d, unless in proportion to
the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state. No
preference shall be given, by any regulation of commerce or revenue, to
the ports of one state, over those of another; nor shall vessels bound
to or from one state be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in
another.
No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of
appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the
receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from
time to time.
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no
person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without
the consent of the congress, accept of any present, emolument, office,
or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Sec. 10. No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or
confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit
bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in
payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law
impairing the obligation of contracts; or grant any title of nobility.
No state shall, without the consent of the congress, lay any imposts or
duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary
for executing its inspection laws; and the net produce of all duties and
imposts laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use of
the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to
the revision and control of the congress. No state shall, without the
consent of congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops or ships of
war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another
state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war unless actually
invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Article II.
Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in a president
of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the
term of four years, and, together with the vice-president, chosen for
the same term, be elected as follows:
Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may
direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of senators and
representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress; but
no senator or representative, or person holding an office of
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