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 P, ECOKDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 5I Monday McHENRY lugust 2o McHENRY .4ugust 20. The following one agreed to. Sect. 2. Amended to read. Treason against the U.S. shall consist onl 7 in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies giving them aid and comfort. The legisla- ture shall have power to declare the punishment of treason. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on confession in open court, or the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act. Mr. Mason moved to add to the I sect of the VII article. To make sumptuary laws. Governeur Morris. sump. laws were calculated to continue great landed estates for ever in the same families--If men had no temptation to dispose of their money they would not sell their estates. Negatived. 'Amended section 3 by striking out the words in the second llne white and other, and the word six in the 5 line and sub- stituting the word three- but adjourned without a question on the section.

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