ART. X.--The Committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be

authorized to execute, in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of

Congress as the United States, in Congress assembled, by the consent of

nine States, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them

with; provided that no power be delegated to the said Committee, for the

exercise of which, by the Articles of Confederation, the voice of nine

States in the Congress of the United States assembled is requisite.

ART. XI.--Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the

measures of the United States shall be admitted into, and entitled to

all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted