The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2Madison, James
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The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2
Madison, James
Constitutional law -- United States; Constitutions -- United States; United States. Constitution
Sect. 3. The House of Representatives shall, at its first
formation, and until the number of citizens and inhabitants
shall be taken in the manner hereinafter described, consist of
sixty-five Members, of whom three shall be chosen in
New-Hampshire, eight in Massachusetts, one in Rhode-Island and
Providence Plantations, five in Connecticut, six in New-York,
four in New-Jersey, eight in Pennsylvania, one in Delaware, six
in Maryland, ten in Virginia, five in North-Carolina, five in
South-Carolina, and three in Georgia.
Sect. 4. As the proportions of numbers in different States will
alter from time to time; as some of the States may hereafter be
divided; as others may be enlarged by addition of territory; as
two or more States may be united; as new States will be erected
within the limits of the United States, the Legislature shall,
in each of these cases, regulate the number of representatives
by the number of inhabitants, according to the provisions herein
after made, at the rate of one for every forty thousand.
Sect. 5. All bills for raising or appropriating money, and for
fixing the salaries of the officers of Government, shall
originate in the House of Representatives, and shall not be
altered or amended by the Senate. No money shall be drawn from
the Public Treasury, but in pursuance of appropriations that
shall originate in the House of Representatives.
Sect. 6. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power
of impeachment. It shall choose its Speaker and other officers.
Sect. 7. Vacancies in the House of Representatives shall be
supplied by writs of election from the executive authority of
the State, in the representation from which they shall happen.
V
Sect. 1. The Senate of the United States shall be chosen by the
Legislatures of the several States. Each Legislature shall chuse
two members. Vacancies may be supplied by the Executive until
the next meeting of the Legislature. Each member shall have one
vote.
Sect. 2. The Senators shall be chosen for six years; but
immediately after the first election they shall be divided, by
lot, into three classes, as nearly as may be, numbered one, two
and three. The seats of the members of the first class shall be
vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second
class at the expiration of the fourth year, of the third class
at the expiration of the sixth year, so that a third part of the
members may be chosen every second year.
Sect. 3. Every member of the Senate shall be of the age of
thirty years at least; shall have been a citizen in the United
States for at least four years before his election; and shall
be, at the time of his election, a resident of the State for
which he shall be chosen.
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