Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
Committee consisting of all delegates to the Convention.
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Committee convened, first two resolutions of Virginia Plan considered. The form of a national government and how to determine representation debated.
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3. Resolved that [+e675190]in order to carry into execu[+e675199]a na[+e675190 -e675199]tion[+e675190] the Design of the States in forming this Convention, and to accomplish the objects proposed[+e675199]al Government ought to[+e675190 -e675199] b[+e675190]y th[+e675199]e [+e675190]Confederation a more effective Government[+e675199]established[+e675190 -e675199] consisting of a [+e675190]supreme [+e675190 -e675199]Legislative, Exe[+e675190] [+e675221]
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3. Resolved that the national Legislature ought to consist of two branches.[+e675221] [+e675224]
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4. [+e675224]Resolved that the members of the first branch of the national legislature ought to be elected by the people of the several States.[+e675225] [+e675240]
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6. [+e675240]Resolved that each branch ought to possess the right of originating Acts[+e675241]; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the Legislative Rights vested in Congress by the Confederation[+e675243] & moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate States are incompetent[+e675245], or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual Legislation; to negative all laws passed by the several States, contravening in the opinion of the National Legislature the articles of [+e675249]Union or any treaties subsisting under the authority of the [+e675250]Union[+e675249].[+e675241]cutive [+e675190]and[+e675199]&[+e675190 -e675199] Judiciary[+e675190] ought to be established[+e675199].[+e675190]