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260 On the question to agree to the 8th article as amended, it passed in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to str.ke the following words out of the 18th clause of the 1st section, 7th article: "enforce treaties;" which passed in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to alter the 1st part of the 18th clause of the 1st section, 7th article, to read:—

"To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions," which passed in the affirmative.

On the question to agree to the 18th clause of the 1st section, 7th article, as amended, it passed in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to agree to the following proposition, as an additional power to be vested in the legislature of the United States:—

"To negative all laws, passed by the several states, interfering, in the opinion of the legislature, with the general interests and harmony of the Union; provided, that two thirds of the members of each house assent to the same."

It was moved and seconded to commit the proposition; which passed in the negative.

Yeas: New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, 5. Nays: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 6.

The proposition was then withdrawn.

It was moved and seconded to amend the 1st section of the 7th article, to read:—

"The legislature shall fulfil the engagements, and discharge the debts of the United States, and shall have the power to lay and collect taxes duties, imposts, and excises;" which passed in the affirmative.

It was moved by Mr. Morris, and seconded, to amend the 1st clause of the 1st section, 9th article, to read:—

"The Senate shall have power to treat with foreign nations; but no treaty shall be binding on the United States which is not ratified by a law."

It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the amendment; which passed in the negative.

Yeas: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, 5. Nays: Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 5.

On the question to agree to the amendment, it passed in the negative.

Yea: Pennsylvania, 1. Nays: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New