Page:The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 Volume 2.djvu/429

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I?ECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 4M? Monday JOURNAL .4 ?.gust z7 On the question to agree to the Ist sect. x ? article as amended. it passed in the affirmative. [Ayes It was moved and seconded to add the following clause after the word "behaviour" z section. II article "Provided that they may be removed by the Executive on "the application by the Senate and House of representatives" which passed in the negative [Ayes--I; noes--7.] On the question to agree to the 2nd section of the x I article as reported it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to insert the words ?'encreased or" before the word "diminished" in the znd section IIth article. which passed in the negative. [Ayes -- I; noes -- 5; divided- It was moved and seconded to add the following words to the 2nd section ? I article "nor encreased by any act of the Legislature, which shall "operate before the expiration of three years after the pass- "ing thereof." which passed in the negative [Aycs--z; noes--5.] It was moved and seconded to postpone the following clause 3 section ?I article "to the trial of impeachments of officers of the United "States" which passed in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to add the following words after the word "controversies" 3 sect. I? article "to which the United States shall be a Party" which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to insert the words "this consti- tution the" before the word "laws" z llne 3 sect, xI article. which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "passed is evidently in error in reading "z Sect.", instead of "l Sect." Madison gives these same votes at this point in the day's proceedings, and they are assigned to the two queations in the Journal on Section x of Article XL ? Journal (p. z97) ascribes Vote 376, Detail of Ayes and Noes, to this question.