Nineteenth resolution, requiring the ratification of the Constitution by state conventions — Motion to amend by providing for its reference to the state legislatures — Disagreed to — Motion to a second Federal Convention — Not seconded.
The eighth resolution, relative to the suffrage in the second branch, resumed — Motion to amend so as to provide that the representation consist of two members from each state, who shall vote per capita — Agreed to.
Tuesday, July 24, |
358 |
Ninth resolution, relative to the national executive, resumed — Motion to amend so as to provide that he be appointed by the national legislature, and not by electors chosen by the state legislatures — Agreed to — Motion to amend so as to provide that the executive be chosen by electors taken by lot from the national legislature — Postponed.
The resolutions, as amended and adopted, together with the propositions submitted by Mr. Patterson, and the plan proposed by Mr. C. Pinckney, referred to a committee of detail, to report a Constitution conformable to the resolutions.
Wednesday, July 25, |
363 |
Ninth resolution, relative to the national executive, resumed — Motion to appoint the executive by electors appointed by state legislatures, where the actual executive is reëligible — Disagreed to — Motion to appoint the executive by the governors of states and their councils — Not passed — Motion that no person be eligible to the executive for more than six years in twelve — Disagreed to — Motion to authorize copies to be taken of the resolution as adopted — Disagreed to.
Thursday, July 26, |
368 |
The ninth resolution, relative to the national executive, resumed — Motion that the executive be for seven years, and not reëligible — Agreed to.
The third and fourth resolutions, relative to the qualifications of the members of the legislature, resumed — Motion to require property and citizenship — Agreed to — Motion to exclude persons indebted to the United States — Disagreed to.
Statement of the resolutions as amended agreed to, and referred to the committee of detail.
Plan of a Federal Constitution, offered by Mr. Charles Pinckney on the 29th May, referred to the committee of detail.
Propositions offered by Mr. Patterson, on the 15th June, referred to the committee of detail.
Monday, August 6, |
376 |
Report of committee of detail.
Draught of a constitution, as reported by the committee.
Tuesday, August 7, |
382 |
The Constitution, as reported by the committee of detail, considered.
The preamble, article first, designating the style of the government; and article second, dividing into a supreme legislative, executive, and judiciary, agreed to.
Article third, dividing the legislature into two distinct bodies, a House of Representatives and Senate, with a mutual negative in all cases, and to meet on a fixed day — Motion to confine the negative to legislative acts — Disagreed to — Motion to strike out the clauses giving a mutual negative — Agreed to — Motion to add that a different day of meeting may be appointed by law — Agreed to — Motion to give the executive an absolute negative on the legislature — Disagreed to.
Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives — Motion to confine the rights of electors to freeholders — Disagreed to.
Wednesday, August 8, |
388 |
Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives, resumed — Motion to require seven years' citizenship in members — Agreed to — Motion to require the members to be inhabitants of the states they represent — Agreed to — Motion to require the inhabitancy for a specified period — Disagreed to — Motion to require that after a census the number of members shall be proportioned to direct taxation — Agreed to — Motion to fix the ratio of representation by the number of free inhabitants — Disagreed to — Motion to give every state one representative at least — Agreed to — Motion to strike out the exclusive power over money bills — Agreed to.
Thursday, August 9, |
395 |
Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives, resumed — Agreed to as amended.
Article fifth, relative to the Senate — Motion to strike out the right of state executives to supply vacancies — Disagreed to — Motion to supply vacancies by the state legislatures, or by the executive, till its next meeting — Agreed to — Motion to postpone the clauses giving each member one vote — Disagreed to — Motion to require fourteen years' citizenship in senators — Disagreed to — Motion to require nine years' citizenship in senators — Agreed to — Motion to require senators to be inhabitants of the states they represent — Agreed to.
Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceedings of the legislature — Motion to strike out the right of the legislature to alter the provisions concerning the election of its members — Disagreed to.
Friday, August 10, |
402 |
Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceedings of the legislature, resumed — Motion to require the executive, judiciary, and legislature, to possess a certain amount of property — Disagreed to — Motion to strike out the right of the legislature to establish a qualification of its members — Agreed to — Motion to reduce a quorum of each House
