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fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the erime.
. 3d. No person held to service or labor in one State under the laws thereof, escaping to another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
SEC. III .-- 1st. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the june- tion of two or more States or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
2d. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States or of any particular State.
SEC. IV .- The Constitution shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the Legislature, or the Executive (when the Legislature can not be convened), against domestic violence.
ARTICLE V.
SEC. I .- The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution,
SAM S. McGIBBONS & CO., Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Mar. ket Square, St. Joseph, Missouri. Sign of the Elephant.
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or, on the application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which in either case shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress :-
Provided, That no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
ARTICLE VI.
SEC. I .- 1st. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
2d. This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made or which shall be made under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any thing in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
3d. The senators and representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Constitution ; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
ARTICLE VII.
SEc. I .- The ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same.
Done in Convention by the unanimous consent of the States pres- ent, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Inde- pendence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.
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Stratton's General Agency,
FOR THE
PURCHASE AND SALE OF REAL ESTATE, COLLECTING WAR CLAIMS, EFFECTING INSURANCE, Conveyancing, & Paying Taxes for Non-Residents. Will take Depositions and Acknowledgments as
NOTARY PUBLIC.
E. W. STRATTON, Doniphan, Kansas.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President, and Deputy from Virginia.
JOHN LANGDON.
NICHOLAS GILMAN.
Massachusetts.
NATHANIEL GORHAM,
RUFUS KING.
Connecticut.
WM. SAMUEL JOHNSON,
ROGER SHERMAN.
New York. ALEXANDER HAMILTON. New Jersey.
WM. LIVINGSTON, WM. PATTERSON,
DAVID BREARLEY, JONA. DAYTON.
Pennsylvania.
B. FRANKLIN, ROBERT MORRIS, THOMAS FITZSIMONS, JAMES WILSON,
THOMAS MIFFLIN, GEORGE CLYMER, JARED INGERSOLL, Gouv. MORRIS.
New Hampshire.
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Delaware.
GEO. REED, JOHN DICKINSON,
GUNNING BEDFORD, JR., RICHARD BASSETT,
JACOB BROOM.
JAMES MCHENRY,
Maryland. DAN. OF ST. THOS. JENIFER, DANIEL CARROLL.
JOHN BLAIR,
Virginia. JAMES MADISON; JR.
North Carolina.
WM. BLOUNT,
RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGIIT, HUGH WILLIAMSON.
South Carolina.
J. RUTLEDGE, CHARLES PINCKNEY,
CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY, PIERCE BUTLER.
Georgia.
WM. FEW.
ABR. BALDWIN
Attest,
WILLIAM JACKSON,
SECRETARY.
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AMENDMENTS TO TIIE CONSTITUTION.
The conventions of a number of the States having, at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added, Congress, at the session begun and held at the city of New York, on Wednesday, the 4th day of March, 1789, proposed to the Legis- latures of the several States, twelve amendments, ten of which only were adopted. They are the ten first following :-
ARTICLE I.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of re- ligion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to as- semble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
ARTICLE II.
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be in- fringed.
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 effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searchied, and the persons or things to be seized.
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ARTICLE V.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise in- famous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law ; nor shall private property be taken for publie use without just compensation.
ARTICLE VI.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the State and dis- triet wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
ARTICLE VII.
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall ex- ceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
ARTICLE VIII.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
ARTICLE IX.
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
ARTICLE X.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respect- tivey, or to the people.
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H. E. NICKERSON & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
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Citizens of Kansas, by purchasing of us, you patronize
Kansas Manufactures ! ! !
You confer a favor on us and benefit yourselves, for you get an article 25 per cent. better than you can buy anywhere else for the same money.
We Warrant every thing we Manufacture. (SIGN OF THE BIG BEDSTEAD), ATCHISON, KANSAS.
H. E. NICKERSON & CO.
ARTICLE XI.
The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign State.
ARTICLE XII.
1st. The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves ; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in dis- tinet ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinet lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of Government of the United States, directed to the Presi- dent of the Senate ; the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; the person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot,
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the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice- President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
2d. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-Presi- dent, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two- thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice.
3d. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of Presi- dent shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
ARTICLE XIII.
If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them or either of them.
(NOTE .- The eleventh article of the amendments to the Constitution, was proposed at the second session of the third Congress; the twelfth article at the first session of the eighth Congress, and the thirteenth article at the second session of the eleventh Congress.)
ARTICLE V. of the Constitution of the United States, clearly and distinetly sets forth the mode and manner in which that instru- ment may be amended, as follows :
"The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which in either case shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States,
SAM S. MeGIBBONS & CO., Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Mar- ket Square, St. Joseph, Missouri. Sign of the Elephant.
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HIGBY HOUSE, CHAS. HIGBY, Proprietor,
TROY, M
M
M KANSAS,
(North Side Publie Square.)
Good accommodations both to the
RESIDENT AND TRAVELING PUBLIC.
Board by the Day or Week
LIVERY AND
FEED
STABLE ATTACHED.
CHARGES MODERATE.
or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification, may be proposed by the Congress."
In accordance with this article of the Constitution, the following resolution was proposed in the Senate, on the 1st day of February, 1864 :-
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of the House concurring, that the following article be proposed to the Legis- latures of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which when ratified by three-fourths of said Legis- latures shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the said Constitution, namely :-
ARTICLE XIII. SEC. I .- Neither slavery nor involuntary servi- tude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
SEC. II .- Congress shall have power to enforce this Article by ap- propriate legislation.
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NOTES UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
DESCRIBING TO SOME EXTENT THE DUTIES DEVOLVING UPON THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET, AND SALARY OF EACH.
THE Government of the United States is a federal democratic re- public. It is based upon the Constitution of 1789, and amendments thereto.
All legislative powers are vested in Congress, which consists of a Senate and House of Representatives.
The " House of Representatives " is composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and in number in accordance with the population of each ; in order to ascertain the number cach State is entitled to, a census is taken every ten years.
Each State is entitled to at least one representative. Vacancies are filled by intermediate elections. The House chooses its Speaker and other officers.
No person under twenty -five years of age, who has been less than seven years a citizen of the United States, and who is not a resident of the State electing him, is qualified for representative.
Each Territory is entitled to one delegate, who has the right to de- bate on subjects in which his Territory is interested, but is not allowed a vote.
The "Senate" consists of two members from each State, elected by the Legislatures thereof respectively for six years.
One-third the whole body is renewed every two years, and if va- cancies happen, by resignation or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any State, the executive of such State makes a tempo- rary appointment until the next meeting of the Legislature, which fills such vacancy. Senators must be at least thirty-three years old; must have been citizens of the United States for nine years, and be citizens of the State from which they are chosen.
Each senator has one vote. The Vice-President of the United States is ex officio President of the Senate, but a president pro tempore
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IOWA POINT
Steam Woolen & Grist Alills,
G. W. FLINN, Proprietor,
COMMERCIAL STREET,
IOWA POINT, KANSAS,
(Opposite A. & G. BRENNER'S GRAIN WAREHOUSE.)
The Highest Cash Price Paid for Wheat.
is elected by and from among the Senators, who, in the absence of the president acts in his stead.
Besides its ordinary legislative capacity, the Senate is vested with certain judicial functions, and its members constitute a High Court of Impeachment.
No person can be convicted by this court unless on the finding of a majority of the Senators, nor does judgment extend further than to removal from office and disqualification.
Representatives have the sole power of Impeachment. The com- pensation of members of Congress is five thousand dollars per annum, and mileage, at twenty cents per mile, in going to and returning from the seat of government. The pay of the presiding officers of both Houses is six thousand dollars per annum.
The constitutional government went into operation on the 4th of March, 1789, but a quorum of the first Congress, which met at New York City, was not formed until April 6th, nor was the first President of the United States inaugurated until the 30th of April.
The Executive Power is vested in a President, who is elected by an Electoral College, chosen by popular vote or by the Legislature of 21
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the State, the number of electors being equal to the number of Sena- tors and Representatives from the States to Congress.
His term of office is four years but he is eligible for re-election. The electors forming the college are themselves chosen in the manner prescribed by the laws of the several States.
A majority of the aggregate number of votes given is necessary to the election of President and Vice-President, and if none of the can- didates have such a majority, then the election of President is deter- mined by the House of Representatives, and that of the Vice-Presi- dent by the Senate, from among the three candidates having received the highest number of electoral votes. The vote is taken by States, the Representatives of each State having but one vote.
No person can be President or Vice-President who is not a native- born citizen of the United States, and of the age of thirty-five years, and must have been a resident of the United States for fourteen years.
The PRESIDENT is Commander in Chief of the army and navy, and of the militia when in the service of the Union. With the concur- ence of two-thirds of the Senate, he has the power to make treaties, appoint civil and military officers, levy war, conclude peace, and do all that rightly belongs to the executive power.
He has a veto on all laws passed by Congress, but so qualified, that notwithstanding his disapproval any bill becomes a law after its ap- proval by two-thirds of both Houses of Congress.
'The President has a salary of $ 25,000 per annum, and "The White House " at Washington for a residence during his official term.
The VICE-PRESIDENT is ex-officio President of the Senate, and in case of the death, resignation, or other disability of the President, the powers and duty of that office devolve upon him for the remainder of the term for which the President was elected. In case of the disa- bility of the Vice-President, the President of the Senate pro-tempore takes his place.
The administrative business of the nation is conducted by several officers with the title of Secretaries, etc., who form what is termed the " Cabinet." These are the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior, the Postmaster-General, and the Attorney- General, the last being the official law authority for advisement in administrative affairs. Each of these preside over a separate depart- ment.
The " Department of State" was created by an act of Congress of the 15th of Sept., 1789; by a previous act of July 27th, 1789, it was denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs. It embraced
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COUNTY, KANSAS.
DONIPHAN
DR. W. H. BOWEN, SURGEON DENTIST.
COMMERCIAL STREET,
ATCHISON, KANSAS.
All operations per- are executed on the proved principles, as in all the improve- profession, and adopt
taining to Dentistry latest and most ap- I keep myself posted ments relating to my such as are of
The Greatest Utility to my Patrons.
All Work Warranted to give Entire Satisfaction.
TOOTHACHE AND ALL NEURALGIC PAINS STOPPED INSTANTLY.
until the establishment of the Department of the Interior, 1849, what, in some other governments, are styled the Department of Foreign Affairs and Home Department; but the duties now being divided, it confines its operations almost entirely to foreign matters, hence its original title might, with propriety and convenience, be restored.
The SECRETARY OF STATE, conducts all treaties between the United States and foreign powers, and corresponds officially with the public ministers of the government at foreign courts and with ministers of foreign powers resident in the United States. He is intrusted with the publication of all treaties with foreign powers, grants passports to American citizens who are visiting foreign countries. He has charge of the great seal of the United States, but can not affix it to any commis- sion until signed by the President, nor to any instrument without the authority of the President.
The Secretary of State has a salary of $6,000 per annum.
The "Department of the Interior," was established by an act of Congress of the 30th of March, 1849.
The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR is intrusted with the supervision and management of all matters connected with the public domain,
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Indian affairs, pensions, patents, public buildings, the census, the pen- itentiary of the District of Columbia, the expenditures of the Federal Judiciary, etc.
Each of these interests is managed in a separate bureau or office, the immediate head of which is called Commissioner, Superintendent, or Warden, as the case may be.
The salary of the Secretary of the Interior is $6,000 per annum.
The " Department of the Treasury " was created by an act of Con- gress of the 2d of September, 1789.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY superintends all the fiscal con- eerns of the Government, and upon his own responsibility recommends to Congress measures for improving the condition of the revenue.
All public accounts are finally settled at this department ; and for this purpose it is divided into the office of Secretary, who has the general superintendence; the offices of the two Controllers; the office of the Six Auditors; the office of the Commissioner of Customs; the Treasurer's office ; the Registrar's office ; the Solicitor's office ; and the office of the Coast Survey.
The salary of the Secretary of the Treasury is $6,000 per annum.
The " Department of War " was created by an act of Congress of the 7th of August, 1789, and at first embraced not only military but naval affairs.
The SECRETARY OF WAR, superintends every branch of military affairs, and has under his immediate direction the Adjutant-General's office, the Quartermaster-General's Bureau, the Paymaster's Bureau, the Subsistence Bureau, the Medical Bureau, the Engineer Bureau, the Topographical Bureau, the Ordnance Bureau, and the Freedmen's Bureau, and the Department has the superintendence of the erection of fortifications, of making public surveys, etc.
The salary of the Secretary of War is $6,000 per annum.
The " Department of the Navy " was created by an act of Congress of the 30th of April, 1798.
The SECRETARY OF THE NAVY issues all orders to the naval forces and superintends naval affairs generally. Attached to the Depart- ment are a Bureau of Docks and Navy-Yards ; a Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography ; a Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs ; a Bureau of Provisions and Clothing ; a Bureau of Medical and Surgical Instruments, etc. ; and the National Observatory at Washington is un- der the control of the Navy Department.
The Secretary of the Navy receives a salary of $6,000 per annum.
The " Post-Office Department " was established under the author- ity of the old Congress.
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