REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF ELEVEN,

JULY 5.

The committee to whom was referred the eighth resolution of the report from the Committee of the Whole House, and so much of the seventh as had not been decided on, submit the following report :

That the subsequent propositions be recommended to the Convention on condition that both shall be generally adopted:

1. That, in the first branch of the legislature, each of the States now in the Union shall be allowed one member for every forty thousand inhabitants, of the description reported in the seventh resolution of the Committee of the Whole House; that each State not containing that number shall be allowed one member; that all bills for raising or appropriating money, and for fixing the salaries of the officers of the government of the United States, shall originate in the first branch of the legislature, and shall not be altered or amended by the second branch; and that no money shall be drawn from the public treasury but in pursuance of appropriations to be originated in the first branch. 2. That, in the second branch, each State shall have an equal vote.

REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF FIVE,

JULY 9.

The committee to whom was referred the first clause of the first proposition reported from the grand committee, beg leave to report:

That, in the first meeting of the legislature, the first branch thereof consist of fifty-six members, of which number N. H. shall have 2, Mass. 7, R. I. 1, Ct. 4, N. Y. 5, N. J. 3, Pa. 8, Del. 1, Md. 4, Va. 9, N. C. 5, S. C. 5, Ga. 2.

But, as the present situation of the States may probably alter, as well in point of wealth as in the number of their inhabitants, that the legislature be authorized from time to time to augment the number of representatives. And in case any of the States shall hereafter be divided, or any two or more States united, or any new States created within the limits of the United States, the legislature shall possess authority to regulate the number of representatives, in any of the foregoing cases, upon the principles of their wealth and number of inhabitants.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONVENTION,

REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, JULY 26.

1. That the government of the United States ought to consist of a supreme legislative, executive, and judiciary.

2. That the legislature consist of two branches.

3. Same as 3, June 13, substantially; "two" substituted for "three," ineligibility to State offices omitted, and age put at "twenty-five years."

Same as 4, June 13, substantially; "six" substituted for "seven" as term; and ineligibility to State offices and "paid out of the public treasury" omitted.

5. Same as 5, June 13.

6. That the national legislature ought to possess the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation; and, moreover, to legislate in all cases for the general interests of the Union, and also in those to which the States are separately incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation.

7. Same as 6, Jersey, omitting last clause: "and that if any State," etc.

8. That, in the original formation of the legislature of the United States, the first branch thereof shall consist of sixty-five members, of which number N. H. shall send 3; Mass., 8; R. I., I; Ct., 5; N, Y., 6; N. J., 4; Pa., 8; Del., I; Md., 6; Va., N. C., 5; S. C., 5; Ga., 3.

But, as the present situation of the States may probably alter in the number of their inhabitants, the legislature of the United States shall be authorized, from time to time, to apportion the number of representatives; and in case any of the States shall hereafter be divided, or enlarged by addition of territory, or any two or more States united, or any new States created within the limits of the United States, the legislature of the United States shall possess the authority to regulate the number of representatives, in any of the foregoing cases, upon the principle of their number of inhabitants, according to the provisions hereinafter mentioned, namely: Provided, always, that representation ought to be proportioned to direct taxation. And, in order to ascertain the alteration in the direct taxation which may be required from time to time, by the changes in the relative circumstances of the States,

9. That a census be taken within six years from the first meeting of the legislature of the United States, and once within the term of every ten years afterwards, of all the inhabitants of the United States, in the manner and according to the ratio recommended by Congress in their resolution of the 18th of April, 1783; and that the legislature of the United States shall proportion the direct taxation accordingly.

10. That all bills for raising or appropriating money, and for fixing the salaries of the officers of the government of the United States, shall originate in the first branch of the legislature of the United States, and shall not be altered or amended by the second branch; and that no money shall be drawn from the public. treasury, but in pursuance of appropriations to be originated by the first branch.

II. That, in the second branch of the legislature of the United States, each State shall have an equal vote.

12. Same as 9, June 13, substantially.

13. Same as 10, June 13.

14. Same as 11, June 13, omitting, "or increase."

15. Same as 12, June 13.

16. That the jurisdiction of the national judiciary shall extend to cases arising under laws passed by the general legislature, and to such other questions as involve the national peace and harmony.

17. Same as 14, June 13.

18. That a republican form of government shall be guaranteed to each State; and that each State shall be protected against foreign and domestic viclence.

19. Same as 17, June 13. 20. Same as 18, June 13.

21. Same as 19, June 13.

22. That the representation in the second branch of the legislature of the United States shall consist of two members from each State, who shall vote per capita.

23. That it be an instruction to the committee to whom were referred the proceedings of the Convention for the establishment of a national government, to receive a clause, or clauses, requiring certain qualifications of property and citizenship in the United States, for the executive, the judiciary, and the members of both branches of the legislature of the United States.