The report was then delivered at the secretary's table, and, being read throughout, is as follows:—
"The legislature of the United States shall have power to fulfil the engagements which have been entered into by Congress, and to discharge, as well the debts of the United States, as the debts incurred by the several states, during the late war, for the common defence and general welfare;
"To make laws for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states, respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by the United States."
It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the above report; which passed in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the 3d section of the 7th article, as amended, it passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 10. Nay: Delaware, 1.
It was moved and seconded to add the following clause to the 3d section of the 7th article:—
"And all accounts of supplies furnished, services performed, and moneys advanced by the several states to the United States, or by the United States to the several states, shall be adjusted by the same rule."
The last motion being withdrawn, it was moved and seconded to add the following clause to the 3d section of the 7th article:—
"By this rule the several quotas of the states shall be determined in settling the expenses of the late war."
It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the last motion; which passed in the affirmative.
It was moved by Mr. Ellsworth, and seconded, to add the following clause to the 3d section of the 7th article:—
"That, from the first meeting of the legislature of the United States, until a census shall be taken, all moneys for supplying the public treasury by direct taxation shall be raised from the several states, according to the number of their representatives respectively in the first branch."
It was moved and seconded to annex the following amendment to the last motion,—
"subject to a final liquidation by the foregoing rule, when a census shall have been taken."
On the question to agree to the amendment, it passed in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the proposition and amendment, it passed in the negative.
Yeas: Massachusetts, South Carolina, 2. Nays: New Hampshire,
