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. All controversies concerning lands claimed under
different grants of two or more States, whose jurisdictions, as
they respect such lands, shall have been decided or adjusted
subsequent to such grants, or any of them, shall, on application
to the Senate, be finally determined, as near as may be, in the
same manner as is before prescribed for deciding controversies
between different States.
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Sect. 1. The Executive Power of the United States shall be
vested in a single person. His stile shall be, "The President of
the United States of America;" and his title shall be, "His
Excellency." He shall be elected by ballot by the Legislature.
He shall hold his office during the term of seven years; but
shall not be elected a second time.
Sect. 2. He shall, from time to time, give information to the
Legislature, of the state of the Union: he may recommend to
their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary,
and expedient: he may convene them on extraordinary occasions.
In case of disagreement between the two Houses, with regard to
the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he
thinks proper: he shall take care that the laws of the United
States be duly and faithfully executed: he shall commission all
the officers of the United States; and shall appoint officers in
all cases not otherwise provided for by this Constitution. He
shall receive Ambassadors, and may correspond with the supreme
Executives of the several States. He shall have power to grant
reprieves and pardons; but his pardon shall not be pleadable in
bar of an impeachment. He shall be commander in chief of the
Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the
several States. He shall, at stated times, receive for his
services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor
diminished during his continuance in office. Before he shall
enter on the duties of his department, he shall take the
following oath or affirmation, "I ---- solemnly swear, (or
affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President
of the United States of America." He shall be removed from his
office on impeachment by the House of Representatives, and
conviction in the Supreme Court, of treason, bribery, or
corruption. In case of his removal as aforesaid, death,
resignation, or disability to discharge the powers and duties of
his office, the President of the Senate shall exercise those
powers and duties, until another President of the United States
be chosen, or until the disability of the President be removed.
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