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Show 108 ercctecl within th, juri>{dietion uf auy other 8tu.tc; nor any Rtalc be formed by the jun('tion of' two or more Slates, or paris or States, \\'ithout the CllllS('IlL of ill\ legislatu res of the 8Lnl ('. COII('Crll('d ns well :tS or Lite Congt·e~~. 'l'hc Congress shnll have power to dispO:-)C of :1nd make nil ncedfnl rnle1:1 nllll ren·ttlatiotts rcspeding the territory or other property l>elonging Lo the United SLates; and nothing in this Constitution sltall be so construed as to prejudice a11y claims of the United SLates, or of any particular SLate. Section 4. rrhe United States shnll guarantee to every State in this Union n republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the I gisla.turc, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against dotHest ic violence. ARTICLE 5. The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Jlouscs shall deem it 11eccssary, shall propose amcndmcnto to this Constilut ion, or, on the n pplieation of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several StatGs, shall call n convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall ue valid to all intents and purposes, ns part of this Constitution, when rati!i ccl by the legisla.turos of threefourths of the several States, or by conventions in threefourths thereof, as the one or the othc·r mo<le of ratification may be proposed lly the Congress; Provided tltnt no amendment which may be made prior to tho year ono thousand eight hnndrcd an<l eight slmll in any manner o.[ec.t the first anu fourth clanscs in the ninth section of th.e first article; a.n<l that. no State, without its eonf>eut, shall be deprived of its equal snfl'mge in the Senate. An:riCLE 6. All debts eont racted all<l engagements entered into, before the adoption of tlti~ Constitution, shall Lc as valid acrainst the United Stn.Lcs under this Constitntion, as uudcr the ConfecJcmtion. This Constitution, aud the laws of the United SLulcs which shall be made i11 pursuance thereof'; al'tt.l al l treaties 'l'li.J1~ F EDEH.A L COSVEK'l'lO \'. 109 made, or which shall be made, llndcr the authority of tho United States, sha11 be the Ru pre me law of the land ; and the jtHlges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Const iLution or laws of any State to the contrary JtOtw ilhstund in o·. The senators and representatives before mention ed, and the members of the several Stato legislatures, and all cxec11tive and judici-al ofliccrs, both of lhc United States and of the severn.! States, !)hall he be l>outH.l by oath or nffirmalion, to 1-'Upport this Constitution; but no religiouR 'rest Fdtnll O\'Cl' he requ ired ns a qualification to any offiee or public trust under the United Stutes .An.'l'I 'I.E 7. The ratification of the Conventions of nine Stales, shall be suflie ieut for Lhc c. ta.l>li:::ilunent or this Constitution between the Stales so ratifying the same. Done in Convention by the nnn.nim ous con.-cnt of the Stales present the sevct1tecuth day of September iu the year of our Lord, one thou~anLl seven hnnc1rcc1 n.nd eighty seven and of the Inc1epc11dencc of' the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof, \ 1V c haYe hereunto subscriued our names. GEOHGB \VASHINGTON, Prf's/denl, and Deputy from Vi1·ginin. rrhe Constitution was ratified by the Conv<·ntions of the several States, as foll ows. viz.: Delaware, 7th Dc<'<'mber, 17 1; Pennsylvania, 12th December, 1787; New J ersey, 18th December, 17 87 ; G co rgi a, 2d January, 17 ; Connecticut, 9Lh Jannnry, 17 8; :MassnchnsctLs, 6th Fchrnary, 17 ; Maryland, 2 t.h April, 17 ; South Carolina, 23d "\lay, 1788; New Hampshire, 21st .June, 17 ; Virg-inia, 2Gth June, 1788; New York, 2Gtlt July, 17 ~;No r th Cnroli na, 21st N ovcm her 17, <) • B hode Island 29th 1\1 ny ' ' ' ' ' ] 790. |