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 ZSZ [ IECOP. DS OF TIlE FEDERAL CONVENTION Friday MADISON /lugust xo end of Art. VI Sect 3, "and <may) be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members in such manner & under such penalties as each House may provide." Agreed to (by all except Penn- which was divided)s Art: VI. Sect. $. Agreed to as amended Nero. con. Sect. 4- ] Sect. 5- l Agreed to nero. con. 4 Mr. <Madison) observed that the right of expulsion (Art. VI. Sect. 6.) t was too important to be exercised by a bare majority of a quorum: and in emergencies of faction might be danger- ously abused. He moved that "with the concurrence of " might be inserted between may & expel. Mr. Randolph & Mr. Mason approved the idea. Mr Govr Morris. This power may be safely trusted to a majority. To require more may produce abuses on the side of the minority. A few men from factious motives may keep in a member who ought to be expelled. Mr. Carrol thought that the concurrence of  at least ought to be required. On the question for requiring } in cases of expelling a mem- Ber. N.H. ay- Mas. ay. Ct. ay- N. J- ay. Pa. divd. Del. ay. Md. ay. Va. ay. N- C. ay- S.C. ay. Geo. ay. [Ayes-- xo; noes -- o; divided -- x.] Art. VI- Sect- 6- as thus amended agreed to nero. con. Art: VI. Sect. 7- taken up? n Taken from Jornad. Crossed out: "nero. con." 14 Article VI, Sect. 4. "Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members." Sect. 5. "Freedom of speech and debate in the Legislature shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court or place out of the Legislature; and the members of each House shall, in all cases, except treason felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance a: Congress, and in going to and returning from it."  Article VI, Sect. 6. "Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings; may punish its members for disorderly behaviour; and may expel a member." s Article VI, Sect. 7. "The House of Representatives, and the Senate, when it shall be acting in a legislative capacity, shall keep a Journal of their proceedings, and shall, from time to time, publish them: and the yeas and nays of the members of each House, on any question, shall at the desire of one-fifth part of the members present, be entered on the journal."

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