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 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 395 TlmrsJa2 McHENRY .,,1,zgst 2 5 lature of the U.S. and of this constitution, so as that the con- stitution.and laws made in pursuance thereof etc should be the supreme laws of the several States m The IX article being taken up, It was motioned that no treaty should be binding till it received the sanction of the legislature. It was said 7 that a minister could not then be instructed by the Senate who were to appoint him or if instructed there could be no certainty that the house of representatives would agree to confirm what he might agree to under these instruc- tions. To this it was answered TM that all treaties which contra- vene a law of England or require a law to give them operation or effect are inconclusive till agreed to by the legislature of Great Britain. Except in such cases the power of the King without the concurrence of the parliament conclusive. Mr. Maddison. the Kings power over treaties final and original except in granting subsidies or dismembering the em- pire. These required parliamentary acts. Commiteed. Adjourned. By' Gorham.  By Wilson.

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