Passed in the negative.
Yeas: New Jersey, Maryland, 2. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, 8.
On the question to agree to the following proposition,—
"The legislature shall have power to dispose of and make needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution contained shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims either of the United States or of any particular state,"—
it passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 10. Nay: Maryland, 1.
On the motion to agree to the 1st clause of the 18th article, it passed in the affirmative.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the word "foreign," in the 18th article; which passed in the affirmative.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "on the application of its legislature against;" which passed in the negative.
Yeas: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, 3. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 8.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the words "domestic violence," and insert the word "insurrections," in the 18th article; which passed in the negative.
Yeas: New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 5. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, 6.
It was moved and seconded to insert the words "or executive" after the word "legislature;" which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 8. Nays: Massachusetts, Virginia, 2.
It was moved and seconded to add the following clause to the last amendment: "in the recess of the legislature;" which passed in the negative.
Yea: Maryland, 1. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 10.
Separate questions being taken on the several clauses of the 18th article, as amended, they passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey,
