Moved and seconded to fill up the blank after the words "sufficient to insure their independency," with "seven years." Passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 3. Nay: Connecticut, 1. Divided: Massachusetts, New York, 2.
It was moved by Mr. Rutledge, seconded by Mr. Butler, to strike out the clause which respects stipends to be allowed to the second branch.
On the question to strike out, passed in the negative.
Yeas: Connecticut, Delaware, South Carolina, 3. Nays: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia. 7. Divided: Massachusetts, 1.
It was then moved and seconded that the clause which respects the stipends to be given to the second branch be the same as the first. Passed in the affirmative.
It was moved and seconded that the ineligibility of the second branch to office be the same as the first. Passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 10. Nay: Connecticut, 1.
It was moved and seconded to alter the resolutions submitted by Mr. Randolph, so as to read as follows, namely: "that the jurisdiction of the supreme tribunal shall be to hear and determine, in the dernier ressort, all piracies, felonies," &c.
It was moved and seconded to postpone the whole of the last clause generally.
It was then moved and seconded to strike out the words "all piracies and felonies on the high seas." Passed in the affirmative.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "all captures from an enemy." Passed in the affirmative.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "other states," and to insert the words "two distinct states in the Union." Passed in the affirmative.
It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the resolution which respects the judiciary. Passed in the affirmative.
It was then moved and seconded that the committee do now rise, report a further progress, and request leave to sit again. The committee then rose.
