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CONTENTS

OF THE THIRD VOLUME.

The Constitution as reported by the Committee of Detail, con-

sidered.

The preamble, article first, designating the style of the govern-

ment; and article second, dividing into a Supreme Legislative, Ex-
ecutive, and Judiciary, agreed to.

Article third, dividing the Legislature into two distinct bodies,
a House of Representatives, and Senate, with a mutual negative in
all cases, and to meet on a fixed day-Motion to confine the nega-
tive to Legislative acts-Disagreed to-Motion to strike out the
clauses giving a mutual negative-Agreed to-Motion to add that
a different day of meeting may be appointed by law-Agreed to-
Motion to give the Executive an absolute negative on the Legisla-
ture Disagreed to.

Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives-Motion
to confine the rights of Electors to freeholders-Disagreed to.

WEDNESDAY, August 8th

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-Motion to require seven years citizenship in members-Agreed
to-Motion to require the members to be inhabitants of the States
they represent-Agreed to-Motion to require the inhabitancy for
a specified period-Disagreed to-Motion to require that after a
census the number of members shall be proportioned to direct tax-
ation-Agreed to-Motion to fix the ratio of representation by the
number of free inhabitants-Disagreed to-Motion to give every
State one representative at least-Agreed to-Motion to strike out
the exclusive power over money bills-Agreed to.

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Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed-
ings of the Legislature, resumed-Motion to require the Executive,
Judiciary and Legislature, to possess a certain amount of property
-Disagreed to-Motion to strike out the right of the Legislature
to establish a qualification of its members-Agreed to---Motion to
reduce a quorum of each House below a majority-Disagreed to -
Motion to authorize the compulsory attendance of members-
Agreed to-Motion to require a vote of two thirds to expel a mem-
ber-Agreed to-Motion to allow a single member to call the yeas
and nays-Disagreed to-Motion to allow Senators to enter their
dissent on the journals-Disagreed to-Motion to strike out the
clause which confines the keeping and publication of the journal
of the Senate to its Legislative business-Agreed to.

Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed-

ings of the Legislature, resumed-Motion to except from publica-
tion of such parts of the Senate journal, not Legislative, as it may
judge to require secrecy-Disagreed to-Motion to except from
publication such parts of the Senate journal as relate to treaties
and military operations-Disagreed to-Motion to omit the publi-
cation of such parts of the journals as either House may judge to
require secrecy-Agreed to.

ings of the Legislature, resumed-Motion to subject joint resolu-

tions, (except on adjournment,) to the negative of the Executive

-Agreed to.

Article seventh, relative to the powers of the Legislature-Mo-

tion to exclude exports from duty-Postponed -Motion to author-
ize the establishment of post roads-Agreed to-Motion to forbid
the emission of bills of credit-Agreed to.

Motion to add various powers to the Legislature-Referred to the

Committee of Detail.

Motion relative to an assumption of the State debts-Referred

to a Grand Committee.

Article seventh, relative to the powers of the Legislature, re-
sumed-Motion that it may make rules for the Army and Navy-
Agreed to-Motion that the Army shall be limited in time of peace
to a fixed number-Disagreed to-Motion that the subject of regu-
lating the militia be referred to the Grand Committee-Agreed to.

MONDAY, August 20th

Motion to add various powers to the Legislature-Referred to the

Committee of Detail.

Article seventh, relative to the powers of Congress, resumed—

Motion that it may pass sumptuary laws-Disagreed to-Motions
to amend the language defining and providing for the punishment
of treason-Agreed to-Motion to require the first census in three
years-Agreed to.

TUESDAY, August 21st

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Report of Grand Committee on assuming State debts, and regula-

ting the militia.

Article seventh, relative to the powers of Congress, resumed—

Motion that State quotas for the expenses of the war be adjusted
by the same rate as representation and direct taxation-Postponed
-Motion that until a census, direct taxation should be in propor-
tion to representation-Disagreed to-Motion to raise direct taxes
by requisitions on the States-Disagreed to-Motion to permit
taxes on exports by a vote of two thirds-Disagreed to.

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

Legislature Agreed to.

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-
ed-Motion to refer to a Committee, to consider the propriety of a
power to them to negative State laws-Disagreed to.

Article ninth, relative to the powers of the Senate-Motion to
require treaties to be ratified by law-Disagreed 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
the States-Agreed to.

Article tenth, relative to the Executive-Motion that the Exe-
cutive be elected by the people-Disagreed to-By Electors chosen
by the people of the States-Disagreed to--By joint ballot of the
Legislature, and a majority of the members present-Agreed to-
Motion that each State have one vote in electing the Executive→
Disagreed to-Motion to require the President to give information
to the Legislature-Agreed to-Motion to restrain appointing pow.
er by law-Disagreed to-Motion to except from the appointing
power, offices otherwise provided for by the Constitution-Agreed
to-Motion to authorize by law, appointments by State Legisla-
tures and Executives-Disagreed to.

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