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 KECOKDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, IX Each House shall possess the Right of Originating Bills, except in the Cases beforementloned. Every Bill, which shall have passed the House of Repre- sentatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the (Governour) (President) of the United States for his Revision: If, upon such Revision, he approve of it; he shall signify his Approbation by signing it: But if, upon such Revision, it shall appear to him improper for being passed into a Law; he shall return it, together with his Objections against it, to that House, in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider the Bill. But if after such ReconsiderarSon, two thirds of that House shall, notwithstanding the Objections of the (Governour) (President), agree to pass it, it shall, together with his Objections, be sent to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and, if approved by two thirds of the other House also; it shall be a Law. But in all such Cases, the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays; and the Names of the Persons voting for or against the Bill shall be entered in the Journal of each House respec- tively. If any bill shall not be returned by the (Governour) (Presi- dent) within (seven days after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a Law, unless the Legislature by their Ad- journment prevent its Return; in which Case it shall (be returned on the first Day of the next Meeting of the Legisla- ture) (not). 8 The Legislature of the United States shall have the (Right and) Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises; to regulate (Naturalization and) Commerce (with foreign Nations & amongst the several States}; to establish an uniform Rule for Naturalization throughout the United States; to coin Money; to regulate the (Alloy and) Value of (foreign) Coin; to fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; to estab-

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