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Land cession, question of, i., [232].
Lands, public.
See [Legislature, national, power of.]
Langdon, John, N. H., attends convention, ii., [29];
opposes disqualification from legislature of persons having unsettled accounts, [64];
Pierce's sketch of, [64], n.;
opposes prohibition against placing national capital at state capital, [66];
favors national compensation of legislature, [167];
opposes power to emit bills of credit, [183];
favors suppression of rebellion without state's consent, [187];
appointed on grand committee, [193];
thinks Representatives must be trusted, [195];
thinks national control of militia necessary, [196];
opposes taxation by congressional representation, [208];
asks only fair representation for New Hampshire, [212];
objects to state power to tax exports, [213], [214];
opposes leaving slave trade to states, [223];
moves to commit question of navigation acts, [225];
on committee on navigation acts, [225];
thinks state and national governments need not be jealous, [231];
favors national power of negative on state laws, [237];
thinks executive should be elected by joint ballot of legislature, [243];
thinks creditors of government should not be disturbed, [248];
admits duty on slaves is part of compromise agreement, [251];
on committee of August 25, [254];
doubts if new states should be admitted on an equality with old, [275];
thinks new states may be created, [276];
thinks Vermont should be brought into the Union, [276];
thinks vessels should not be made to enter and clear in their state, [291];
objects to export duties by states, [365];
moves increase in representation of North Carolina and Rhode Island, [378];
thinks commercial regulations should be national, [381].
Lansing, John, N. Y., attends convention, i., [55];
Pierce's sketch of, [138], n.;
supports Jersey plan, [143];
opposes Virginia plan, [194];
opposes legislature of two branches, [190];
favors voting in House by states, [252];
leaves convention, [298], n.
Legislature, national,
acts of, may originate in both houses, i., [248], ii., [170];
enacting style, [170].
Compensation of members, considered, i., [125], [209], [244], [245];
to be fixed, [126];
and eligibility to re-election, debated, [130];
to be ascertained by members, [212];
by state legislatures, [213];
vote on, [217];
agreed to, [336];
debated, ii., [166], [169].
Constitution of, considered, ii., [8];
agreed to, [96].
Disqualification of debtors from, debated, ii., [63], [65], [66];
of pensioners from, [65];
of persons having unsettled accounts with, [65];
of members from other offices, [158], [294], [297], [371].
Elections to, by popular vote, debated, i., [53];
mode of, debated, [81], [134];
eligibility to re-election, debated, [127];
eligibility of state officers to, [127].
Expulsion from, debated, ii., [135], [136].
Journal of proceedings, debate on, ii., [136], [137], [370].
Money bills in, originating of, debated, i., [309], [312], ii., [149], [153], [157], [210], [212].
Negative of, on state laws, considered, i., [47], [101], [107], [372], [374];
on acts of executive, vote on, ii., [95];
debated, [361];
verbal amendment offered, [367].
Place of meeting, debated, ii., [139].
Power of, debated, i., [45], [135], [366], ii., [177];
coercion on delinquent states, i., [47];
to legislate where states not competent, i., [47], [371], [372];
over state police, [370], [371];
over state judiciary, [374], [375];
members of, in debate, ii., [135];
expulsion of members of, ii., [135];
to compel attendance of members, ii., [135];
to judge of elections of members, ii., [135];
to adjourn, [138];
limits of, debated, [172], [173];
to regulate captures, debated, [184];
over Indians, debated, [226];
over general welfare, proposed, [226];
to pass ex post factolaws and bills of attainder, prohibited, [227], [375];
to fulfil engagements of old Congress, debated, [229], [237];
over militia, debated, [230], [235];
to enforce treaties, debated, [235];
negative on state laws, debated, [236];
to pass tax laws, debated, [241], [371];
to pay public debts, debated, [247], [297];
to regulate ports of entry, [252];
to refer appointments to state legislatures, [254];
to pay debts with anything but coin, debated, [262];
report of committee of eleven taken up, [269];
over public lands, proposed, [280], [282];
to make national bankruptcy law, debated, [293];
to judge privileges of members, [304];
to grant letters of marque and reprisal, [304];
to govern seat of government, [305];
to grant copyrights, [305];
to create offices, proposed, [338];
to appoint treasurer, debated, [371];
to punish piracies, etc., debated, [372];
to make canals, proposed, [373];
to grant charters, proposed, [373];
to establish a university, proposed, [374];
to be limited in providing for standing army, [375].
Property qualifications for members of, debated, ii., [59], [63], [128], [132], [147].
Qualifications for members of, debated, i., [42], ii., [131].
Quorum in, debated, ii., [132], [135], [177].
Representation in, debated, i., [36], [109], [114], [120], [134], [232], [302], [327], [331], [338], [341], [342], ii., [110], [114];
compromise proposed, i., [114];
enumeration of blacks and whites, debated, [258], [338], [340], [344], [346], [347], [350];
question postponed, [318];
referred to committee, [322];
report of committee, [322];
motion to increase, debated, [325];
census for, debated, [328], [338], [340], [341];
taxation as basis of, debated, [342], [347], [348], [371];
moved that, of large states be limited, [378];
increase of, debated, ii., [318], [323], [393].
Rules to be regulated by each house, ii., [170].
Term of members of, debated, i., [126].
Time of meeting, debated, ii., [93], [94], [95].
Two branches of, agreed to, i., [39], [134];
debate on, [190], [199], [204].
House of Representatives,
mode of election to, debated, i., [39], [40], [42], [84], [91], [204], [224];
classification of states to determine representation in, proposed, [106];
term of members, debated, [124], [126];
age for members, debated, [125], [213], [214];
elections to, by state legislatures, proposed, [206], [247];
three years' term in, proposed, [207], [209];
eligibility of members to other offices debated, [214], [217], [218], [223], [224], ii., [292];
committee report on representation in, i., [318], [319];
constitution of, debated, ii., [96], [301];
who may vote for members of, debated, [106];
seven years' citizenship for members of, proposed, [107], [131], [132];
qualifications for members of, debated, [107];
clause relative to, agreed to, [110];
money bills to originate in, debate on, [115], [305], [337];
power of impeachment of, agreed to, [116];
time and mode of election to, debate on, [126], [128];
power of, over elections in states, debated, [128];
citizenship and residence for members, debated, [144], [145];
four years' citizenship for members of, proposed, [145];
nine years' citizenship for members of, proposed, [145];
citizenship requirements not to apply to those already citizens, [145], [148];
five years' citizenship for members of, proposed, [148];
clause for citizenship and age of members agreed to, [148];
representation by direct taxation, debate on, [151];
power to make bankruptcy laws, proposed, [292];
power of, to make treaties, proposed, [327];
increase in representation in, proposed, [339];
moved to strike out apportionment by "direct taxes," [367];
proposed that all journals of, be printed, [371].
Senate
mode of election to, debated, i., [43], [233], ii., [116];
to be a check on democracy, i., [44];
election to, by state legislatures, debated, i., [44], [94], [101], [236];
elections to, by the people, debated, [100];
mode of voting in, debated, [121], [234], [248], [309], [313], [347];
age for members of, debated, [127], [236];
term of members of, debated, [128], [130], [236], [237], [243];
compensation of members of, debated, [130], [244], [246], [247];
originating money bills in, debated, [132], [134], [355];
representation in, debated, [235], [236], [356], [364], [367], [368], [369], ii., [37], [304];
property qualification for members of, debated, i., [246];
eligibility of members of, to state offices, considered, [246];
eligibility of members of, to any offices, considered, [297];
voting in, by states, debated, [314];
citizenship for members of, debated, ii., [124], [125];
age and citizenship for members of, debated, [126], [148];
moved that members of, be permitted to enter dissent to measures, [136];
moved that journal of, be published, [136];
choosing officers of, agreed to, [180];
power of appointment by, [235], [238];
treaty-making power of, debated, [238], [240];
power of, to appoint ambassadors, etc., considered, [240];
power of, in controversies between states, considered, [241];
power to try impeachments, proposed, [298];
power of, objected to, [315];
to vote on President, [318];
power of, in treaty making, debated, [327], [329];
in appointments, [328];
quorum of, debated, [335];
power of, in impeachment of President, debated, [335], [336];
power of, to amend money bills, [337];
to be under oath in impeachment trials, [338].
Letters of marque, power to issue, debated, ii., [191].
Liberty of the press, guaranty of, proposed, ii., [375].
Livingston, William, N. J., attends convention, i., [96];
appointed on grand committee, ii., [193];
Pierce's sketch of, [209], n.;
delivers report on state debts and militia, [209];
on committee on navigation acts, [225];
submits report on slave importation and navigation acts, [240];
on committee on sumptuary legislation, [366].