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rect. 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, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North
Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.]
[Cl. 4.] When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State,
the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such
Vacancies.
[Cl. 5.] The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and
other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Section. 3. [Cl. 1.] The Senate of the United States shall be composed
of two Senators from each State chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six
Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
[Cl. 2.] Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of
the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three
Classes. The Seats of the Senators 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, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so
that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen
by resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any
State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until
the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.
[Cl. 3.] No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the
Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a citizen of the United States,
and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which
he shall