The Report from the committee of stile & arrangement, was taken up, in order to be compared with the articles of the plan as agreed to by the House & referred to the Committee, and to receive the final corrections and sanction of the Convention. Art: 1, sect. 2. On motion of M^r Randolph the word "servitude" was struck out, and "service" unanimously[95] inserted, the former being thought to express the condition of slaves, & the latter the obligations of free persons. [95] See page 372 of the printed Journal.--Madison's Note. M^r Dickenson & M^r Wilson moved to strike out, "and direct taxes," from sect. 2, art. 1, as improperly placed in a clause relating merely to the Constitution of the House of Representatives. M^r Gov^r Morris. The insertion here was in consequence of what had passed on this point; in order to exclude the appearance of counting the negroes in _the Representation_. The including of them may now be referred to the object of direct taxes, and incidentally only to that of Representation. On the motion to strike out "and direct taxes" from this place N. H. no. Mas. no. C^t no. N. J. ay. P^a no. Del. ay. M^d ay. V^a no. N. C. no. S. C. no. Geo. no. Art. 1, sect. 7.--"if any bill shall not be returned by the president within ten days (sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him &c." M^r Madison moved to insert between "after" and "it" in sect. 7, Art. 1 the words "the day on which," in order to prevent a question whether the day on which the bill be presented ought to be counted or not as one of the ten days. M^r Randolph 2^{ded} the motion. M^r Governe^r Morris. The amendment is unnecessary. The law knows no fractions of days. A number of members being very impatient & calling for the question N. H. no. Mas. no. C^t no. N. J. no. P^a ay. Del. no. M^d ay. V^a ay. N. C. no. S. C. no. Geo. no.-- Doc^r Johnson made a further report from the Committee of stile &c. of the following resolutions to be substituted for 22 & 23 articles. "Resolved that the preceding Constitution be laid before the U. States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent & ratification; & that each Convention assenting & ratifying the same should give notice thereof to the U. S. in Cong^s assembled.