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Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 - Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched by Benson John Lossing;John Frederick Schroeder
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them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead;
that no State shall be represented in Congress by less than two or more
than seven members, and no person shall be a delegate for more than
three out of six years, nor shall any delegate hold a place of
emolument under the United States; that each State shall maintain its
own delegates; that in Congress each State shall have only one vote;
that freedom of speech shall be enjoyed by the members, and that they
shall be free from arrest, except for treason, felony, or breach of the
peace; that no State, without the consent of Congress, shall receive
any ambassador, or enter into any treaty with any foreign power; that
no person holding any office in any of the United States shall receive
any present, office, or title from any foreign State, and that neither
Congress nor any of the States shall grant any titles of nobility; that
no two or more of the States shall enter into any confederation
whatever without the consent of Congress; that no State shall impose
any duties which may interfere with treaties made by Congress; that in
time of peace no vessels of war or military force shall be kept up in
any of the States but by the authority of Congress, but every State
shall have a well-regulated and disciplined militia; that no State,
unless invaded, shall engage in war without the consent of Congress,
nor shall they grant letters of marque or reprisal till after a
declaration of war by Congress; that colonels and inferior officers
shall be appointed by the Legislature of each State for its own troops;
that the expenses of war shall be defrayed out of a common treasury,
supplied by the several States according to the value of the land in
each; that taxes shall be imposed and levied by authority and direction
of the several States within the time prescribed by Congress; that
Congress has the sole and exclusive right of deciding on peace and war,
of sending and receiving ambassadors, and entering into treaties; that
Congress shall be the last resort on appeal in all disputes and
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