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RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, V of the United States the other the Senate of the United States. have a Negative on the other The Members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen biennially b 7 the People of the United States in the following Manner. Every Freeman of the Age of twenty one Years (having a freehold Estate within the United States) who has (hav- ing) resided in the United States for the Space of one whole Year immediately pre- ceding the Day of Election, and has a Freehold Estate in at least fifty Acres of Land The Continuation of the Scheme I. To treat of the Powers of the legislative ?a, 2. To except from those Powers certain specified Cases 3 To render in certain Cases a greater Number than a Majority necessary 4- To assign to H. Repr -- any Powers peculiarly belonging to it 5 To assign, in same Manner, Powers which may, with Propriety be vested in it. 6 To treat of the Executive 7 of the Judiciary Miscellaneous Resolutions I. Admission of new States 2. The Guaranty to each State $. The Obligation to support the Art. of Union 4- The Manner of Ratification ?a Or "legislature"