sumed — Motion to exclude members of the legislature, and public officers, from being electors — Agreed to — Motion to extend the executive term to seven and six years — Disagreed to — Motion to elect the executive by electors — Agreed to — Motion that the election be at the seat of government — Disagreed to — On the same day throughout the Union — Agreed to — Motion to refer it to the Senate, two thirds being present, if not made by the electors — Agreed to — Motion to refer it to the House of Representatives, two thirds of the states being present, and each state to have one vote — Agreed to.
Friday, September 7, |
520 |
Article tenth, relative to the executive, resumed — Motion to leave to the legislature to declare the executive officer in case of death, &c., of President and Vice-President, until a new election — Agreed to — Motion that the President be a natural-born citizen, and thirty-five years of age — Agreed to — Motion that the Vice-President be president of the Senate — Agreed to — Motion to unite House of Representatives in the treaty power — Disagreed to — Motion to give the executive and Senate the appointing power — Agreed to — Motion to allow treaties of peace to be made by the executive and a majority of the Senate — Agreed to — Motion to allow two thirds of the Senate to make treaties of peace without the executive — Disagreed to — Motion to appoint an executive council — Disagreed to.
Saturday, September 8, |
526 |
Article tenth, relative to the executive, resumed — Motion to require treaties of peace to be consented to by two thirds of the Senate — Agreed to — Motion to require that in such cases two thirds of all the members be required — Disagreed to — Motion to extend impeachment to high crimes and misdemeanors — Agreed to — Motion to withdraw trial of impeachment from the Senate — Disagreed to.
Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives, resumed — Motion that it must originate, but Senate may amend, money bills — Agreed to.
Article tenth, relative to the executive, resumed — Motion that he may convene both or either House — Agreed to.
All the articles, as amended and agreed to, referred to a committee of revision.
Monday, September 10, |
530 |
Article nineteenth, relative to amendments of the Constitution, resumed — Motion that legislature may propose amendments, to be binding when assented to by three fourths of the states — Agreed to.
Article twenty-first, relative to the number of states necessary for a ratification of the Constitution — Motion to require the assent of the present Congress, before submitting it to the states for ratification — Disagreed to.
Article twenty-second, relative to the mode of ratifying the Constitution — Motion to require the assent of the present Congress — Disagreed to — Motion to submit the Constitution, after it is acted on by the state conventions, to a second Federal Convention — Postponed — Motion that an address to the states accompany the Constitution, when transmitted for ratification — Agreed to.
Wednesday, September 12, |
535 |
The Constitution, as reported by the committee of revision, considered.
Article first, relative to the legislative power — Motion to require two thirds, instead of three fourths, to overrule the negative of the President — Agreed to.
Motion to add a bill of rights — Disagreed to.
Thursday, September 13, |
539 |
Motion for a committee to report articles of association for encouraging, by the influence of the Convention, economy, frugality, and American manufactures — Agreed to.
Article first, relative to the legislative power, resumed — Motion to permit the states to impose such duties on exports as are necessary to execute their inspection laws — Agreed to.
Resolutions directing the mode of proceeding in the present Congress to submit the Constitution to the states.
Friday, September 14, |
541 |
Article first, relative to the legislative powers, resumed — Motion to change the present proportion of members in the House of Representatives — Disagreed to — Motion that officers impeached be suspended till trial — Disagreed to — Motion to require the House of Representatives to publish all its proceedings — Disagreed to — Motion that treasurer be appointed as other officers — Agreed to — Motion to provide for cutting canals and granting charters of incorporation, where the states may be incompetent — Disagreed to — To establish a university — Disagreed to — To provide for the preservation of the liberty of the press — Disagreed to — To publish the expenditures — Agreed to.
Saturday, September 15, |
546 |
Article first, relative to the legislative powers, resumed — Motion to change the present proportion of members in the House of Representatives — Disagreed to — Motion that the inspection laws of the states may be revised by Congress — Agreed to — Motion that no state shall lay a duty on tonnage, without assent of Congress — Agreed to.
Article second, relative to the executive — Motion that President shall receive no emolument from the states during his term — Agreed to — Motion to deprive the President of the power to pardon treason — Disagreed to — Motion that appointments to inferior offices may be vested by law — Agreed to.
Article third, relative to the judiciary — Motion to provide for trial by jury in civil cases — Disagreed to.
Article fifth, relative to amendments of
