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  4. Session: 1787-07-05 11:00:00
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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 (Amended)

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[Report of the First Committee on Representation as Amended by the Convention]

Resolved — That the suffragesoriginal ormaton of the Legislatue of the United State hefirst B thereof shall consist of sixty five members — of which number

New Hampshire shall send ..... Three

Massachustts .......................... Eiht

Rhode Island ............................. One

Connectcut ............................... Five

New York ................................... Six

New Jerseveraey ............................... Four

Pennsyl Stvania ............................. Eightes be regulated and proportioned accord

Delaware ................................... One

Maryland .................................... Six

Virginia ....................................... Ten

North Carolina .......................... Five

Soth Caolina .......................... Fiv

Georgia...................................... Thre.

But s te present situationmay probably alter i the number f theiring tohabitants the Legislature of the sums toted States shall be authorized from time to time to apporti the number paid towards the General Revenue bof representatives: and in case any of the States sh hereafter be divided, or enlarged by additin of territory, or any to or more States unit,r any Nw Statescreated within th limits of the United States the Legislature of the United States shall possess authority to regulate the nuof representatives: in any of the egoingcass upon the principle of thinumber o inhabitants, accding o the provisions hereafter mentioned, namely,

Provided always theat representation ght to be proportioned according to direct Taxation; and in order to acerti the alteration in the irect Taxation, which may be required from time to time by the changes in the relative circumstances of each State respectively — That an apporStates — Resolve that a Cnus be taken within six yeas from the frst Meeting of the Legislature of the United States, and onment of suffrages, acccewithin the tem of very Ten years afrwards of all theing tohabitants of the ratio aforesaid, shall be made and regulated at the end of years from the first MeetingUnited State in th manner and according to the ratio recommended by Congrss i eir of April 18. 1783 — and that the LegislaturLegislature f the Uned Stas shall proportion the direct Taxation accordingly. That from the United-States — and so from time to time first meeting of te Legislature f the United States unti a Cnsusshall be taken, all mnies for spplying the public Treaury by dirctaxation sall be raised from the the end of every yseveral States ars thereafter — but that for the present, and until the period first abovcording to tenumber of their represenivsrespectively i the firsBranh.

Resolved That all Bills fr raisig or ppropriatg money, and for fixe slaries of he Officers ofthe Goverent of the United States shall originate in the first Branch of the Lgislatue of the United States, andnot e mentioned shaltered haver amend by the second Branch — and that no money suffrage &cashall b drawn fro the Pulic Trasuy but in pursuance of appropriations to be originated by the first Branch.

8. Resolved That in the second Branch of the Legislature of the United States each State shall have an equal vote.

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