Political Rights and Sovereignty, Occurrences incident to Act of Confederation, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,.......... NOTES ON POLITICAL RIGHTS AND SOVEREIGNTY,. 1777. OCCURRENCES INCIDENT TO THE ACT OF CONFEDERATION, ACT OF CONFEDERATION,.................. 1782. REPLY TO RHODE ISLAND OBJECTIONS TOUCHING IMPORT DUTIES. Dec. 16, 100 1784. POWERS OF CONGRESS TO REGULATE COMMERCE. April 30,. 1786. REPORT OF THE STATES ON THE REGULATION OF COMMERCE. Mar. 3, 108 TRADE. Nov. 30, 1786. PROPOSITION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA. Jan. 21,. Mr. CHARLES PINCKNEY'S DRAFT OF A FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, .......... 151 June 1. Executive Powers; Duties, .... 154 2. Term of Service, Choice, Salary, limited Period, Ineligibility, Impeach- Money Bills, 19. Mr. Patterson's Propositions postponed, 20. Legislative, Judiciary, and Executive,. 7. Elections by Districts,... 8. Representative Classes,. 9, 11. Executive Suffrage, ....... Suffrage; Ratio; Vote,... Republican Constitution; Amendments,. 12. Term of Service; Salary,... 13. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Tribunal,. 14, 15. Mr. PATTERSON'S ELEVEN PROPOSITIONS, 16, 18. Mr. P.'s Propositions considered; Revisal of Confederation,. Mr. RANDOLPH'S NINETEEN RESOLUTIONS Submitted, as altered, amend- 165 166 167 168- 169 171 174 174 175 177 Col. HAMILTON'S PLAN OF GOVERNMENT, in Eleven Propositions,. 179 180 181 183 25. Second Branch chosen by the Legislatures; Service; Age, 30 Years, 187 189 .......... Office holding; Ineligibility; Originating Acts, 190 27. Right of Suffrage in the First Branch, according to the Confederation,. 191 197 ...... 29. Right of Suffrage; equal Vote in the Senate, 191- 30. New Hampshire Delegates requested to attend; equal Vote,. July 2. Equal Vote in the Second Branch; Suffrage, 192 193 5. Report on Ratio of Representation; Money Bills to originate in the 193 Note. Census and Quotas in 1785, 194 6. Reference and Votes,.. 195 Money Bills not to be altered in the Second Branch; Appropriations; 195 7. Use of the Philadelphia Library offered to the Convention; Equal Vote, 196 196 Census for the Population and Wealth, 197 10. Apportionment for, (65.)..... 197 Propositions to alter the Number of Representatives in New Hampshire, 198 11. Census; the "Three fifths of the Inhabitants of other Descriptions," &c. 199 203 204 14. Representatives hereafter not to exceed the Number of the original July 17. Rights of the States to be protected; Negative on Laws,. Electors, their Appointment by the Legislature; Term, Inferior Tribunals; New States,.. 20. Supreme Executive; Elections; Qualifications; Removable; Im- ... 206 207 208 209 .. 210 211 212 21. Pay; Negative on Acts; Nomination and Appointment of Judges, Reference of Proceedings; one from each State,. 216 24 Supreme Executive appointed by State Electors,. .. 217 25. Supreme Executive, six Years in any twelve; Copies of Proceedings to 218 26. National Executive; Seven Years proposed; to be ineligible a second 219 Pensioners disqualified, or Defaulters; Seat of Government not to be at 220 Aug. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL ON THE TWENTY-THREE RES- 6. DRAFT OF A CONSTITUTION BY THE COMMITTEE OF FIVE, (debated till 224 9. Vacancies; Resignations to be supplied by the Legislature; Qualifica- 7. Preamble, &c., considered in detail; Negative; Time of Meeting,..... 230 232 234 10. Quorum; Attendance: Concurrence; Dissent, 236 11. Each House to keep a Journal and publish; Adjournment, not more 238 13. Citizenship; Limitation; Money Bills, 240 14. Office prohibited; Pay, per Diem, $5; Mileage, same, 241 15. Bills, originating, &c.,.... 242 16. Approval of Orders; State Exports,. 244 17. Piracies; Counterfeiting; Rebellion,. 245 18. Additional Powers to be vested, defined; Debts to be assumed,.. 247 20. Propositions; Privileges, &c., referred to a Committee of Five; Council of State to assist the President; Organization of the Departments, &c.; 249 21. Livingston's Report on "the Debts;" Requisitions,. 253 22. Rutledge's Report on sundry Amendments, 256 23. Report of Committee of Eleven; Militia; Offices; Treaties, 258 24. Slaves, limiting their Importation; Choice of President, 25. Debts; Slaves; Laws; Duties; Ports; Taxes, 264 27. Reprieves; Removal; Oath; Slavery; Controversies; Judiciary,..... 267 270 272 30. New States; Western Claims; needful Rules and Regulations; Re- 274 31. Representation; Constitution to be submitted to State Conventions; 12. PLAN OF THE CONSTITUTION, by the Committee of Revision of Five .297 to 305 12. Letter to Congress on submitting the Constitution, 13. Johnson's Resolutions for Ratification, and putting the Constitution into Madison's Minutes, completing the Journal; Votes, &c.,... SUPPLEMENT. - Reception of the Report of the Convention by Congress, RATIFICATIONS, showing the Order in which the Thirteen States of the old Confederation adopted the Federal Constitution,.. Page. .... 319 .... 2. Pennsylvania, 6. Georgia,. 7. Maryland, ...... 8. South Carolina, 9. New Hampshire, ... ... May 23, 1788, 325 325 June 26, 1788,. 327 12. North Carolina, Nov. 21, 1789, ... 333 June 16, 1790, 334 337 338 339 340 340 341 341 13. Rhode Island, ..... 14. Vermont,......... Oct. 27, 1790, . 1789. March 4. AMENDMENTS proposed at the First Congress, Returns of the Decisions of the States thereon,... AMENDMENTS-Third Congress, Second Session,. Fourth Congress, First Session, Fifth Congress, Second Session, Eighth Congress, First Session, LUTHER MARTIN'S LETTER, disclosing the Proceedings of the Federal Convention, addressed to the Legislature of Maryland,.. ......344 to 389 ROBERT YATES'S MINUTES of the Secret Debates of the Federal Convention, from May 25 to June 5,....... ..389 to 479 YATES AND LANSING'S LETTER to the Governor of New York, furnishing their Reasons for not subscribing to the Constitution, EDMUND RANDOLPH'S LETTER to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, Virginia, containing his Reasons for not subscribing to the Federal Constitution, ..... SHERMAN AND ELLSWORTH to the Governor of Connecticut,. 480 .482 to 491 491 492 GEORGE MASON's Objections to the Federal Constitution, (a Virginia Delegate.) 494 JOHN JAY'S ADDRESS on the proposed Federal Constitution to the People of New York,. ..... RICHARD HENRY LEE'S LETTER to the Governor of Virginia, 496 503 GOUVERNEUR MORRIS to General Washington, and also to Timothy Pickering,. 505 JAMES MADISON to Mr. Sparks, on G. Morris's Course in the Federal Convention, 507 DIGEST OF THE Art. Sec. Pa. Appropriations by law. (See Treasury.). Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each state, entitled to faith and credit in other states, Amendments to the Constitution, how made,. Attainder, bill of, prohibited,.. Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted, 3 3 13 Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, 1 7 5 |
