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304 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Thursday MADISON d?gust x6 [To adjourn Ayes m 4; noes my.], separate questions being taken on the x, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 clauses of the ?. sect. of the 7 article as amended They passed in the afiSrmative. And then the House adjourned till to-morrow at ?I o'Clock A.M. DETAIL OF AY?-8 AND No?8 [Beginning of p. IZ of blank book] a aye I aye aye aye aye aye no aye aye aye aye To postpone the Proviso Ic to the Ist clause sect. 7 article no aye no l no no aye aye aye. no aye aye To add the words ?' and Post roads" after "Post offices '? a�? aye ay? no aye ayel no aye aye aye aye To strike out the words ?'and emit bills" 8 clause, ? section, article no no no aye no no aye aye ?ye no no To adjourn [3o?layej [?o4]ay? [3o51 MADISON Thursday. August x6. in Convention. Mr. Randolph, having thrown into a new form the motion, putting votes, Resolutions &c. on a footing with Bills, renewed it (as follows. "Ever 7 order resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate & House of Reps. may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment and in the cases here- sVote 305, Detail of Ayes and Noes, but there is no reason for placing it here, except that it follows Vote 3o4. s At this point the secretat3r began keeping the Detail of Ayes and Noes in a bound blank book. On page ! he apparently started to copy some of the more im- portant votes from the loose sheets. He had thus copied Votes I7, 29, 3 o, 32, 34-37, 39-4.I, when he stopped and, leaving ten blank pages, commenced recording the votes of August x6 on page xz. After filling up pages I2-I6, he turned bagk to .pag?e 2 and recorded the last votes on that and the page following.