RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Tuesday McHENRY ?l?gust Mr. Elsworth moved that the pay be fixed at 5 dollrs. (or the present value thereof per day during their attendance & for every thirty miles in travelling to & from Congress.) 9 Mr. Strong preferred 4 dollars, leaving the Sts at liberty to make additions On question for fixing the pay at 5 dollars. N.H. no. Mas. no. Ct. ay. N. J. no. Pa. no. Del. no. Md. no. Va. ay. N. C. no. S.C. no. Geo. no. [Ayes -- z; noes -- 9.] Mr. Dickenson proposed that the wages of the members of both houses sd. be required to be the same. Mr. Broome seconded him. Mr Ghorum. this would be unreasonable. The Senate will be detained longer from home, will be obliged to remove their families, and in time of war perhaps to sit constantly. Their allowance should certainly be higher. The members of the Senates in the States are allowed more, than those of the other house. Mr Dickenson withdrew his motion (It was moved & agreed to amend the Section by adding- "to be ascertained by law")9 The Section (Art VI. sec. m) as amended- agreed to nero. con. Adjd. McHENRY Aqtgt. ?r 4. Sect. 8 agreed to, premlslng the words "during the session of the legislature"? Sect. 9. postponed. Sect. Io. altered, that the members of both branches be paid out of the treasury of the United States, their pay to be ascertained by law. Taken from Journal. According to the Journal this action was taken on August
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