On the question to agree to the 4th section of the 5th article, as reported, it passed in the affirmative.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "each house," and to insert the words "the House of Representatives," in the 1st section of the 6th article; which passed in the negative.
Yea: New Jersey, 1. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 10.
It was moved and seconded to insert the word "respectively," after the word "state," in the 1st section of the 6th article; which passed in the affirmative.
It was moved and seconded to alter the 2d clause in the 1st section of the 6th article, so as to read as follows, namely:—
"But regulations in each of the foregoing cases may at any time be made or altered by the legislature of the United States;"
which passed in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the 1st section of the 6th article, as amended, it passed in the affirmative.
And then the house adjourned till to-morrow at 11 o'clock, A. M.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the 2d section of the 6th article, in order to introduce the following, namely:—
"That the qualifications of the members of the legislature be as follows:—
"The members of the House of Representatives shall possess a clear and unencumbered property of ; the members of the Senate ;"
which passed in the negative.
It was moved and seconded to strike the following words out of the 2d section of the 6th article, namely, "with regard to property;" which passed in the negative.
Yeas: Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, 4. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 6.
On the question to agree to the 2d section of the 6th article, as reported, it passed in the negative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Georgia, 3. Nays: Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 7.
It was moved and seconded to reconsider the 2d section of the 4th article; which passed in the affirmative.
