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 424 IECORDB OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Monday JOURNAL .,l ugust 7 by the Legislature" and to insert after the words "United States" the words "and treaties m&de or which shall be made under their authority" which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to insert the word "controver- sies" before the words "between two" or which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to postpone the following clause "in cases of impeachment" which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to insert the words "the United States or" before the words "a State shall be a party" which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to agree to the following amend- ment. In all the other cases beforementloned original jurisdiction shall be in the Courts of the several States but with appeal both as to Law and {act to the courts of the United States with such exceptions and under such regulationst as the Leg- islatures shall make. The last motion being withdrawn, It was moved and seconded to amend the clause to read "In cases of impeachment, cases affecting Ambassadors, "other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a "State shall be Party, this jurisdiction shall be original In "all the other cases before mentioned it shall be appellate "both as to law and fact with such exceptions and under such "regulations as the Legislature shall make" which passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to add the following clause to the last amendment. "But in cases in which the United States shall be a Party "the jurisdiction shall be original or appellate as the Leglda- "ture may direct" [To strike out the words "original or" Ayes -- 6; noes -- 24 ' s Vote 38z, Detail of Ayes and Noes, but this is inserted here merely because is the only place that it seems to fit in with the proceedings.

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