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16 William Livingston,

David Brearley,

William Patterson,

Jonathan Dayton.

Benjamin Franklin,

Thomas Mifflin,

Robert Morris,

George Clymer,

Thomas Fitzimons,

Jared Ingersoll,

James Wilson,

Gouverneur Morris.

George Reed,

Gunning Bedford, jun.

John Dickinson,

Richard Bassett,

Jacob Broom.

James M’Henry,

Daniel of St. Tho. Jenifer,

Daniel Carrol.

John Blair,

James Madison, jr.

William Blount,

Richard Dobbs Spaight,

Hugh Williamson.

John Rutledge,

Charles C. Pinckney,

Charles Pinckney,

Pierce Butler. William Few,

Abraham Baldwin.

WILLIAM JACKSON, Secretary.

Monday, September 17, 1787

Resolved, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification; and that each Convention assenting to, and ratifying the same, should give notice thereof to the United States in Congress assembled.

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Convention, that, as soon as the Conventions of nine States shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same, and a day on which electors should assemble to vote for the President, and the time and place for commencing proceedings under this Constitution. That after such publication, the electors should be appointed, and the senators and representatives elected: That the electors should meet on the day fixed for the election of the President, and should transmit their votes certified, signed, sealed, and directed, as the Constitution requires,