Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
A joint standing committee created 'to examine the enrolments of all bills as the same shall pass the two Houses, and, after being signed by the Speaker of [the] House, and the president of the Senate, to present them forthwith to the President of the United States, for his approbation.'
To see the full record of a committee, click on the corresponding committee on the map below.
The amendments are enrolled
[The committee had examined the enrolment of the several articles of amendments to the Constitution of the United States agreed to by the Congress, to be recommended to the Legislatures of the several States, and had found the said bills and articles of amendment severally to be truly enrolled.]