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 I68 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, IX lish Post-offices; to borrow Money, and emit Bills on the Credit of the United States; to appoint a Treasurer by Ballott; to constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme (national) Court; to make Rules concerning Captures on Land or Water; to de- clare the Law and Punishment of Piracies and Felonies com- mitted on the high Seas, and the Punishment of counterfeiting the (Coin) (and) (of the U.S. &) of Offences against the Law of Nations; (to declare what shall be Treason against the United States;) (& of Treason agst the U: S: or any of them; not to work Corruption of Blood or Forfeit except during the Life of the Party;) to regulate the Discipline of the Militia of the several States; to subdue a Rebellion in any State, on the Appli- cation of its Legislature; to make War; to raise Armies; to build and equip Fleets, to (make laws for) call(ing) forth the Aid of the Militia, in order to execute the Laws of the Union, (to) enforce Treaties, (to) suppress Insurrections, and repel invasions; and to make all Laws that shall be necessary and proper for carrying into (full and complete) Execution (the foregoing Powers, and) all other powers vested, by this Consti- tution, in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof; (Representation shall) (Direct Taxation shall always be in Proportion to Repre- sentation in the House of Representatives.) The proportions of direct Taxation shall be regulated by the whole Number of white and other free Citizens and Inhabi- tants, of every Age, Sex and Condition, including those bound to Servitude for a Term of Years, and three fifths of all other Persons not comprehended in the foregoing Description; which Number shall, within six Years after the first Meeting of the Legislature, and within the Term of every ten Years afterwards, be taken in such Manner as the said Legislature shall direct. From the first Meeting of the Legislature until the Number of Citizens and Inhabitants shall be taken as aforesaid, direct Taxation shall be in Proportion to the Number of Represen- tatives chosen in each State. No Tax or Duty shall be laid by the Legislature, on Articles

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