OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WITH THE AMENDMENTS THERETO: TO WHICH ARE ADDED JEFFERSON'S MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE, AND THE STANDING RULES AND ORDERS FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. House of Representatives. PRINTED FOR THE USE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON: 1859. CONSTITUTION. WE, the people of the United States, in order to Preamble. ARTICLE I. SECTION I. All legislative powers herein granted shall be Congress. vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION II. Representatives, The House of Representatives shall be com- how chosen. posed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature. representatives. No person shall be a Representative who shall Qualification of not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. |