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] [+e672794]
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3. Resolved That in order to ascertain the alterations that may happen in the population and wealth of the several States a census shall be taken of the free inhabitants of each State, and three fifths of the inhabitants of other description on the first year after this form of Government shall have been adopted — and afterwards on every term of ___ years; and the Legislature shall alter or augment the representation accordingly[+e672794][+e672744]
Georgia ...................................... T[+e672744]hree[+e672780]wo[+e672744 -e672780].[+e672744]