"and shall appoint to offices in all cases not otherwise provided for in this Constitution,"—
and to insert the following:
"and shall appoint to all offices established by this Constitution, except in cases herein otherwise provided for, and to all offices which may hereafter be created according to law;"
which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, 6. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Delaware, South Carolina, 4.
It was moved and seconded to add the following clause to the last amendment:—
"except where, by law, the appointment shall be vested in the executives
of the several states;"
which passed in the negative.
It was moved and seconded to agree to the following order:—
"That the order respecting the adjournment at 4 be repealed, and that
in future the house assemble at 10, and adjourn at 3;"
which passed unanimously in the affirmative. The house then adjourned.
Saturday, August 25, 1787.
It was moved by Mr. Randolph, and seconded, to postpone the 1st clause of the 1st section, 7th article, in order to take up the following amendment:—
"All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, by or under the authority of Congress, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation;"
which passed in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the amendment, it passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 10. Nay: Pennsylvania, 1.
It was moved and seconded to add the following clause to the 1st clause of the 1st section, 7th article:—
"for the payment of said debts, and for the defraying the expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence and general welfare;"
which passed in the negative.
Yea: Connecticut, 1. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 10.
It was moved and seconded to amend the report of the
