION. 101 Senate and House of R epresentatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the ca ·e of a Lill. Section 8. 'l,he Congrc s ·hall have po,Ycr- To lay'a11d collect taxes, dutie, , imposts, and exci:cs, to pay the debts and provide for the common defen. e and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United Statc.s; 'l'o borrow money on the cred it of the United States; 'l'o regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, anrl with tl1c Indian tribes; 'l'o establi h a uniform rule of naturalization and uni· I form laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; '110 coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea. ures; 1'o provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and currcn t coin of the U nitecl States; To establish post-offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful nrts, by sct:ul'ing for limi ted times to author' and inventors the ext: lu ·ive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; 1,o define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences ngn.inst the law of nations ; To declare war, grn11t letters of mnrque n.ud reprisal, and make rules concerni n 0' CU})tm·es on land and water· b ' To mise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be fo1· a. lonrrcr term than two v years ; r:ro provide and mnintniu a Jutvy; 'ro make rules for the goH!l'll lllCnt and regulation of the land and nantl forces; 1,o provide for l'allillg' furth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress instJrnTtions and repel in· vnsions |
