98 FIRST CONGRESS . Sess . I. RESOLUTION . 1789 .

Adopted .

Adopted .

ported by oath or affirmation , and particularly describing the place to be searched , and the persons or things to be seized .

Art . VII . No person shall be held to answer for a capital , or other wise infamous crime , unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury , except in cases arising in the land or naval forces , or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger ; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb ; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself , nor be deprived of life , liberty or property , without due process of law ; nor shall private property be taken for public use with out just compensation .

Art . VIII . In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial , by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed , which district shall have been previously ascertained by law , and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favour , and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence .

Art . IX . In suits at common law , where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars , the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and no fact , tried by a jury , shall be otherwise re - examined in any court of the United States , than according to the rules of the common law .

Art . X. Excessive bail shall not be required , nor excessive fines im posed , nor cruel and unasual punishments inflicted .

Art . XI . The enumeration in the Constitution , of certain rights , shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people .

Art . XII . The powers not delegated to the United States by the Con stitution , nor prohibited by it to the States , are reserved to the States respectively , or to the people .

Adopted .

Adopted .

Adopted .

Adopted .

Sept. 29 , 1789 .

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That John White , late a commissioner to settle the accounts between the United States and the states of Pennsylvania , Delaware , and Maryland , and his clerks , John Wright , and Joshua Dawson , be considered as in office until the fourth day of February , one thousand seven hundred and eighty - nine .

APPROVED , September 29 , 1789 .