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 S06 P, ECOP, I)S OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Kgdnesday JOURNAL Septmbtr $ On the question to agree to the first clause of the report it passed in the affirmative On the question to agree to the second clause of the report it passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the third clause of the report which passed in the affirmative. [Ayes--9; noes -- 2.] 4 It was moved and seconded to insert the following words after the word "purchased" in the fourth clause of the report "b 7 the consent of the Legislature of the State" which passed in the affirmative On the question to agree to the fourth clause of the report as amended it passed in the affirmative On the question to agree to the fifth clause of the report it passed in the affirmative. The following resolution and order .... reported from the Committee of eleven were read. Resolved "That the United States in Congress be requested to allow "and cause to be paid to the Secretary and other officers of "this Convention such sums in proportion to their respective "times of service as are allowed to the Secretary and similar "Officers of Congress" Ordered That the Secretary make out and transmit to the Treasury Office of the United States an account for the said services, and for the incidental expences of this Conven- tion. Separate questions being taken on the foregoing resolve and Order They passed in the affirmative It was moved and seconded to take up the remainder of the report from the Committee of eleven entered on the Journal of the 4. instant m According to Madison the vote on thls question is the same as Vote 389, Detail of Ayes and Noes (see August 28). Probably the secretary did not have a new page ready on which to record the first vote taken (the two questions preceding being agreed to unanimously) and made use of a convenient blank space.

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