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ment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
[Cl. 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.
[Cl. 3.] No State shall, without the Consent of 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.
Section. i. [Cl. 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:
[Cl. 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.
[The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot
for two Persons