3?O RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Monday MADISON .4ugust ;?o on confession in open court" m and on the question, (the nega- tive States thinking the words superfluous) (it was agreed to) N. H: ay-Mas- no-Ct. ay. N-J. ay- Pa. ay. Del. ay- Md ay- Va a7. N- C- divd S- C- no. Geo- no. [Ayes -- 7; noes m 3; divided -- ?.] Art: VII. Sect? 2. as amended was then agreed to nero-- con. 1? Sect-- 3 t taken up. ?2 "white & other" struck out nem con. as superfluous. Mr Elseworth moved to required the first census to be taken within "three" instead of "six" years from the first meeting of the Legislature ? and on question N-- Ht ay. Mas? ay Ct ay? N Jm ay-- Pa ay-- Del. ay. Md ay Va ay-- N? C-- a�? S-- C. no-- Geo-- no. [Ayes ? 9; noes m 2.] Mr King asked what was the precise meaning of direeS taxatlon? No one answd. Mr. Gerry moved (to add to the 3d. Sect. art. VII, the following clause. "That from the first meeting of the Legis- lature of the U.S. until a Census shall be taken all monies for supplying the public Treasury by direct taxation shall be raised from the several States according to the number of their Representatives respectively in the first branch"),a Mr.-Langdon. This would bear unreasonably hard on N.H. and he must be agst it. Mr. Carrol. opposed it. The number of Reps. did not admit of a proportion exact enough for a rule of taxation -- (Before any question the House) ? Adjourned. ? n See further Appendix A, CL, CLVIII (88-9?). ? Article VII, Sect. 3. "The proportions of direct taxation shall be regulated by the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing deserlptlon? (except Indians not paying taxe?) which number shall, within six years after the first meeting of the Legislature, and within the term of every ten years afterwards, be taken ia such manner as the said Legislature shall direct." ?z Taken from Journal, but Madison had recorded the substance of thi? motion. xt Taken from Journal. ? See further, Appendix A, LXXXV-?IX.
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