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 a national Government ought to be established consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive & Judiciary.[+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] [+e743960]
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5. [+e743960]Resolved that the members of the second branch of the National Legislature ought to be [+e675231]ele[+e675231 -e675232]c[+e675231]ted by t[+e675231 -e675232]hose[+e675231]n by[+e675232] of[+e675231 -e675232] the [+e675231]St[+e675232]firs[+e675231 -e675232] [+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]t, out of a proper number of persons nomin[+e675231 -e675232]ate[+e675231]d by the individual[+e675231 -e675232] Legislatures[+e675231];[+e675232],[+e675231 -e675232] [+e675231]