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1787.] Article 3d, section 2d, clause 3d. It was moved to add the words "and a trial by jury shall be preserved, as usual, in civil cases;" which passed in the negative.

It was moved and seconded to annex,— "but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments."

Article 2d, section 2d, clause 1st, passed in the negative.

Yeas: New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, 5. Nays: Massachusetts, Delaware, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, 5. Divided: Maryland, 1.

Article 4th, section 2d, clause 2d. Instead of "and removed," read "to be removed."

Section 2d, clause 3d. For "of regulations subsisting," read "of any law or regulation."

Article 4th, section 2d, clause 3d. It was moved to strike out the word "legally," and insert, after the word "state," the words "under the laws thereof."

Passed in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to strike out "legally," &c., article 4th, section 2d, clause 3d; which passed in the affirmative.

Yeas: Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, 5. Nays: Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina. 4. Divided: New Hampshire, Delaware, 2.

Article 4th, section 3d. It was moved to insert, after the words "or parts of states," the words "or a state, and part of a state;" which passed in the negative.

Article 4th, section 4th. After the word "executive," insert "when the legislature cannot be convened."

Article 5th. It was moved to amend the article so as to require a convention on application of two thirds of the states; which passed in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to amend article 5th, so as to require a convention on the application of two thirds of the states. Passed in the affirmative.

Yeas: Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 8. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, 3.

It was moved and seconded to insert in article 4th, section 3d, after the words "or parts of states," the words "or a state and part of a state." Passed in the negative.

Yea: South Carolina, 1. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts