Elliot’s Debates: Volume 1
Journal of the Federal Convention
Thursday, August 16, 1787.
It was moved and seconded to agree to the following, as the 14th section of the 6th article:
“Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment, and in the cases hereinafter mentioned,) shall be presented to the President for his revision, and, before the same shall have force, shall be approved by him, or, being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill;”
which passed in the affirmative.
It was moved and seconded to insert the following proviso after the 1st clause of the 1st section of the 7th article;
“provided, that no tax, duty, or imposition, shall be laid by the legislature of the United States on articles exported from any state.”
It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the proviso; which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 10. Nay: Maryland, 1.
It was moved and seconded to add the words “and post-roads,” after the word “post-offices,” in the 7th clause of the 1st section of the 7th article; which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, 6. Nays: New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, 5.
It was moved and seconded to strike the words “and emit bills” out of the 8th clause of the 1st section of the 7th article; which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 9. Nays: New Jersey, Maryland, 2.
It was moved and seconded to adjourn; which passed in the negative.
Yeas: New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, 4. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, Georgia, 7.
Separate questions being taken on the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th clauses of the 1st section of the 7th article, as amended, they passed in the affirmative.
And then the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 oclock.
