And whereas the legislature of the state of Georgia did, on the 26th day of October, 1787, in pursuance of the above-recited resolution of Congress, resolve, That a Convention be elected on the day of the next general election, and in the same manner that representatives are elected; and that the said Convention consist of not more than three members from each county; and that the said Convention should meet at Augusta, on the 4th Tuesday in December then next, and, as soon thereafter as convenient, proceed to consider the said report and resolutions, and to adopt or reject any part or the whole thereof;—
Now know ye, that we, the delegates of the people of the state of Georgia, in Convention met, pursuant to the resolutions of the legislature aforesaid, having taken into our serious consideration the said Constitution, have assented to, ratified, and adopted, and by these presents do, in virtue of the powers and authority to us given by the people of the said state for that purpose, for and in behalf of ourselves and our constituents, fully and entirely assent to, ratify, and adopt, the said Constitution.
Done in Convention, at Augusta, in the said state, on the 2d day of January, in the year of our Lord 1788, and of the independence of the United States the 12th.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.
JOHN WEREAT, President,
| County of | County of | ||
| Chatham, . . . | W. Stephens, | Glynn, . . . | George Handley, |
| Joseph Habersham. | Christopher Hillary, | ||
| Effingham, . . . | Jenhim Davis, | J. Milton. | |
| N. Brownson. | Camden, . . . | Henry Osborn, | |
| Burke, . . . | Edward Telfair, | James Seagrove, | |
| H. Todd. | Jacob Weed. | ||
| Richmond, . . . | William Few, | Washington, . . . | Jared Irwin, |
| James M'Niel. | John Rutherford. | ||
| Wilkes, . . . | Geo. Matthews, | Greene, . . . | Robert Christmas, |
| Flor. Sullivan, | Thomas Daniel, | ||
| John King. | R. Middleton. | ||
| Liberty, . . . | James Powell, | ||
| John Elliot, | |||
| James Maxwell. |
7.MARYLAND.
In Convention of the Delegates of the People of the State of Maryland, April 28, 1788.
We, the delegates of the people of the state of Maryland, having fully considered the Constitution of the United States of America, reported to Congress by the Convention of deputies from the United States of America, held in Philadelphia, on the 17th day of September, in the year 1787, of which the annexed is a copy, and submitted to us by a resolution of the General Assembly of Maryland, in November session, 1787, do, for ourselves, and in the name and on the behalf of the people of this state, assent to and ratify the said Constitution.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.
| Richard Barnes, | Richard Potts, | George Gale, |
| Charles Chilton, | Abraham Few, | Henry Waggaman, |
| N. Lewis Sewall, | William Paca, | John Stewart, |
| William Tilghman, | William Granger, | James Gordon Heron, |
| Donaldson Yeates, | Joseph Wilkinson, | Samuel Evans, |
| Isaac Perkins, | Charles Graham, | Fielder Bowie, |
| John Gale, | John Chelsea, Jun. | Osb. Sprigg, |
| N. Hammond, | W. Smith, | Benjamin Hall, |
| Daniel Sullivan, | G. R. Brown, | George Digges, |
| James Shaw, | J. Parnham, | Nicholas Carrole, |
| Jos. Gilpin, | Zeph. Turner, | A. C. Hanson, |
| H. Hollingsworth, | Michael Jenifer Stone, | James Tilghman, |
| John Done, | R. Goldsborough, Jun., | John Seney, |
| Thomas Johnson, | Edward Lloyd, | James Hollyday, |
| Thomas S. Lee, | John Stevens, | William Hemsley, |
