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 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 99 Tuesday MADISON July z4 highest votes shall be candidates for ye office, & out of these the first Branch shall elect two, & the second Branch shall determine which of ye two so elected shall be chief Magistrate [WLsoN's MoqcoN] a The Executive shall be chosen every years by Electors to be taken by lot from the national legislature- the electors to proceed immediately to the choice of the Execu- tive and not to separate until it be made -- Suppose the whole to consist of 9 o-- 65 9 �en put in 9 �ls- of which as many as the proposed number of electors shall be gilded- those who draw these balls to be Electors MADISON Tuesday July 24. in Convention The appointment of the Executive by Electors recon- sidered. Mr. Houston moved that he be appointed by the "Natl. Legislature. (instead of "Electors appointed by the State Legislatures" according to the last decision of the mode) 4 He dwelt chiefly on the improbability, that capable men would undertake the service of Electors from the more distant States. Mr. Spaight seconded the motion. paragraph is on one side of the paper the rest on the other side. A line is drawn through the "65" and "zS". 4Revised from Journal.
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