Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
The main chamber of the Constitutional Convention, consisting of all delegates.
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Second Committee on Representation reported. Its First Proposition sent to a committee.
[Report of the Second Committee on Representation as Amended by the Convention] [+e672744]
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1. That in the [+e672744]original forma[+e672780]first mee[+e672744 -e672780]ti[+e672744]o[+e672780]n[+e672744]g[+e672744 -e672780] of the Legislature of the United States[+e672744],[+e672780] the first [+e672744]B[+e672780]b[+e672744 -e672780]ranch thereof [+e672744]shall [+e672780]consist of [+e672744]sixty five m[+e672780]fifty six M[+e672744 -e672780]embers, of which number [+e672744]
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New Hampshire shall [+e672744]send[+e672780]have[+e672744 -e672780] ..... T[+e672744]hree[+e672780]wo[+e672744 -e672780]. [+e672744]
Massachusetts .......................... [+e672744]Eight[+e672780]Seven[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
Rhode Island ............................. One[+e672744].[+e672780] [+e672744]
Connecticut ............................... F[+e672744]ive[+e672780]our[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
New[+e672744] [+e672780]-[+e672744 -e672780]York ................................... [+e672744]Six[+e672780]Five[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
New-Jersey ............................... [+e672744]Four.[+e672780]Three[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
Pennsylvania ............................. Eight [+e672744]
Delaware ................................... One [+e672744]
Maryland .................................... [+e672744]Six[+e672780]Four[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
Virginia ....................................... [+e672744]Ten[+e672780]Nine[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
North Carolina .......................... Five [+e672744]
South Carolina .......................... Five [+e672744]
Georgia ...................................... T[+e672744]hree[+e672780]wo[+e672744 -e672780].[+e672744] [+e672746]
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2. But as the present situation of the States may probably alter as well in point of wealth as in the number of their inhabitants that the Legislature be authorised from time to time to augment the number of representatives: and in case any of the States shall hereafter be divided, or any two or more States united, or any new State created within the limits of the United States the Legislature shall possess authority to regulate the number of representatives in any of the foregoing cases upon t[+e672746] Provided always that [+e739700]direct [+e739705]Taxation ought to be proportioned according to representation[+e739700]; and that the rule of contribution by direct taxation for the support of the government of the United States shall be the number of white inhabitants, and three fifths of every other description in the several States, until some other rule that shall more accurately ascertain the wealth of the several States can be devised and adopted by the Legislature[+e739709].[+e739700 -e739709]he principles of their wealth and number of inhabitants.[+e672746]