Clause 6. No preference shall be given by any regulation of
commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of
another; nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged
to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.
Clause 7. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in
consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement
and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money
shall be published from time to time.
Clause 8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United
States; And no person holding any office of profit or trust under
them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any
present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from
any king, prince or foreign state.
=Section X.=--Clause 1. No state shall enter into any treaty,
alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal;
coin money; emit bills of credit; make any thing but gold and
silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of
attainder, ex-post-facto law, or law impairing the obligation of
contracts, or grant any title of nobility.
Clause 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay
any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be
absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the
net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports
or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United
States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and
control of the Congress.
Clause 3. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay
any duty of tonnage, keep troops or ships-of-war, in time of peace,
enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a
foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in
such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Article II.--Executive Department.
=Section I.=--Clause 1. The executive power shall be vested in
a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his
office during the term of four years, and, together with the
Vice-President, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows:
Clause 2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the
Legislature thereof may direct, a number of Electors, equal to the
whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may
be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or
person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States
shall be appointed an Elector.
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