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?8 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Thursday JOURNAL August 9 On the motion to agree to the three first clauses of the Ist section of the 5th article it passed in the affirmative [Ayes- 8; noes divided -- I.] It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the last clause in the first section o� the 5. article which was passed in the negative [Ayes --z; noes --8; divided- I.] On the question to agree to the last clause in the ISt section of the 5. article it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to insert the following words after the word "after" in the znd section of the 5 article namely "they shall be assembled in consequence of" which passed in the affirmative On the question to agree to the znd section of the 5. article as amended. it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to strike out the word "four" and to insert the word "fourteen" in the 3 section of the 5 article which passed in the negative [Ayes -- 4; noes -- 7.] It was moved and seconded to strike out the word "four" and to insert the word "fourteen"? in the 3 section 0� the 5 article which passed in the negative [Ayes -- 4.; noes -- 7.] It was moved and seconded to strike out the word "four" and to insert the word "Ten" in the 3 section of the 5 article which passed in the negative [Ayes- 4; noes- 7.] It was moved and seconded to strike out the word "four" and to insert the word "nine" in the 3rd section of the 5 article which passed in the affirmative [Ayes--6; noes--4; divided- It was moved and seconded to amend the 3rd seetlon of the 5 ? "fourteen" is evidently a mistake for "thirteen", ?o in Vote ?o, Detail of Ayes and Noes, and in Madison.