NAYS-Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia DIVIDED-Maryland It was moved and seconded to adjourn. Passed in the affirmative. 5 1 7 YEAS Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina NAYS-New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia 4 And then the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M. TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1787. It was moved and seconded to amend the third clause of the fourth resolution, reported from the committee, so as to read as follows, namely, "For nine years, one third to go out triennially"Which passed in the negative. 3 YEAS-Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia NAYS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 8 It was then moved and seconded to amend the third clause of the fourth resolution so as to read, "For six years, one third to go out biennially." On the question to agree to the amendment, It passed in the affirmative. YEAS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina 7 NAYS-New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia 4 It was moved and seconded to strike the following clause out of the fourth resolution, "To receive fixed stipends by which they may be "compensated for the devotion of their time to publick "service." The question to strike out, passed in the negative. YEAS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina 5 NAYS-New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia 6 It was moved and seconded to amend the fourth clause of the fourth resolution, so as to read, "To receive a compensation for the devotion of "their time to the publick service" Which passed in the affirmative. YEAS--Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia NAY-South Carolina 10 1 It was moved and seconded to erase the following words from the fourth resolution, namely, "Out of the national treasury;" And to substitute the following, namely, "By their respective states" Which passed in the negative. YEAS-Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia 5 NAYS-Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina : 6 It was moved and seconded to agree to the follow ing clause in the fourth resolution, namely, "To be paid out of the publick treasury”— Which passed in the negative. YEAS-Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia 5 NAYS-Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 6 It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the last clause in the fourth resolution, as reported from the committee, in order to take up the following proposition, offered by Mr. Williamson, as a substitute, namely, 66 "To be ineligible to, and incapable of, holding any "office, under the authority of the United States, except those peculiarly belonging to the functions of "the second branch, during the term for which they "are elected." On the question to postpone, It passed in the affirmative. YEAS-Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina 6 NAYS-Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia 5 It was then moved and seconded to add after the word "elected," the words "and for one year there"after" Which passed in the affirmative. 7 YEAS-Connecticut, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina NAYS-Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia 4 It was then moved and, seconded to agree to the proposition as amended, namely, "To be ineligible to, and incapable of holding any "office under the authority of the United States, ex 66 cept those peculiarly belonging to the functions of "the second branch, during the term for which they "are elected, and for one year thereafter" Which passed unanimously in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to add the following clause to the fourth resolution, namely, "And to be ineligible and incapable of holding any "office under a particular state" Which passed in the negative. . YEAS-Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia 3 NAYS-Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia It was moved and seconded to agree to the fifth resolution reported from the committee, namely, 8 "Resolved, That each branch ought to possess the " right of originating acts" Which passed unanimously in the affirmative. And then the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1787. It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the sixth resolution reported from the committee, in order to take up the seventh and eighth resolutions. On the question to postpone, It passed in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to agree to the first clause of the seventh resolution, namely, . "Resolved, That the right of suffrage in the first "branch of the national legislature ought not to be "according to the rule established in the articles of "confederation." Before a determination was taken on the clause, the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M. THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1787. It was moved and seconded to amend the seventh resolution reported from the committee, so as to read as follows, namely, "Resolved, That the right of suffrage in the first "branch of the legislature of the United States ought 66 to be in proportion to the whole number of white " and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age, "sex, and condition, including those bound to servi"tude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing descrip"tion, except Indians, not paying taxes in each "state." 66 4 It was moved and seconded to erase the word " not," from the first clause of the seventh resolution, so as to read, “Resolved, That the right of suffrage in the second "branch of the legislature of the United States ought "to be according to the rule established in the arti❝cles of confederation." The determination of the house on the motion for erasing the word "not," from the first clause of the seventh resolution, was postponed, at the request of the deputies of the state of New York, till to-morrow. And then the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M. |