The Constitution of the United States
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PREAMBLE
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more
perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide
for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the
Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and es-
tablish this Constitution for the United States of America.
ARTICLE I
Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested
in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and
House of Representatives.
Section 2. [1] The House of Representatives shall be com-
posed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the sev-
eral States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications
requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State
Legislature.
[2] No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have at-
tained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen
of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant
of that State in which he shall be chosen.
[3] Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among
the several States which may be included within this Union, according
to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to
the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service
for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all
other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three
Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and
within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they
shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed
one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one
Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of
New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight,
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New
York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Mary-](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/howlj30&div=59&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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