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"the general legislature, and to such other questions "as involve the national peace and harmony"

Which passed unanimously in the affirmative.

On the question to agree to the fourteenth resolution, namely,

"Resolved, That provision ought to be made for the "admission of states lawfully arising within the limits "of the United States, whether from a voluntary junc"tion of government and territory, or otherwise with "the consent of a number of voices in the national "legislature less than the whole❞—--

It passed unanimously in the affirmative.

On the question to agree to the first clause of the fifteenth resolution, reported from the committee of the whole house,

It passed in the negative.
YEAS-Virginia, North Carolina

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NAYS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,

Delaware, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia

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On the question to agree to the last clause of the fifteenth resolution,

It passed unanimously in the negative.

It was moved and seconded to alter the sixteenth resolution, so as to read as follows, namely,

"That a republican form of government shall be "guarantied to each state; and that each state shall be "protected against foreign and domestic violence”— Which passed unanimously in the affirmative.

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

THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1787.

It was moved and seconded to reconsider the several clauses of the ninth resolution, which respect the appointment, duration, and eligibility of the national executive

Which passed in the affirmative.

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

NAY-North Carolina

North Carolina withdrew their negative,

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And it was unanimously agreed to reconsider immediately.

It was moved by Mr. Ellsworth, and seconded, to agree to the following proposition, namely,

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"To be chosen by electors appointed for that purpose by the legislatures of the states, in the following " proportion :

"One person, from each state whose numbers, ac"cording to the ratio fixed in the resolution, shall not "exceed 100,000; two, from each of the others, whose "numbers shall not exceed 300,000; and three, from "each of the rest.”

On the question to agree to the following clause, namely,

"To be chosen by electors appointed for that "purpose"

It passed in the affirmative.

YEAS-Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia

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NAYS-North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 3

DIVIDED Massachusetts

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On the question to agree to the following clause, "By the legislatures of the states"

It passed in the affirmative.

YEAS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia

NAYS-Virginia, South Carolina

It was agreed to postpone the consideration of the remainder of the proposition.

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

"For the term of seven years"——

Which passed in the negative.

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YEAS-New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia
NAYS-Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary-

land, Virginia

DIVIDED Massachusetts, North Carolina

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On the question to agree to the following clause, namely,

"For the term of six years".

It passed in the affirmative.

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

NAY-Delaware

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On the question to restore the words, "To be "ineligible a second time"

It passed in the negative.

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

FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1787.

It was moved by Mr. Gerry, and seconded, to postpone the consideration of the clause respecting the number of electors, entered on the journal yesterday, in order to take up the following, namely,

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"In all, twenty-five electors."

On the question to postpone,
It passed in the affirmative.

YEAS-Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

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NAYS-Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary

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It was moved and seconded to refer the last motion to a committee

Which passed in the negative.

YEAS-New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland

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NAYS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 7 It was moved and seconded to add one elector to the states of New Hampshire and GeorgiaWhich passed in the affirmative.

YEAS-Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia

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NAYS-Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland, North

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- The last motion having been misunderstood, it was moved and seconded that it be put again.

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And on the question to give an additional elector to each of the states of New Hampshire and Georgia, It passed in the negative.

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

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On the question to agree to the above resolution, respecting the first election of the supreme executive, It passed in the affirmative.

YEAS-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina

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NAYS-New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Geor

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It was moved and seconded to agree to the following resolution:

"Resolved, That the electors respectively shall not "be members of the national legislature, or officers of "the union, or eligible to the office of supreme ma"" gistrate❞—

. Which passed in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to agree to the following

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