Elliot’s Debates: July 6, Journal of the Federal Convention
Elliot’s Debates: Volume 1
July 6, Journal of the Federal Convention
Friday, July 6, 1787.
It was moved and seconded to refer the 1st clause of the 1st proposition reported from the grand committee to a special committee; which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 7. Nays: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, 3. Divided: Maryland, 1.
It was moved and seconded that the committee consist of five members; which was unanimously agreed to.
And a committee was appointed, by ballot, of Mr. G. Morris, Mr. Gorham, Mr. Randolph, Mr. Rutledge, and Mr. King.
It was moved and seconded to postpone the remainder of the 1st proposition, in order to take up the 2d; which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, 8. Nays: Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, 3.
It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the 2d proposition; which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, 6. Nays: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, 3. Divided: Massachusetts, New York, 2.
It was moved and seconded to resume the consideration of the 2d clause of the 1st proposition, which had been postponed in order to take up the 2d proposition; which passed in the affirmative.
On the question, Shall the following clause stand as a part of the report? namely,
“3. That all bills for raising or appropriating money, and for fixing the salaries of the officers of the government of the United States, shall originate in the first branch of the legislature, and shall not be altered or amended by the second branch; and that no money shall be drawn from the public treasury but in pursuance of appropriations to be originated by the first branch,”
it passed in the affirmative. The votes stood thus:
Yeas: Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, 5. Nays: Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, 3. Divided: Massachusetts, New York, Georgia, 3.
And on a question, moved and seconded, whether the vote so standing was determined in the affirmative, it was decided as follows, that it was:
Yeas: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 9. Nays: New York, Virginia, 2.
And then the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 oclock, A. M.
