that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than

one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the necessary sums of

money to be raised for the service of the United States, and to

appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses; to

borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States,

transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the

sums of money so borrowed or emitted; to build and equip a navy; to

agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each

State for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in

such State, which requisition shall be binding; and thereupon the