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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Third Report of Committee on Postponed Matters delivered and agreed. Second Report resumed. Money Bills and Presidential elections debated.
[Third Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters as Amended by the Convention] [+e674497]
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To add to the clause “To declare war” the words “and grant letters of marque and reprisal”[+e674497] [+e674499]
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To add to the clause “To raise and support armies” the words “but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years” [+e674499] [+e674502]
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Instead of the twelfth section of the 6th article say [+e674502]
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“All Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives and shall be subject to alterations and amendments by the Senate: No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law.”[+e674502]