IV
Sect. 1. The members of the House of Representatives
shall be chosen every second year, by the
people of the several States comprehended within
this Union. The qualifications of the electors shall
be the same, from time to time, as those of the electors
in the several States, of the most numerous
branch of their own legislatures.
Sect. 2. Every member of the House of Representatives
shall be of the age of twenty five years at
least; shall have been a citizen in the United States
for at least three years before his election; and shall
be, at the time of his election, a resident of the State
in which he shall be chosen.
Sect. 3. The House of Representatives shall, at
its first formation, and until the number of citizens
and inhabitants shall be taken in the manner hereinafter
described, consist of sixty-five Members, of
whom three shall be chosen in New-Hampshire,
eight in Massachusetts, one in Rhode-Island and
Providence Plantations, five in Connecticut, six in
New-York, four in New-Jersey, eight in Pennsylvania,
one in Delaware, six in Maryland, ten in Virginia,
five in North-Carolina, five in South-Carolina,
and three in Georgia.
Sect. 4. As the proportions of numbers in different
States will alter from time to time; as some of
the States may hereafter be divided; as others may
be enlarged by addition of territory; as two or more
States may be united; as new States will be erected
within the limits of the United States, the Legislature
shall, in each of these cases, regulate the number of
representatives by the number of inhabitants, according
to the provisions herein after made, at the
rate of one for every forty thousand.
Sect. 5. All bills for raising or appropriating
money, and for fixing the salaries of the officers of
Government, shall originate in the House of Representatives,
and shall not be altered or amended by
the Senate. No money shall be drawn from the
Public Treasury, but in pursuance of appropriations
that shall originate in the House of Representatives.
Sect. 6. The House of Representatives shall have
the sole power of impeachment. It shall choose its
Speaker and other officers.
Sect. 7. Vacancies in the House of Representatives
shall be supplied by writs of election from the
executive authority of the State, in the representation
from which they shall happen.
