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clause of the ninth resolution reported from the committee of the whole house, namely,

"To be removeable on impeachment and convic"tion of mal practice, or neglect of duty."

It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the last motion

Which passed in the negative.

YEAS-Massachusetts, South Carolina

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NAYS-Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia & It was moved and seconded to agree to the clauseWhich passed in the affirmative.

YEAS Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia 8 NAYS-Massachusetts, South Carolina

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It was moved and seconded to agree to the following clause, namely,

"To receive a fixed compensation for the devotion "of his time to publick service"—

Which passed unanimously in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to agree to the following clause, namely,

To be paid out of the national treasury"— Which passed in the affirmative.

YEAS Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

NAY-New Jersey

It was moved and seconded to adjourn.

Passed in the affirmative.

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YEAS Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Geor

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NAYS-Connecticut, North Carolina

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And then the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M.

SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1787.

It was moved and seconded to add the following clause to the resolution respecting the electors of the supreme executive, namely,

"Who shall be paid out of the national treasury, "for the devotion of their time to the publick service"

Which passed unanimously in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to add, after the words "national executive," in the tenth resolution, the words" together with the supreme national judi❝ciary".-

Which passed in the negative.

YEAS-Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia

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NAYS-Massachusetts, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina

DIVIDED-Pennsylvania, Georgia

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It was moved and seconded to agree to the tenth resolution, as reported from the committee of the whole house, namely,

Resolved, That the national executive shall have "a right to negative any legislative act, which shall "not be afterwards passed, unless by two third parts "of each branch of the national legislature❞—

Which passed unanimously in the affirmative.

On the question to agree to the following amendment of the third clause of the eleventh resolution, namely,

"That the judges shall be nominated by the execu

"tive; and such nomination shall become an appoint"ment, if not disagreed to by the second branch of "the legislature❞—

# It passed in the negative.

YEAS-Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia 3 NAYS-Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

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On the question to agree to the following clause of the eleventh resolution, as reported from the committee of the whole house, namely,

"The judges of which shall be appointed by the "second branch of the national legislature"

It passed in the affirmative. 43 1

YEAS Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. 6 NAYS-Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 8 And then the house adjourned till Monday next, at 11 o'clock, A. M.

MONDAY, JULY 23, 1787.

The honorable. John Langdon and Nicholas Gillman, Esquires, deputies from the state of New Hampshire, attended and took their seats.

The following credentials were produced and read. [See p. 17.]

On the question to agree to the seventeenth resolution, as reported from the committee of the whole. house, namely,

"That provision ought to be made for the amend. "ment of the articles of union, whensoever it shall "seem necessary”—

It passed unanimously in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to add after the word

"states," in the eighteenth resolution, the words " and "of the national government?.

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Which passed in the affirmative...

On the question to agree to the eighteenth resolution, as amended, namely,

"That the legislative, executive, and judiciary "powers within the several states, and of the national "government, ought to be bound by oath to support "the articles of union"-

It passed unanimously in the affirmative...

It was moved and seconded to strike the following words out of the nineteenth resolution, reported from the committee of the whole house, namely,

"To an assembly or assemblies of representatives, ❝recommended by the several legislatures, to be ex" pressly chosen by the people to consider and decide "thereon"

Which passed in the negative.

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YEAS-Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland NAYS-New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 7 On the question to agree to the nineteenth resolution, as reported from the committee of the whole house, namely,

"Resolved, That the amendments which shall be "offered to the confederation by the convention, ought, "at a proper time or times, after the approbation of "Congress, to be submitted to an assembly or assem"blies of representatives, recommended by the several legislatures, to be expressly chosen by the people to "consider and decide thereon"

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It passed in the affirmative.

YEAS-New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,

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Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

NAY-Delaware

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It was moved and seconded to agree to the following resolution, namely,

"Resolved, That the representation in the second "branch of the legislature of the United States consist "of members from each state, who shall vote

" per capita."

It was moved and seconded to fill up the blank with the word "three"

Which passed in the negative.
YEA-Pennsylvania

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NAYS-New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

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It was moved and seconded to fill up the blank with the word "two"

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Which was unanimously agreed to.

On the question to agree to the resolution as filled
It passed in the affirmative.

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YEAS New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

NAY-Maryland

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It was moved and seconded to reconsider that clause

of the

resolution, respecting the appointment

of the supreme executive

Which passed in the affirmative.

YEAS-New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor

gia

NAYS-Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia

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