4. That the United States in Congress be authorized to elect_a federal executive to consist of.........persons, to continue in office for a term of.........years; to receive punctually, at stated times, a fixed compensation for the services by them rendered, in which no increase or diminution shall be made, so as to affect the persons composing the executive at the time of such increase or diminution; to be paid out of the federal treasury; to be incapable of holding any other office or appointment during their time of service, and for............years thereafter; to be ineligible a second time, and removable on conviction for malpractices or neglect of duty, by Congress, on application by a majority of the executives of the several States. That the executive, besides a general authority to execute the federal acts, ought to appoint all federal officers not otherwise provided for, and to direct all military operations; provided, that none of the persons composing the federal executive shall, on any occasion, take command of any troops, so as personally to conduct any military enterprise as general, or in any other capacity.

5. That a federal judiciary be established, to consist of a supreme tribunal, the judges of which to be appointed by the executive, and to hold their offices during good behavior; to receive punctually, at stated times, a fixed compensation for their services, in which no increase or diminution shall be made, so as to affect the persons actually in office at the time of such increase or diminution. That the judiciary, so established, shall have authority to hear and determine, in the first instance, on all impeachments of federal officers; and by way of appeal, in the dernier ressort, in all cases touching the rights and privileges of ambassadors; in all cases of captures from an enemy; in all cases of piracies and felonies on the high seas; in all cases in which foreigners may be interested, in the construction of any treaty or treaties, or which may arise on any act or ordinance of Congress for the regulation of trade, or the collection of the federal revenue. That none of the judiciary officers shall, during the term they remain in office, be capable of receiving or holding any other office or appointment during their term of service, or for...... .....thereafter.

6. That the legislative, executive, and judiciary powers, within the several States, ought to be bound, by oath, to support the Articles of Union.

7. That all acts of the United States in Congress assembled, made by virtue and in pursuance of the powers hereby vested in them and by the Articles of Confederation, and all treaties made and ratified under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the respective States, as far as those acts or treaties shall relate to the said States, or their citizens; and that the judiciaries of the several States shall be bound thereby in their decisions, anything in the respective laws of the individual States to the contrary notwithstanding.

And if any State, or any body of men in any State, shall oppose or prevent the carrying into execution such acts and treaties, the federal executive shall be authorized to call forth the powers of the Confederated States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enforce and compel obedience to such acts, or an observance of such treaties.

8. That provision ought to be made for the admission of new States into the Union.

9. That provision ought to be made for hearing and deciding upon all disputes arising between the United States and an individual State, respecting territory.

10. That the rule for naturalization ought to be the same in every State.

II. That a citizen of one State, committing an offence in an- · other State, shall be deemed guilty of the same offence as if it had been committed by a citizen of the State in which the offence was committed.