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Resolved,
That the preceeding Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the Opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the People thereof, under the Recommendation of its Legislature, for their Assent and Ratification; and that each Convention assenting to, and ratifying the Same, should give Notice thereof to the United States in Congress assembled.
Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Convention, that as soon as the Conventions of nine States shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a Day on which Electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same, and a Day on which the Electors should assemble to vote for the President, and the Time and Place for commencing Proceedings under this Constitution. That after such Publication the Electors should be appointed, and the Senators and Representatives elected: That the Electors should meet on the Day fixed for the Election of the President, and should transmit their Votes certified, signed, sealed and directed, as the Constitution requires, to the Secretary of the United States in Congress assembled, that the Senators and Representatives should convene at the Time and Place assigned; that the Senators should appoint a President of the Senate, for the sole Purpose of receiving, opening and counting the Votes for President; and, that after he shall be chosen, the Congress, together with the President, should, without Delay, proceed to execute this Constitution.
By the Unanimous Order of the Convention G^O: WASHINGTON Presid^t. W. JACKSON Secretary.
INDEX
A
Accounts of expenditures. See Expenditures of government.
Acts, originating of. See Legislature, national, acts of.
Address to accompany constitution, moved, ii., 347; considered, 377.
Adjournment of legislature. See Legislature, national, power of.
Age, of executive. See Executive, national, age of. Of Representatives. See Legislature, national, House of Representatives. Of Senators. See Legislature, national, Senate.
Allen, Paul, signs address from Rhode Island, i., 11, n.
Amendments to constitution, provision for, debated, i., 79, 122, ii., 384; postponed, i., 79; debated, 122, 287; agreed to, 137, ii., 30; motion to reconsider clause, 339; moved that states agree to, 340.
Appointment, power of. See Executive, national, power of; Judiciary, national, supreme; Legislature, national. Senate.
Appropriations, originating of, see Legislature, national, money bills; accounts of, see Expenditures of government.
Aristocracy, fear of, expressed by Mason, i., 310; defended by G. Morris, 310, ii., 98; probability of, 159.
Armies, power to raise and support. See Legislature, national, power of.
Arnold, Welcome, signs address from Rhode Island, i., 11, n.
Arsenals, Forts, etc. See Forts, Arsenals, etc.
Articles of Confederation, amendments to, proposed by Dickinson, i., 166.
B
Baldwin, Abraham, Ga., attends convention, i., 114; favors representation in Senate by wealth of states, 271; Pierce's sketch of, 271, n.; on compromise committee on representation, 292; thinks foreigners should be excluded from government, ii., 145; thinks provisions on citizenship should not extend to those already citizens, 148; appointed on grand committee, 193; thinks slave trade not a national question, 222; on committee on navigation acts, 225; moves that duty on slaves be uniform, 251; thinks public lands should be guaranteed to states, 281; on committee of August 31, 292; thinks members of legislature should be ineligible to other offices, 296; approves plan of electing executive by electors, 302; moves to exclude from new offices members of first legislature, 371.
Bankruptcy, uniform law of. See Legislature, national, power of; House of Representatives.
Barton, William, signs address from Rhode Island, i., 11, n.
Bassett, Richard, Del., attends convention, i., 1; Pierce's sketch of, 1, n.