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MONDAY, JULY 23, x787. JOURNAL Monday July 23rd. x787. The honorable John Langdon and Nicholas Gillman Esquires, Deputies from the State of New Hampshire, at- tended and took their seats The following credentials were produced and read M (Here insert the credentials of the Deputies of the State of New Hamr ? On the question to agree to the Iyth resolution, as reported from the Committee of the whole House, namely "That provision ought to be made for the amendment of "the articles of union, whensoever it shall seem necessary" it passed unanimously in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to add after the word "States" in the ?8 resolution, the words "and of the national government" which passed in the affirmative On the question to agree to the ISth resolution as amended namely "That the legislative, Executive, and Judiciary Powers "within the several States, and of the national Government, "ought to be bound by oath to support the articles of union" It passed unanimously in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to strike the following words out of the x9th resolution reported from the Committee of the whole House namely "to an Assembly or assemblies of representatives, recom- "mended by the several Legislatures, to be expressly chosen "by the people to consider and decide thereon" which passed in the negative. [Ayes m3; noes- 7.] See Appendix B.