Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
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Resolved by[+e126525]In[+e126524 -e126525] the [+e126524]Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Cong[+e126525]introductory paragraph befo[+e126524 -e126525]re[+e126524]ss assembled, That[+e126525] the [+e126524]following articles be proposed as amend[+e126525]words, 'We the people,' add, 'Govern[+e126524 -e126525]ment[+e126524]s to the constitution, and when ratified by three-fourths[+e126525] being intended for the benefi[+e126524 -e126525] [+e126546]
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ART. 1, SEC. 2, PAR. 3—Strike out all between the words, 'direct' and 'and until such,' and instead thereof insert, 'After the first enumeration there shall be one representative for every thirty thousand until the number shall amount to one hundred; after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress that the number of Representatives shall never be less than one hundred, nor more than [+e126546]tw[+e126555]o[+e126546]ne[+e126546 -e126555] hundred[+e126546] and seventy-five[+e126546 -e126555], but each State shall always have at least one Representative.'[+e126546]t[+e126524 -e126525] of the [+e126524]State Legislatures [+e126525]people, and the rightful establi[+e126524 -e126525]sh[+e126524]all beco[+e126525]me[+e126524] valid to all intents and purposes, as part of[+e126525]nt thereof being derived from[+e126524 -e126525] the[+e126524] sam[+e126525]ir authority alon[+e126524 -e126525]e.[+e126524]'[+e126524 -e126525]