NAYS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia DIVIDED-Delaware 8 1 On the question to agree to the clause as amended, namely, "Provided always, That representation ought to be proportioned according to direct taxation. And in "order to ascertain the alteration in the direct taxa"tion which may be required, from time to time, by "the changes in the relative circumstances of the "states "Resolved, That a census be taken within six years "from the first meeting of the legislature of the United "States, and once within the term of every ten years "afterwards, of all the inhabitants of the United States, "in the manner and according to the ratio recommend"ed by Congress in their resolution of April 18, 1783; "and that the legislature of the United States shall "proportion the direct tax accordingly." It passed in the affirmative. YEAS-Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia NAYS-New Jersey, Delaware, DIVIDED Massachusetts, South Carolina 6 2 2 And then the house adjourned until to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1787. It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of that clause in the report of the grand committee, which respects the originating of money bills in the first branch, in order to take up the following, namely, "That in the second branch of the legislature of the "United States, each state shall have an equal vote." It was moved and seconded to add the following amendment to the last clause agreed to by the house, namely, "That from the first meeting of the legislature of "the United States, until a census shall be taken, all moneys to be raised for supplying the publick trea 66 sury by direct taxation shall be assessed on the in"habitants of the several states according to the "number of their representatives, respectively, in the "first branch.” It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the amendment Which passed in the negative. YEAS-Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Ma ryland 4 NAYS-Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia On the question to agree to the amendment, 6 YEAS-Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 5 NAYS-Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary land, Virginia 5 It was moved and seconded to agree to the following amendment, namely, "That from the first meeting of the legislature of "the United States until a census shall be taken, all moneys for supplying the publick treasury, by direct "taxation, shall be raised from the several states ac "cording to the number of their representatives, re"spectively, in the first branch"— Which passed in the affirmative. YEAS-Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 5 NAYS-Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary land DIVIDED-Pennsylvania 4 1 It was moved and seconded to re-consider the second clause of the report from the committee of five, entered on the journal of the 9th instant Which was unanimously agreed to. It was moved and seconded to alter the second clause reported from the committee of five, entered on the journal of the 9th instant, so as to read as follows, namely, 66 "But as the present situation of the states may "probably alter in the number of their inhabitants, "that the legislature of the United States be authoriz"ed, from time to time, to apportion the number of representatives. And in case any of the states shall "hereafter be divided, or any two or more states "united, or any new states created within the limits "of the United States, the legislature of the United "States shall possess authority to regulate the number "of representatives in any of the foregoing cases, upon the principle of their number of inhabitants, "according to the provisions hereafter mentioned." On the question to agree to the clause as amended, It passed in the affirmative. 66 YEAS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 9 DIVIDED-Delaware 1 It was moved and seconded to add, after the word "divided," the following words, namely, " or enlarged "by addition of territory" Which passed unanimously in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to adjourn. YEAS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina gia 6 NAYS-New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Geor 4 And then the house adjourned until to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M. SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1787. It was moved and seconded to agree to the following proposition, namely, "That to secure the liberties of the states already "confederated, the number of representatives, in the "first branch, from the states which shall hereafter "be established, shall never exceed the representa❝tives from such of the thirteen United States as shall "accede to this confederation." On the question to agree to the proposition, YEAS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Ma ryland 4 NAYS-New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia DIVIDED-Pennsylvania 5 1 It was moved and seconded to reconsider the two propositions reported from the grand committee, and agreed by the house to stand part of the report entered on the journal of the 6th instant. It was moved by Mr. Pinckney, and seconded, to postpone the second clause of the report from the grand committee, entered on the journals of the 6th instant, in order to take up the following, namely, "That the second branch of the legislature shall "have thirty-six members of which number : "New Hampshire shall have two, NAYS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina, Georgia And then the house adjourned till Monday. MONDAY, JULY 16, 1787. 6 The question being taken on the whole of the report from the grand committee, as amended, |