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 28 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES——1787. Delaware. GEo: READ RICHARD BAssE·r·r GUNNING Bnoroan Jun JAoo: Bao0M Jomv DIoIIINsoN Maryland. JAMES MCHENEY DAN1.. CARROLL DAN or ST THOS JENIFER _ _ _ Wrgm aa. JOHN BLA1R— JAMES MADISON Jr. North Carolina. WM. BLoUN·I· Hu WILLIAMSON. Rrcnn. Doses SPAIGHT South Carolina. J. RUTLEDGE, CHARLES PINCKNEY CHARLES Corrasworrm PINCKNEY PIERCE Bu1·I.Ea. Georgia. WILLIAM FEw Aim BALDWIN Attest WILLIAM JACKSON Secretary ARTICLES IN ADDITION T0, AND AMENDMENT 0E, THE CONSTITUTICN OF THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA, PROPOSED BY CONGRESS, AND RATIHED BY THE LEGISLATURE8 or THE SEVERAL STATES PURSUANT TO THE FIFTH ARTICLE OF THE 0nICINAI. CON- STITUTICN. [ARTICLE 1.]* Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of ievances. gr Terrett et al. 1-. Taylor et al., 9 Cr., 43; Vidal et al. 1-. Girard et al., 2 How., 127; Ex parte Garland, 4 Wa l., 333; United States v. (`ruikshank et al., 92 U. S., 542. [ARTICLE II.] A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to eep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. [ARTICLE III.] No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor In time of war, but In a manner to be prescribed by law. [ARTICLE IV.] The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and etfects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, anc. no Warrants shall of the seiieral States by the First Congress, on the 25th of gepitember, 17d9e p'I9hev were ragilieeg liyutl-1: following States, and the notifications of ratification by the governors thereof were successively communicated by the President to Congress: New Jersey, November 20, 1789; Maryland, December 19, 1789; North Carolina, December 22, 1789; South Carolina, Januar&)19, 1790; New Hampshire, January 25, 1790; Delaware, January 28, 1790; Pennsylvania, March 10, 17 ; New York, March 27, 1790; Rhode Island, June 15 1790; Vermont, November 3, 1791, and Virginia, December 15, 1791. There is no evidence on the Journals of Congress that the legislatures of Connecticut, Georgia, and Massachusetts ratified them.
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