3d. Congress is empowered to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of this Confederacy.
4th. All appropriations must be upon the demand of the President or heads of departments.
OMISSIONS.
1st. There is no prohibition on members of Congress holding other offices of honor and emolument under the Provisional Government.
2d. There is no provision for a neutral spot for the location of a seat of government, or for sites for forts, arsenals, and dock-yards; consequently there is no reference made to the territorial powers of the Provisional Government.
3d. The section in the old Constitution in reference to capitation and other direct tax is omitted; also, the section providing that no tax or duty shall be laid on any exports.
4th. The prohibition on States keeping troops or ships of war in time of peace is omitted.
5th. The Constitution being provisional merely, no provision is made for its ratification.
AMENDMENTS.
1st. The fugitive slave clause of the old Constitution is so amended as to contain the word “slave,” and to provide for full compensation in cases of abduction or forcible rescue on the part of the State in which such abduction or rescue may take place.