66 power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and "excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the com"mon defence and general welfare of the United "States." 2. At the end of the second clause of the first section, seventh article, add, "and with the Indian tribes." 3. In the place of the ninth article, first section, to be inserted, "The senate of the United States "shall have power to try all impeachments; but no 66 person shall be convicted without the concurrence " of two thirds of the members present." 4. After the word excellency, in the first section, tenth article, to be inserted, "He shall hold his office "during the term of four years, and, together with "the vice president, chosen for the same term, be "elected in the following manner : 5. "Each state shall appoint, in such manner as "its legislature may direct, a number of electors, 66 equal to the whole number of senators and mem"bers of the house of representatives, to which the "state may be entitled in the legislature. 6. "The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom "one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same "state with themselves; and they shall make a list of "all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes "for each, which list they shall sign and certify, and "transmit sealed to the seat of the general govern ment, directed to the president of the senate. 7. "The president of the senate shall, in that house, open all the certificates; and the votes shall be then " and there counted. The person having the greatest "number of votes shall be the president, if such num "ber be a majority of the whole number of the elec"tors appointed; and if there be more than one who "have such majority, and have an equal number "of votes, then the senate shall choose by ballot one "of them for president; but if no person have a majo"rity, then, from the five highest on the list, the senate "shall choose by ballot the president. And in every 66 case, after the choice of the president, the person "having the greatest number of votes shall be vice 66 president. But if there should remain two or more "who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from "them the vice president. 8. The legislature may determine the time of choosing and assembling the electors, and the man"ner of certifying and transmitting the votes. "SECT. 2. No person, except a natural born citizen, ❝or a citizen of the United States at the time of the "adoption of the constitution, shall be eligible to the "office of president; nor shall any person be elected "to that office who shall be under the age of thirty"five years, and who has not been, in the whole, "at least fourteen years a resident within the United "States. "SECT. 3. The vice president shall be ex officio "president of the senate, except when they sit to try "the impeachment of the president, in which case the "chief justice shall preside; and, excepting, also, "when he shall exercise the powers and duties of "president, in which case, and in case of his absence, the senate shall choose a president pro tempore. "The vice president, when acting as president of the "senate, shall not have a vote, unless the house be "equally divided. "SECT. 4. The president, by and with the advice "and consent of the senate, shall have power to make "treaties: and he shall nominate, and by and with "the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint "ambassadors, and other publick ministers, judges of "the supreme court, and all other officers of the Unit"ed States, whose appointments are not otherwise "herein provided for. But no treaty, except treaties "of peace, shall be made without the consent of two "thirds of the members present." After the words "into the service of the United "States," in the second section, tenth article, add, "and may require the opinion in writing of the prin"cipal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their "respective offices." The latter part of the second section, tenth article, to read as follows: "He shall be removed from his office on impeach"ment by the house of representatives, and conviction น by the senate, for treason, or bribery; and in case "of his removal as aforesaid, death, absence, resig"nation, or inability to discharge the powers or duties "of his office, the vice president shall exercise those powers and duties until another president be chosen, "or until the inability of the president be removed." On the question to agree to the first clause of the report, It passed in the affirmative. On the question to agree to the second clause of the report, It passed in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the third clause of the report: Which passed in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the remainder of the report Which passed in the negative. 1 NAYS-New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia After some time passed in debate, 10 It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the remainder of the report, and that the members take copies thereof Which passed in the affirmative. 7 YEAS-New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia NAYS-Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania 3 It was moved and seconded to refer the following motion to the committee of eleven : To prepare and report a plan for defraying the expenses of this convention Which passed in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to adjourn WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1787. The honourable Mr. Brearly, from the committee of eleven, informed the house that the committee were prepared to report farther. He then read the report in his place; and the same being delivered in at the secretary's table, was again read, and is as follows: To add to the clause" to declare war," the words "and grant letters of marque and reprisal." To add to the clause" to raise and support ar"mies," the words, "but no appropriation of money "to that use shall be for a longer term than two years." Instead of the twelfth section of the sixth article, say "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the "house of representatives, and shall be subject to al"terations and amendments by the senate. No money "shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence "of appropriations made by law." Immediately before the last clause of the first section of the seventh article→→ *To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases what"soever over such district (not exceeding ten miles "square) as may by cession of particular states, and "the acceptance of the legislature, become the seat "of the government of the United States; and to "exercise like authority over all places purchased for "the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards, and other needful buildings. "To promote the progress of science and useful "arts, by securing, for limited times, to authors and "inventors, the exclusive right to their respective "writings and discoveries." On the question to agree to the first clause of the report, It passed in the affirmative. On the question to agree to the second clause of the report, It passed in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the third clause of the report |