Page:The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 Volume 2.djvu/451

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, ?787. JOURNAL Wednesday August 29 I787. It was moved ,and seconded to commit the ?6th article to- gether with the following proposition To establish uniform laws upon the subject of bankruptcies and respecting the damages arising on the protest of foreign bills of exchange. which passed in the affirmative [Ayes- 9; noes m 2.] It was moved and seconded to commit the following proposi- tion Whensoever the act of any State, whether legislative ex- ecutive or judiciary shall be attested and exemplified under the seal thereof, such attestation and exemplification shall be deemed in other State as full proof of the existence of that act--and it's operation shall be binding in every other State, in all cases to which it may relate, and which are within the cognizance and jurisdiction of the State, wherein the said act was done which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to commit the following proposi- tion Full faith ought to be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State; and the Legislature shall by general laws determine the Proof and effect of such acts, records, and proceedings which passed in the affirmative and the foregoing Propositions together with the x6 article were referred to the honorable Mr Rutledge, Mr Randolph, Mr Gorham, Mr Wilson and Mr Johnson It was moved and seconded to postpone the report of the 445