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ESOLVED,, two thirds of both Houes concurring, That the following articles be propoed to Legilation of the everal States, as amendments to the Contitution of the United States, all or any of which articles, when ratified by three fourths of the aid Legilatures, to be valid to all intents and purpoes, as part of the aid Contitution—Viz.

in addition to, and amendment of, the Contitution of the United States of America, propoed by Congres, and ratified by the Legilatures of the everal States, puruant to the fifth Article of the original Contitution.

After the firt enumeration, required by the firt article of the Contitution, there hall be one Repreentative for every thirty thouand, until the number hall amount to one hundred; to which number one Repreentative hall be added for every ubequent increae of forty thouand, until the Repreentatives hall amount to two hundred, to which number one Repreentative hall be added iv thouand perons.

No law, varying the compenation for the ervices of the Senators and Repreentatives, hall take effect, until an election of Repreentatives hall have intervened.

Congres hall make no law etablihing articles of faith, or a mode of worhip, or prohibiting the free exercie of religion, or abridging the freedom of peech, or of the pres, or the right of the people peaceably to aemble, and to petition to the government for a redres of grievances.

A well regulated militia, being neceary to the ecurity of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, hall not be infringed.

No oldier hall, in time of peace, be quartered in any houe, without the conent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be precribed by law.

The right of the people to be ecure in their perons, houes, papers, and effects, againt unreaonable earches and eizures, hall not be violated, and no warrants hall iue, but upon probable caue, upported by oath or affirmation, and particularly decribing the place to be earched, and the perons or things to be eized.