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1787.] prepared to report. The following report was then read, That the following additions be made to the report, namely:—

After the word "states," in the last line, on the margin of the third page, add, "to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies;" and insert the following as the 16th article, namely:—

"Full faith and credit ought to be given, in each state, to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings, of every other state; and the legislature shall, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings, shall be proved, and the effect which judgments obtained in one state shall have in another."

It was moved and seconded to adjourn till Monday next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.

, September 3, 1787. It was moved by Mr. Morris, and seconded, to strike out the words "judgments obtained in one state shall have in another," and to insert the word "thereof," after the word "effect," in the report from the committee of five, entered on the Journal of the 1st instant; which passed in the affirmative.

Yeas: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, 6. Nays: Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, 3.

It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "ought to," and to insert the word "shall;" and to strike out the word "shall," and insert the word "may," in the report entered on the Journal of the 1st instant; which passed in the affirmative.

On the question to agree to the report amended as follows,—

"Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings, of every other state; and the legislature may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings, shall be proved, and the effects thereof,"— it passed in the affirmative.

On the question to agree to the following clause of the report,— "to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies," it passed in the affirmative.

Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 9. Nay: Connecticut, 1.

It was moved and seconded to adjourn. Passed in the negative. 36