THE CONSTITUTION: HAS ANYONE PROOFREAD OUR COPIES? — BY NICK LEVINSON
Appendix 4: Comparison of U.S.C.A. Redundant Annotated to NARA
United States Code Annotated (West Group (bound)) (redundant annotated rendition), p. 70 ff. of main vol. containing its commencement et seq. (Details in Data Documentation for this article.)
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- Art. I, § 7, cl. 3, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- question
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Question
- NOTES ON NARA:
- It is unclear from the calligraphical x-height whether the initial is a capital or lower case; the letter is shaped as for lower case but is written taller and wider, albeit only somewhat taller and somewhat wider. Cf. “Q” in Art. VI, cl. 3, “Qualification”, in which the letter is shaped as for lower case but scaled large.
- Art. I, § 8, cl. 17, fr. 12
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for “And” and the space, em-dash, or em-dash-and-space preceding the “And”.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- Buildings;—And
- NOTES ON U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- This rendition fragment is “Buildings;—”/“And” across a line break.
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Buildings;— And
- Art. I, § 10, cl. 2, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- its
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- it’s
- NOTES ON NARA:
- The apostrophe might be somewhat small and high, but is still more likely an apostrophe than a mere mark.
- Art. II, § 1, cl. 1, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- follows:
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- follows
- NOTES ON NARA:
- 1. The sixth letter appears to be an “n” but is judged a “w”; see “following” in Art. II, § 1, cl. 8, for a similar shape, assumed to be a calligraphic style of the time period. — 2. A small faint smudge seems to be positioned too low for a colon’s position, although acceptably for a period, which possible period, however, might be inappropriate for the context, and therefore may not have been written.
- Art. II, § 1, cl. 3, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- The electors
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- The Electors
- Art. II, § 1, cl. 3, fr. 3
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- vote by ballot
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- vote by Ballot
- Art. II, § 1, cl. 3, fr. 14
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- hyphenation
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- two-thirds
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- two thirds
- Art. II, § 1, cl. 3, fr. 17
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- hyphenation
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- Ballot the Vice-President
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Ballot the Vice President
- Art. II, § 1, cl. 8, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- :—“I
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- :— “I
- NOTES ON NARA:
- A space is present after the em-dash.
- Art. II, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 5
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spelling
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- Offenses
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Offences
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- Authority;—to
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Authority;— to
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 5
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- Consuls;—to
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Consuls;— to
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 6
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- Jurisdiction;—to
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Jurisdiction;— to
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 7
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- Party;—to
- NOTES ON U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- This rendition fragment is “Party;”/“—to” across a line break. The absence of a space at the line break is presumed by analogy to other instances of an em-dash in the same clause.
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Party;— to
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 9
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- State;—between
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- State;— between
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 11
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for punctuation.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- Citizens of different States;
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Citizens of different States,
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 12
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- —between Citizens of the
- NOTES ON U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- A line break immediately precedes the em-dash. By analogy to other instances of an em-dash in the same clause, presumably no space is represented by the line break and therefore presumably there is no error there.
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- — between Citizens of the
- Amdt. V, fr. 2
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for word choice and not for case.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- a Grand
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Grand
- NOTES ON NARA:
- A smudge precedes “Grand”; see also Virginia’s copy of the sheet stating the first twelve proposed Amendments, illustrated in Life, Fall Special, 1991.
- Amdt. V, fr. 9
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- criminal
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Criminal
- Amdt. XIV, § 2, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- hyphenation
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- Vice President
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Vice-President
- Amdt. XIV, § 5, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- power
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- the power
- Amdt. XV, § 1, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S.C.A. REDUNDANT ANNOTATED RENDITION:
- servitude.
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- servitude--
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