RECOILDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION I8I Mowday MADISON August 6 ' Sect. I2. Each House shall possess the right of originating bills, except in the cases beforementioned. Sect. I$. Every bill, which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States for his revision: if, upon such revision, he approve of it, he shall signify his approbation by signing it: But if, upon such revision, it shall appear to him improper for being passed into a law, he shall return it, together with his objections against it, to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal and proceed to reconsider the bill. But if after such reconsideratlon, two thirds of that House shall, notwithstanding the objections of the President? agree to pass it, it shall together with his objec- tions, be sent to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and [, ] if approved by two thirds of the other House also, it shall become a law. But in all such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays; and the names of the persons voting for or against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within seven days after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law, unless the legislature by their adjournment, prevent its return; in which case it shall not be a law. VII [VII ' Sect. x. The Legislature of the United States shall have the power to la 7 and collect taxe% duties? imposts and excises; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States; ment, but the Washington and Brearley copies of the report of the Committee of Detail show a change in wording in accordance with Madison's text. A probable explanation of this is that the Commltttee of Detail made this modification after the Report was in print. ? In the printed copy, the number VI was repeated, consequently Article VII and all subsequent articles were mlsnumbered. It is important to remember this in noting subsequent references to articles by number.
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