The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2Madison, James
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The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2
Madison, James
Constitutional law -- United States; Constitutions -- United States; United States. Constitution
Carroll, Daniel, Md., attends convention, i., 318;
favors national power to suppress insurrection, 392;
Pierce's sketch of, ii., 38, n.;
doubts propriety of per capita voting in Senate, 38;
favors election of executive by electors chosen by lot from national
legislature, 47;
thinks direct taxation should depend on census, 47;
opposes disqualification from legislature of persons having
unsettled government accounts, 63;
thinks number for quorum cannot be fixed, 135;
thinks right of expulsion should be with two-thirds of legislature,
136;
moves Senators be permitted to enter dissent to measures, 136;
fears New York will be capital, 140;
moves five years' citizenship for Representatives, 148;
explains provision as to money bills in Maryland, 157;
favors national compensation for members of legislature, 168, 169;
thinks greater checks to bad laws necessary, 174;
thinks a quorum should be more than a majority, 177;
thinks exports should not be taxed, 181;
opposes taxation by congressional representation, 209;
thinks prohibition of _ex post facto_ laws necessary, 228;
moves election of executive by the people, 243, 245;
moves provision to prevent favoring ports of entry, 252;
on committee of August 25, 254;
objects to requiring consent of states to dismemberment, 277;
moves that right of U. S. to public lands be confirmed, 280;
moves that land question go to Supreme Court, 281;
moves to postpone question of ratification, 284, 286;
thinks all the states must ratify, 286;
thinks Maryland must ratify as required by Maryland law, 286;
thinks vessels should enter and clear in their own states, 291;
on committee of August 31, 292;
proposes an address to the people, 377;
moves states have power to lay tonnage taxes, 380;
urges larger representation, 392.
Census, taking of, debated, i., 327, 340;
every fifteen years, vote on, 340;
two years after meeting of legislature, 344;
ordered within six years after meeting of legislature, 346;
every ten years, 347;
every twenty years, 346;
first to be in three years, ii., 208.
Charters, power to grant, proposed.
_See_ Legislature, national, power of.
Citizenship, of Representatives, _see_ Legislature, national, House of
Representatives, Senate;
uniformity of, in the several states, agreed to, ii., 266.
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