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RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION I6 9 COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, IX exported from any State; nor on the emigration or Importa- tion of such Persons as the several States shall think proper to admit; nor shall such emigration or Importation be prohibited. No Capitation Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census herein before directed to be taken. No Navigation Act shall be passed without the Assent of two thirds of the Members present in each House. The United States shall not grant any Title of Nobility. 9 The Acts of the Legislature of the United States made in Pursuance of this Constitution, and all Treaties made under the Authority of the United States shall be the supreme Law of the several States, and of their Citizens and Inhabitants; and the Judges in the several States shall be bound thereby in their Decisions, any Thing in the Constitutions or Laws of the several States to the Contrary notwithstanding. ? IO No State shall enter into any (A1) Treaty, Alliance (or) Confederation {with any foreign Power nor withr. Const. of U.S. into any agreemt. or compact wh (any other) another State or Power); nor lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports; ?8 nor keep Troops or Ships of War in Time of Peace;?8 nor grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; nor coin Money; nor (emit Bills of Credit), without the Consent of the Legislature of the United States, {emit Bills of Credit.) No State shall, without such Consent engage in any War, unless it shall be actually invaded by Enemies, or the Danger of Invasion be so imminent as not to admit of a Delay, until the Legislature of the United States can be consulted. No State shall grant any Title of Nobility. II. The Senate of the United States shall have Power to make Treaties; to send Ambassadors; and to appoint the Judges of the Supreme (national) Court. This clause was underscored in the original.