N. H. ay. Mas. ay. Ct no. N. J. no. Pa. ay. Md no. Va ay. N. C. ay. S. C. no. Geo. divided.
The last clause rendering a Seat in the Legislature & an office incompatible was agreed to nem. con:
The Report as amended & agreed to is as follows.
"The members of each House shall be ineligible to any Civil office under the authority of the U. States, created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during the time for which they shall respectively be elected–And no person holding any office under the U. S. shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office."
Adjourned.
Tuesday Sepr 4. 1787. In Convention
Mr Brearly from the Committee of Eleven made a further partial Report as follows
"The Committee of Eleven to whom sundry resolutions &c. were referred on the 31st of August, report that in their opinion the following additions and alterations should be made to the Report before the Convention, viz. [50]
[ [50] This is an exact copy. The variations in that in the printed Journal are occasioned by its incorporation of subsequent amendments. This remark is applicable to other cases.–Madison's Note. The report was copied by the Secretary of the Convention, William Jackson, into the Journal, after it had been read. Afterwards two sentences were altered by interlining with lead pencil. The alterations (indicated by italics) are as follows: Paragraph 4, "The person having the greatest number of votes ... if such number be a majority of the whole number of the electors appointed." Paragraph 7, "But no treaty, except treaties of peace, shall be made," etc. The changes in paragraph 4 are unimportant: the change in paragraph 7 was an amendment offered by Madison September 7th, and adopted.–Const. MSS.—Journal of Federal Convention, p. 323, et seq.