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I?ECOKD$ OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 577 COMMITTEE OF STYLE XII. No State shall coin money; nor emit bills of credit, nor make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts; nor pass any bill of attainder or ex post facto laws; nor grant letters of marque and reprisal, nor enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; nor grant any title of nobility. XIII. No State, without the consent of the Legislature of the United States shall lay imposts or duties on imports or exports, nor with such consent but for the use of the treasury of the United States; nor keep troops or ships of war in time of peace; nor enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with any foreign power; nor engage in any war, unless it shall be actually invaded by enemies, or the danger of inva- sion be so imminent, as not to admit of a delay, until the Legislature of the United States can be consulted. XIV. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privi- leges and immunities of citizens of the several States. XV. Any person charged with treason, felony, or other crime in any State, who shall flee from justice, and shall be found in any other State, shall, on demand of the Executive Power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of the offence. If any Person bound to service or labor in any of the United States shall escape into another State, He or She shall not be discharged from such service or labor in consequence of any regulations subsisting in the State to which they escape; but shall be delivered up to the person justly claiming their ser- vice or labor. XVI. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other