In Convention, — Mr. BREARLY, from the Committee of eleven to which were referred yesterday the postponed part of the Constitution, and parts of Reports not acted upon, made the following
In Convention, — Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS moved to amend the Report concerning the respect to be paid to acts, records, &c., of one State in other States (see the first
In Convention, — Mr. BREARLY, from the Committee of eleven, made a further partial Report as follows: “The Committee of eleven, to whom sundry resolutions, &c., were referred on the
In Convention, — Mr. BREARLY, from the Committee of Eleven, made a further Report, as follows: “1. To add to the clause, ‘to declare war,’ the words, ‘and grant letters
In Convention, — Mr. KING and Mr. GERRY moved to insert in the fourth clause of the Report, after the words, “may be entitled in the Legislature,” the words following: “But no
In Convention, — The mode of constituting the Executive being resumed, — Mr. RANDOLPH moved to insert, in the first section of the Report made yesterday, the following: “The Legislature may declare
In Convention, — The last Report of the Committee of Eleven (see the fourth of September) was resumed. Mr. KING moved to strike out the exception of treaties of peace, from the
On September 10th, the Convention finalized the amendment process, allowing either two-thirds of Congress or state legislatures to propose changes, with three-fourths of the states needed to ratify them.
On September 11th, delegates met briefly and adjourned pending the Committee of Style Report.
On September 12th, delegates discussed the Committee of Style Report, which presented an almost final draft of the Constitution, including a preamble and seven articles.
