"To establish an University." "To encourage by premiums & provisions, the advancement of useful knowledge and discoveries." "To authorize the Executive to procure and hold for the use of the U. S. landed property for the erection of Forts, magazines, and other necessary buildings." These propositions were referred to the Committee of detail which had prepared the Report and at the same time the following which were moved by M^r Pinkney:--in both cases unanimously: "To fix and permanently establish the seat of Government of the U. S. in which they shall possess the exclusive right of soil & jurisdiction." "To establish seminaries for the promotion of literature and the arts & sciences." "To grant charters of incorporation." "To grant patents for useful inventions." "To secure to Authors exclusive rights for a certain time." "To establish public institutions, rewards and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades and manufactures." "That funds which shall be appropriated for the payment of public Creditors, shall not during the time of such appropriation, be diverted or applied to any other purpose and that the Committee prepare a clause or clauses for restraining the Legislature of the U. S. from establishing a perpetual revenue." "To secure the payment of the public debt." "To secure all creditors under the new Constitution from a violation of the public faith when pledged by the authority of the Legislature." "To grant letters of mark and reprisal." "To regulate Stages on the post roads." M^r Mason introduced the subject of regulating the militia. He thought such a power necessary to be given to the Gen^l Government. He hoped there would be no standing army in time of peace, unless it might be for a few garrisons. The Militia ought therefore to be the more effectually prepared for the public defence. Thirteen States will never concur in any one system, if the disciplining of the Militia be left in their hands. If they will not give up the power over the whole, they probably will over a part as a select militia. He moved as an addition to the propositions just referred to the Comittee of detail, & to be referred in like manner, "a power to regulate the militia." M^r Gerry remarked that some provision ought to be made in favor of public Securities, and something inserted concerning letters of marque, which he thought not included in the power of war. He proposed that these subjects should also go to a Committee. M^r Rutlidge moved to refer a clause "that funds appropriated to public creditors should not be diverted to other purposes."