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 368 IECORDS OF THE FEDE1LAL CONVENTION Wednesday JOURNAL ,4ugust 22 It was moved and seconded to rescind the order of the House respecting the hours of meeting and adjournment which passed in the negative [Ayes- 4; noes- 7.] It was moved and seconded to insert the following clause after the 2nd section of the 7 article "The Legislature shall pass no bill of attainder, nor any' ex post facto laws." which passed in the affirmative [Ayes--7; noes--3; divided- I.] It was moved and seconded to take up the report of the Com- mittee of five, It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the report, in order that the Members may furnish themselves with copies of the report, which passed in the affirmative. [Ayes- 6; noes- 5.] It was moved and seconded to take up the report of the Com- mittee of eleven, entered on the Journal of the 2st instant which passed in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to amend the first clause of the report to read as follows. "The Legislature shall fulfil the engagements and dis- "charge the debts of the United States" It was moved and seconded to alter the amendment by strik- ing out the words "discharge the debts" and insert the words "liquidate the claims" which passed in the negative On the question to agree to the clause as amended, namely, "The Legislature shall fulfil the engagements and dis- "charge the debts of the United States" it passed in the affirmative [Ayes -- x x; noes- o.]  It was moved and seconded to strike the following words out of the second clause of the report "and the authority of training the militia according to the "discipline prescribed by the United States" Before the question was taken on the last motion The House adjourned ' Vote 34:, Detail of Ayes and Noes, which notes that it was "Mr Morfis' amendment ".

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