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 394 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Thursday McHENRY Massts. no. Cont. no. N. J-- ay-- Pena. ay. Del. ay. Md. ay. Va. ay--N. C. no. S.C. no--Geo. no. [Ayes--5; noes -- 5.1 On Mr. Govr. Morris Motion Masts. no. Cont no. N.J. no. Pa. ay--Del. no--Md. no. Va. no. N. C dlvd S.C. no. Geo-- no. [Ayes -- ; noes -- 8; divided- I.] The several clauses of Sect: I. art IX, were then separately postponed after inserting "and other public Ministers" next after "Ambassadors." Mr. Madison hinted for consideration, whether a distinc- tion might not be made between different sorts of Treaties -- Allowing the President & Senate to make Treaties eventual and of Alliance for limited terms- and requiring the con- currence of the whole Legislature in other Treaties. The Ist Sect. art IX. was finally referred hem: con: to the committee of Fly% and the House then Adjourned. * McHENRY ,,lugu.rt 2 3. 7 sect. agreed to. On motion, on a proposition reported and amended agreed that "The legi.rlature shall fulfil the engagements and dis- charge the debts of the U.S." To make the first clause in the VII article MAreended the first clause in the report of the said article by striking out the words, the legislature of the U. $. Added in the said article after the clause "to provide and main- tain fleets." To organize and discipline the militia and govern such part of them as may be employed in the service of the ld. S. reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by the U.S." Expunged in the VIII article the words the acts of the legi.- See further, Appendix A, XClV.

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