The Mystery of the Pinckney DraughtNott, Charles C.
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The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught
Nott, Charles C.
Constitutional history -- United States; Pinckney, Charles, 1757-1824
The Executive Power of the United States shall be vested in a President
of the United States of America which shall be his stile & his title
shall be His Excellency----He shall be elected for * * * Years & shall
be re-eligible.
He shall from time give information to the Legislature of the state of
the Union & recommend to their consideration the measures he may think
necessary--he shall take care that the laws of the United States be duly
executed: he shall commission all the Officers of the United States &
except as to Ambassadors other ministers & Judges of the Supreme Court
he shall nominate & with the consent of the Senate appoint all other
Officers of the United States--He shall receive public Ministers from
foreign nations & may correspond with the Executives of the different
states--He shall have power to grant pardons and reprieves except in
impeachments--He shall be commander in chief of the army & navy of the
United States & of the Militia of the several states, & shall receive a
compensation which shall not be increased or diminished during his
continuance in office--At Entering on the Duties of his office he shall
take an Oath to faithfully execute the duties of a President of the
United States--He shall be removed from his office on impeachment by the
house of Delegates & Conviction in the supreme Court of Treason bribery
or Corruption--In case of his removal death resignation or disability
The President of the Senate shall exercise the duties of his office
until another President be chosen--& in case of the death of the
President of the Senate the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall do
so----
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The Legislature of the United States shall have the Power & it shall be
their duty to establish such Courts of Law Equity & Admiralty as shall
be necessary--the Judges of these Courts shall hold their Offices during
good behavior & receive a compensation which shall not be increased or
diminished during their continuance in office--One of these Courts shall
be termed the Supreme Court whose Jurisdiction shall extend to all cases
arising under the laws of the United States or affecting ambassadors
other public Ministers & Consuls--To the trial of impeachments of
Officers of the United States--To all cases of Admiralty & maritime
jurisdiction--In cases of impeachment affecting Ambassadors and other
public Ministers the Jurisdiction shall be original & in all the other
cases appellate--
All Criminal offences (except in cases of impeachment) shall be tried in
the state where they shall be committed--the trial shall be open &
public & be by Jury--
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Immediately after the first census of the people of United States the
House of Delegates shall apportion the Senate by electing for each State
out of the Citizens resident therein one Senator for every * * *
members such state shall have in the house of Delegates--Each State
however shall be entitled to have at least one member in the
Senate------
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