1.   Aristide hastened to assure reporters on Thursday that he intends to step down as president in February, as his constitution requires.

2.   -- In West Virginia, the constitution requires any property seized to go to the school fund.

3.   For weeks, Bruno has been calling on Silver to negotiate a budget between the two houses, as the state constitution requires.

4.   If the House approves articles of impeachment, the constitution requires the Senate to hold a trial, presided over by the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

5.   If Yeltsin should die, the Russian constitution requires Chernomyrdin to take over as acting president for three months.

6.   If Yeltsin should die, the Russian constitution requires Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin to take over as acting president for three months.

7.   If Yeltsin should die while in office, the Russian constitution requires Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin to take over as acting president for three months.

8.   In Missouri, the constitution generally requires the money to go to education.

9.   Kasich said that states whose constitution requires the government to care for the needy should consider changing their laws.

10.   New York is one of a few states whose constitutions require them to take care of poor families after federal welfare benefits have expired.