Page:The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 Volume 2.djvu/479

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RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 47? Friday JOURNAL ?l ugust 3?r On the question to agree to the z3rd article as amended. it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to take up the report of the Com- mittee of eleven entered on the journal of the 28th instant On the question to agree to the following clause of the report, to be inserted after the 4th section of the 7th article, "nor shall any regulation of commerce or revenue give "preference to the ports of One State over those of another" it passed in the affirmative On the question to agree to the following clause of the report "or oblige Vessels bound to or from any State to enter ?clear or pay' duties in another" it passed in the affirmative [Ayes--8; noes--2.]' It was moved and seconded to strike out the word "tonnage" which passed in the affirmative. On the question to agree to the following clause of the report "and all duties, imposts, and excises, laid by the Legisla- ?Cture, sh'all be uniform throughout the United States" it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to refer such parts of the Con- stitution as have been postponed, and such parts of reports as have not been acted on to a Committee of a Member from each State . which passed in the affirmative and a Committee was appointed by ballot of The honorable Mr Gilman, Mr King, Mr Sherman, Mr Brearley, Mr G. Morris, Mr Dickinson, Mr Carrol, Mr Madison, Mr William- son, Mr Butler and Mr Baldwin. The House adjourned. 4 ?Vote 4:?% Detail of Ayes and Noes. Journal (p. 3?8) mistakenly ascribes this vote to the second question following. ? Journal (p. 3?9) is,errs here Vote 4?, Detail of Ayes and Noes; but this prob- ably beloag? in Records of September ?.