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 $66 lECOlDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE OF STYLE Sect. 3. The House of Representatives shall, at its first formation, and until the number of citizens and inhabitants shall be taken in the manner herein after described, consist of sixty-five members, of whom three shall be chosen in New- Hampshire, eight in Massachusetts, one in Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, five in Connecticut, six in New-York, four in New-Jersey, eight in Pennsylvania, one in Delaware, six in Maryland, ten in Virginia, five in North-Carolina, five in South-Carolina, and three in Georgia. Sect. 4. As the proportions of numbers in the different states will alter from time to time; as some of the States may hereafter be divided; as others may be enlarged by addition of territory; as two or more States-may be united; as new States will be erected within the limits of the United States, the Legislature shall in each of these cases, regulate the num- ber of representatives by the number of inhabitants, accord- ing to the rule hereinafter made for direct taxation not exceed- ing the rate of one for every forty thousand. Provided that every State shall have at least one representative. Sect. 6. 3 The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. It shall choose its Speaker and other officers. Sect. 7. Vacancies in the House of Representatives shall be supplied by writs of election from the executive authority of the State, in the representation from which they shall happen. V. Sect. I. The Senate of the United States shall be chosen by the Legislatures of the several States. Each Legislature shall chuse two members. Vacancies happening by refusals to accept, resignations or otherwise may be supplied by the Legislature of the State in the representation of which such vacancies shall happen, or by the executive thereof until the next meeting of the Legislature. Each member shall have one vote. Sect. z. The Senators shall be chosen for six years; but Sect. 5was struck out.

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