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U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)
Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
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Session 6230: 1787-07-05 11:00:00
First Committee on Representation reported. Connecticut Compromise reintroduced.
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Report of the First Committee on Representation
The Committee to whom were referred the eighth resolution reported from the Committee of the whole House, and so much of the seventh as hath not been decided on submit the following report.
That the subsequent propositions be recommended to the Convention, on condition that both shall be generally adopted.
1st. That in the first branch of the Legislature each of the States now in the Union be allowed one Member for every forty thousand inhabitants of the description reported in the seventh resolution of the Committee of the whole House. That each State not containing that number shall be allowed one Member — That all Bills for raising or appropriating money and for fixing the salaries of the Officers of the Government of the United States, shall originate in the first Branch of the Legislature, and shall not be altered or amended by the second Branch — and that no money shall be drawn from the public Treasury but in pursuance of appropriations to be originated by the first Branch.
2ndly. That in the second Branch of the Legislature each State shall have an equal Vote.
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- Report of the First Committee on Representation (introduced on 1787-07-05 11:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e672692) [This document]
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