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New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, 8.

It was moved and seconded to insert the word "three," which passed in the negative.

Yeas: South Carolina, Georgia, 2. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, 9.

It was moved and seconded to add one year's residence before the election; which passed in the negative.

Yeas: New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 4. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, 6. Divided: Maryland, 1.

On the question to agree to the 2d clause of the 2d section, it passed unanimously in the affirmative.

On the question to agree to the 2d section of the 4th article, as amended, it passed in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to strike out the word "five," and to insert the word "six," before the words "in South Carolina," in the 3d section of the 4th article; which passed in the negative.

Yeas: Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 4. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, 7.

On the question to agree to the 3d section of the 4th article, as reported, it passed in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to alter the latter clause of the 4th article, so as to read as follows, namely,
"according to the rule hereinafter made for direct taxation, not exceeding the rate of one for every forty thousand,
which passed in the affirmative.

Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 9. Nays: New Jersey, Delaware, 2.

It was moved and seconded to add the following clause to the 4th section of the 4th article, namely, "provided, that every state shall have at least one representative;" which passed in the affirmative.

It was moved and seconded to insert the word "free," before the word "inhabitants," in the 4th section of the 4th 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.
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