- Event type: CREATE
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)
Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
The Convention
The main chamber of the Constitutional Convention, consisting of all delegates.
To see the full record of a committee, click on the corresponding committee on the map below.
Session 6228: 1787-06-30 11:00:00
Resolution 8. Connecticut Compromise debated.
Document View:
Franklin's Senate Proposal for Consideration
Proposal for Consideration
That the Legislatures of the several States shall choose and send an equal Number of Delegates, namely, who are to compose the second Branch of the general Legislature.
That in all Cases or Questions wherein the Sovereigntys of the Individual States may be affected, or whereby their Authority over their own Citizens may be diminished, or the Authority of the General Government within the several States augmented, each State shall have equal Suffrage.
That in the Appointment of all civil Officers of the General Government, in the Election of whom the Second Branch may by the Constitution have part, each State shall have equal Suffrage.
That in fixing the Salaries of such Officers, & in all Allowances for public Services; & generally in all Appropriations and Dispositions of Money to be drawn out of the General Treasury, and in all Laws for supplying the Treasury, the Delegates of the several States shall have Suffrage in proportion to the Sums their respective States do actually contributed to that Treasury, from their Taxes or internal Excises.
That in Case general Duties should be laid by Impost on Goods imported, a liberal Estimation shall be made of the Amount of such Impost paid in the Price of the Commodities by those States that import but little, and a proportionate Addition shall be allowed of Suffrage to such States, — and an equal Diminution of the Suffrage of the States importing.
Decisions yet to be taken
Document Timeline
- Franklin's Senate Proposal for Consideration (introduced on 1787-06-30 11:00:00 - CREATE - e672654) [This document]
[view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1787-06-30 11:00:00 - DROP_PROPOSAL - e672655) [view current proposal at this moment]