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 FRIDAY, AUGUST xo, x787. JOURNAL Friday August m. 787. It was moved and seconded to strike out and sect. of the 6. article in order to introduce the following namely "That the qualifications of the members of the Legislature "be as follows. "The members of the House of representatives shall possess "a clear and unincumbered property of "The Members of the Senate" which passed in the negative It was moved and seconded to strike the following words out of the 2nd sect. of the 6. article, namel 7 "with regard to property" which passed in the negative. [Ayes -- 4; noes -- 6.] On the question to agree to the 2nd sect. of the 6. article as reported. it. passed in the negative. [Ayes m 3; noes -- 7.] It was moved and seconded to reconsider the 2rid sect. of the 4th article which passed in the affirmative [Ayes- 6; noes- 5.] and monday next was assigned for the reconsideration [Ayes  9; noes -- 2.1 It was moved and seconded to amend the 3rd sect. of the 6. article to read as follows, namely. "not less than 33 members of the House of representa- "tires, nor less that 14 members of the Senate, shall consti- "tute a quorum to do business; a smaller number in either "House may adjourn from day to day, but the number neces- "sary to form such quorum may be encreased by an act of "the Legislature on the addition of members in either branch" which passed in the negative [Ayes- 2; noes  9.]  a Vote 268, Detail of Ayes and Noes, which notes that the amendment was "offal by Mr. King". 245

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