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RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 633 Saturday McHENRY September of Congress over the places of election. 4 the unlimited power of Congress over their own compensations. 5 Massa- chusetts has not a due share of Representatives allotted to her. 6. } of the Blacks are to be represented as if they were freemen 7. Under the power over commerce, monopolies may be established. 8. The vice president being made head of the Senate. He could however he said get overall these, if the rights of the Citizens were not rendered insecure I. by the general power of the Legislature to make what laws they may please to call necessary and proper. 2. raise armies and money without limit. 3-to establish a tribunal without juries, which will be a Star-chamber as to Civil cases. Under such a view of the Constitution, the best that could be done he conceived was to provide {or a second general Convention. On the question on the proposition of Mr Randolph. All the States answered- no On the question to agree to the Constitution. as amended. ?5 All the States ay. The Constitution was then ordered to be engrossed. And the House adjourned ?6 McHENRY 1 5 Sepr. Maryland moved. No State shall be prohibited from laying such duties of tonnage as may be sufficient for improving their harbors and keeping up lights, but all acts laying such duties shall be subject to the approbation or repeal of Congress. ?s In addition to the changes noted above in the Records, September x3-x5, the following have been compiled from the Baldwin, Brearley and Washington copies of the draft of September IZ: -- Article I, Section ?, paragraph ? -- "The enacting stile . . . "struck out. Article II, Section I, paragraph ? -- "government of the United States" sub- ?tituted for "general government ". Article II, Section I? paragraph 8- the dash "--" after "I" struck out. Article III, Section 3, paragraph g--"or" substituted for "nor" before feiture" and the comma "," after "forfelture" struck out. ? The session continued until 6 ?.}a. 8�� Appendix A, CIX.