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 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 5 3 Tuesday JOURNAL July x7 It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the following clause for the term of seven years" which was unanimously agreed to On the question to agree to the following clause namely "with power to carry into effect the national laws" it passed unanimously in ye affirmative On the question to agree to the following clause namely "to appoint to offices in cases not otherwise provided for" it passed unanimously in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to strike out the following words namely "to be ineligible a second time" which passed in the affirmative [Ayes--6; noes--4.] It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "seven years" and to insert the words "good behaviour." which passed in the negative. [Ayes m 4; noes- 6.] It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "seven years" which passed in the negative [Ayes- 4; noes- 6.] 4 And then the House adjourned till to-morrow at x o'Clock A.M. 4 Vote I7o, Detail of Ayes and Noes. Immediately following this, the printed Journal (pp. 185-6) inserted from Detail of Ayes and Noes (Votes 17I-I73):-- "It was moved and seconded to reconsider the vote to strike out the words, 'to be ineligible a second time'." "Passed unanimously (eight states) in the affirmative. "It was moved and seconded to reconsider immediately. "Passed in tlxe affirmfive .... [Ayes -- 6; Noes --z.] "It was moved and seconded to reconsider the clause to-morrow. "Passed unanimously in the affirmative." This is probably an error. There is nothing in the Journal or Detail of Ayes and Noes which would assign these questions to July x7 rather than to July xs. Madison did not originally record any of these questions on July x?, but Madison does record two of them on July I8. That only eight states voted corresponds to' the attendance on July x8 rather than July 7. The "to-morrow" on which the question was recon- sidered was July 19. These questions, therefore, doubtless belong to the records of July xS.

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