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?46 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Friday JOURNAL August xo It was moved and seconded to add the following amendment to the $rd sect. of the 6. article "and ma 7 be authorised to compel the attendance of ab- "sent members in such manner and under such penalties as "each House may provide" which passed in the affirmative [Ayes--?o; noes--o; divided -- L] 2 On the question to agree to the 3rd sect. of the 6. article as amended it passed in the affirmative On the question to agree to the 4 sect of the 6 article as re- ported it passed in the affirmative On the question to agree to the 5. sect. of the 6 article as reported it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to amend the last clause in the 6 sect. of the 6. article by adding the following words "with the concurrence of two thirds" which passed in the affirmative [Ayes--?o; noes--o; divided- ?.] On the question to agree to the 6 sect. of the 6 article as amended it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "one fifth part" and to insert the words "of every one Member present" in the latter clause of the 7. sect. of the 6 article which passed in the negative. ? It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "each House" and to insert the words "the House of representa- tives" in the second clause of the 7 sect of the 6 article -- and to add the following words to the section, namely "and any member of the Senate shall be at liberty to enter his dissent" a Vote ?69, Detail of Ayce and Noes, which notes that the amendment was Randotph's. ? Journal (p. 843) ascribes Vote ?7x to this question, but there is nothing in the Detail of Ayes and Noes to indicate this, and according to Madison it belongs to the following question.