RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 99 Tuesday MADISON July z4 highest votes shall be candidates for ye office, & out of these the first Branch shall elect two, & the second Branch shall determine which of ye two so elected shall be chief Magistrate [W?LsoN's Moqc?oN] a The Executive shall be chosen every years by Electors to be taken by lot from the national legislature- the electors to proceed immediately to the choice of the Execu- tive and not to separate until it be made -- Suppose the whole to consist of 9 o-- 65 9 �en put in 9 �ls- of which as many as the proposed number of electors shall be gilded- those who draw these balls to be Electors MADISON Tuesday July 24. in Convention The appointment of the Executive by Electors recon- sidered. Mr. Houston moved that he be appointed by the "Natl. Legislature. (instead of "Electors appointed by the State Legislatures" according to the last decision of the mode) 4 He dwelt chiefly on the improbability, that capable men would undertake the service of Electors from the more distant States. Mr. Spaight seconded the motion.
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paragraph is on one side of the paper? the rest on the other side. A line is drawn through the "65" and "zS". 4Revised from Journal.
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