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Gunning Bedford, jun.
John Dickinson,
Richard Bassett,
Jacob Broom.
MARYLAND.
James M‘Henry,
Daniel of St. Tho. Jenifer, 
Daniel Carrol.
 
VIRGINIA.
John Blair,
James Madison, jun.
NORTH CAROLINA.
William Blount,
Richard Dobbs Spaight,
Hugh Williamson.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
John Rutledge,
Chas. Cotesworth Pinckney,
Charles Pinckney,
Pierce Butler.
GEORGIA.
William Few,
Abraham Baldwin.

Attest,   WILLIAM JACKSON, Secretary. 


AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.

Art. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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 prescribed by law.

Art. 4, 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.