CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, FROM TUESDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1787, UNTIL ITS The Constitution as reported by the Committee of Detail, con- The preamble, article first, designating the style of the govern- ment; and article second, dividing into a Supreme Legislative, Ex- Article third, dividing the Legislature into two distinct bodies, Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives-Motion 89133 -Motion to require seven years citizenship in members-Agreed Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives, resumed- Article fifth, relative to the Senate-Motion to strike out the right of State Executives to supply vacancies-Disagreed to-Mo- tion to supply vacancies by the State Legislatures, or by the Exe- cutive till its next meeting-Agreed to-Motion to postpone the clauses giving each member one vote-Disagreed to-Motion to require fourteen years citizenship in Senators-Disagreed to-Mo- tion to require nine years citizenship in Senators--Agreed to-Mo- tion to require Senators to be inhabitants of the States they repre- Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and pro- ceedings of the Legislature-Motion to strike out the right of the Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed- Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed- ings of the Legislature, resumed-Motion to except from publica- Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives, resumed -Motion to require only citizenship and inhabitancy in members -Disagreed to-Motion to require nine years' citizenship-Disa- greed to-Motion to require four and five years' citizenship instead of seven-Disagreed to-Motion to provide that the seven years' citizenship should not affect the rights of persons now citizens— Article fifth, relative to the Senate, resumed-Motion to require seven years' citizenship in Senators instead of nine-Disagreed to. Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed- ings of the Legislature, resumed-Motion to permit members to be appointed to office during their term, but to vacate their seats- -Disagreed to-Motion to permit members to be appointed during their term to offices in the Army or Navy, but to vacate their seats-Postponed-Motion to pay the members out of the National Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed- ings of the Legislature, resumed--Motion to unite the judges of the supreme court with the President, in his revisory power over acts of the Legislature-Disagreed to-Motion to require three fourths instead of two thirds to pass bills negatived by the Executive -Agreed to-Motion to extend the negative of the Executive to resolves as well as bills-Disagreed to-Motion to allow the Exe- cutive ten days to revise bills-Agreed to-Article sixth, as amend- ings of the Legislature, resumed-Motion to subject joint resolu- tions, (except on adjournment,) to the negative of the Executive Article seventh, relative to the powers of the Legislature-Mo- tion to exclude exports from duty-Postponed -Motion to author- Article seventh, relative to the powers of the Legislature, resumed -Motion that it may appoint a Treasurer by joint ballot-Agreed to-Subdue rebellion in a State without the application of its Motion to add various powers to the Legislature-Referred to the Motion relative to an assumption of the State debts-Referred to a Grand Committee. Article seventh, relative to the powers of the Legislature, re- Motion to add various powers to the Legislature-Referred to the Article seventh, relative to the powers of Congress, resumed— Motion that it may pass sumptuary laws-Disagreed to-Motions Report of Grand Committee on assuming State debts, and regula- Article seventh, relative to the powers of Congress, resumed— Motion that State quotas for the expenses of the war be adjusted Report of Committee of Detail on various proposed additional pow- Article seventh, relative to the powers of Congress, resumed- Motion to refer the clauses relative to the importation and migra- tion of slaves, and to a capitation tax, and navigation act, to a Grand Committee-Agreed to-Motion to prohibit attainders or ex post facto laws-Agreed to-Motion to require the Legislature to discharge the debts, and fulfil the engagements of the United Article seventh, relative to the powers of the Legislature, resum- ed-Motion requiring them to organize the militia, when in the service of the United States, reserving the training and appoint- ment of officers to the States-Agreed to-Motion to prohibit for- eign presents, offices, or titles, to any officer without consent of the Article eighth, relative to the supreme authority of acts of the Legislature and treaties-Agreed to. Article seventh, relative to the powers of the Legislature, resum- Article ninth, relative to the powers of the Senate-Motion to Report of the Grand Committee on the importation and migration of slaves, and a capitation tax, and navigation act. Article ninth, relative to the powers of the Senate, resumed- Motion to strike out the power to decide controversies between Article tenth, relative to the Executive-Motion that the Exe- |