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226 for their services, to be ascertained and paid by the state in which they shall be chosen.

". 11. The enacting style of the laws of the United States shall be, &apos;Be it enacted, and it is hereby enacted, by the House of Representatives, and by the Senate, of the United States, in Congress assembled.&apos;

". 12. Each house shall possess the right of originating bills, except in the cases before mentioned.

". 13. Every bill, which shall have passed the House of Representatives, and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States, for his revision. If, upon such revision, he approve of it, he shall signify his approbation by signing it; but if, upon such revision, it shall appear to him improper for being passed into a law, he shall return it, together with his objections against it, to that house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill; but if, after such reconsideration, two thirds of that house shall, notwithstanding the objections of the President, agree to pass it, it shall, together with his objections, be sent to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by two thirds of the other house also, it shall become a law. But, in all such cases, the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays; and the names of the persons voting for or against the bill shall be entered in the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within seven days after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law, unless the legislature, by their adjournment, prevent its return; in which case, it shall not be a law.

". VII. . 1. The legislature of the United States shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises;

"To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states;

"To establish a uniform rule of naturalization throughout the United States;

"To coin money;

"To regulate the value of foreign coin;

"To fix the standard of weights and measures;

"To establish post-offices;

"To borrow money and emit bills on the credit of the United States;

"To appoint a treasurer by ballot;

"To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;

"To make rules concerning captures on land and water;

"To declare the law and punishment of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and the punishment of counterfeiting the coin of the United States, and of offences against the law of nations;

"To subdue a rebellion in any state, on the application of its legislature;

"To make war;

"To raise armies;

"To build and equip fleets;

"To call forth the aid of the militia, in order to execute the laws of the Union, enforce treaties, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions; and,

"To make all laws that shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested, by this Constitution, in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

" . 2. Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying