Life and Times of Washington, vol 2 (Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched) | Page 5

the State having jurisdiction of his offense; that full
faith and credit shall be given in each of the States to the records, acts,
and judicial proceedings of every other State; that delegates shall be

annually chosen in such manner as the legislature of each State shall
direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday of November, with
power to each State to recall its delegates, or any of 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
differences between two or more of the States; that Congress have the
sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of
coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States,
fixing the standard of weights and measures, regulating the trade,
establishing post-offices, appointing all officers of the land forces in

the service of the United States, except regimental officers, appointing
all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers
whatever in the service of the United States, making rules for the
government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and
directing their operations; that Congress have authority to appoint a
committee to sit during their recess, to be dominated a Committee of
the States, and to consist of one delegate from each State; that Congress
shall have power to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised
for the service of the United States, and to appropriate and apply the
same, to borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States,
to build and equip a navy, to fix the number of land forces, and to make
requisitions from each State for its quota, in proportion to the number
of white inhabitants in such State; that the consent of nine States shall
be requisite to any great public measure of common interest; that
Congress shall have power to adjourn to any time within the year, and
to any place within the United States, but the adjournment not to
exceed six months, and that they shall publish their proceedings
monthly, excepting such parts relating to treaties, alliances, or military
operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; that the yeas and nays
of the delegates of each State shall, if required, be entered on the
journal, and extracts granted; that the Committee of the States, or any
nine of them, shall, during the recess of Congress, exercise such powers
as Congress shall vest them with; that Canada, if willing, shall be
admitted to all the advantages of the union; but no other colony shall be
admitted, unless such admission shall be agreed to by nine States; that
all bills of credit