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 385 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION TArsday JOURNAL ,4ugust z 3 "the several States, and of their Citizens and inhabitants; "and the Judges in the several States shall be bound thereby "in their decisions; any thing in the constitutions or laws of "the several States to the contrary notwithstanding" which passed in the affirmative On the question to agree to the 8 article as amended it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to strike the following words out o� the I8 clause of the ISt section 7 article "enforce treaties" which passed in the aff�mative It was moved and seconded to alter the first part of the I8 clause of the Ist section, 7 article to read "To 'provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws "of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions" which passed in the affirmative On the question to agree to the xSth clause of the xst section, 7 article, as amended it passed in the affirmative. It was moved and seconded to agree to the following propo- sition, as an additional power to be vested in the Legislature of the United States. "To negative all laws passed by the several States inter- "fering, in the opinion of the Legislature, with the general "interests and harmony of the Union- provided that two "thirds of the Members of each House assent to the same." It was moved and seconded to commit the proposition which passed in the negative. [Ayes -- 5; noes --6.] The Proposition was then withdrawn. It was moved and seconded to amend the st section of the 7. article to read "The Legislature shall fulfil the engagements and dis- "charge the debts of the United-States, and shall have the "power'to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises." which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to amend the first clause of the first section 9. article to read "The Senate shall have power to treat with foreign ha-

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