nited States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof, we
have hereunto subscribed our names.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
_President, and Deputy from Virginia._
NEW HAMPSHIRE. DELAWARE.
John Langdon, George Read,
Nicholas Gilman. Gunning Bedford, jr.,
John Dickinson,
MASSACHUSETTS. Richard Bassett,
Jacob Broom.
Nathaniel Gorham,
Rufus King. MARYLAND.
James McHenry,
CONNECTICUT. Daniel of St. Tho. Jenifer,
Daniel Carroll.
Wm. Samuel Johnson,
Roger Sherman. VIRGINIA.
NEW YORK. John Blair,
James Madison, jr.
Alexander Hamilton.
NORTH CAROLINA.
NEW JERSEY.
William Blount,
William Livingston, Rich. Dobbs Spaight,
David Brearley, Hugh Williamson.
William Patterson,
Jonathan Dayton. SOUTH CAROLINA.
PENNSYLVANIA. John Rutledge,
Benjamin Franklin, Charles C. Pinckney,
Thomas Mifflin, Charles Pinckney,
Robert Morris, Pierce Butler.
George Clymer,
Thomas Fitzsimons, GEORGIA.
Jared Ingersoll,
James Wilson, William Few,
Gouverneur Morris. Abraham Baldwin.
Attest, WILLIAM JACKSON, _Secretary_.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
ART. I.--Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
ART. 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
infringed.
ART. 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.
ART. 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 warrants shall issue but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place
to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
ART. V.--No person shall be held to answer fo
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