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In testimony whereof, the great seal of the State is hereunto affixed. Witness William Livingston, esq., Governor, captain general and commander-in-chief in and over the State of New Jersey, and territories thereunto belonging, chancellor and ordinary in the same, at Trenton, the 23d day of November, in the year of our Lord 1786, and of our sovereignty and independence the eleventh.

WILLIAM LIVINGSTON.

By his excellency's command.

BOWES REED, Secretary.

THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

To his excellency William Livingston, and the honorable Abraham [L. S.] Clark, esqrs., greeting:

The Council and Assembly, reposing especial trust and confidence in your integrity, prudence, and ability, have, at a joint meeting, appointed you, the said William Livingston and Abraham Clark, esqrs., in conjunction with the honorable David Brearley, William Churchill Houston, and William Paterson, esqrs., or any three of you, commissioners, to meet such commissioners as have been appointed by the other States in the Union, at the city of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the second Monday of this present month, for the purpose of taking into consideration the state of the Union, as to trade and other important objects, and of devising such other provisions as shall appear to be necessary, to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies thereof.

In testimony whereof, the great seal of the State is hereunto affixed. Witness William Livingston, esq., Governor, captain general and commander-in-chief in and over the State of New Jersey, and territories thereunto belonging, chancellor and ordinary in the same, at Burlington, the 8th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1787, and of our sovereignty and independence the eleventh.

By his excellency's command.

WILLIAM LIVINGSTON.

BOWES REED, Secretary.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

To the honorable Jonathan Dayton, esq.

The Council and Assembly, reposing especial trust and confidence in your integrity, prudence, and ability, have, at a joint meeting, appointed you, the said Jonathan Dayton, esq., in conjunction with his excellency

William Livingston, the honorable David Brearley, William Churchill Houston, William Paterson, and Abraham Clark, esqrs., or any three of you, commissioners, to meet such commissioners as have been appointed by the other States in the Union, at the city of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of taking into consideration the state of the Union, as to trade and other important objects, and of devising such other provision as shall appear to be necessary to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies thereof.

In testimony whereof, the great seal of the State is hereunto affixed. Witness Robert Lettice Hooper, esq., vice president, captain general and commander-in-chief in and over the State of New Jersey, and territories thereunto belonging, chancellor and ordinary in the same, at Burlington, the fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord 1787, and of our sovereignty and independence the eleventh.

ROBERT L. HOOPER.

By his honor's command.

BOWES REED, Secretar

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

AN ACT appointing Deputies to the Convention intended to be held in the city of Philadelphia, for the purpose of revising the Federal Constitution.

SECTION 1. Whereas the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, taking into their serious consideration the representations heretofore made to the legislatures of the several States in the Union, by the United States in Congress assembled, and also weighing the difficulties under which the confederated States now labor, are fully convinced of the necessity of revising the Federal Constitution, for the purpose of making such alterations and amendments as the exigencies of our public affairs require. And whereas the Legislature of the State of Virginia have already passed an act of that Commonwealth, empowering certain commissioners to meet at the city of Philadelphia, in May next, a convention of commissioners or deputies from the different States; and the Legislature of this State are fully sensible of the important advantages which may be derived to the United States, and every of them, from co-operating with the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the other States of the Confederation, in the said design.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, and it is hereby enacted by the representatives of the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General As

sembly met, and by the authority of the same, that Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Jared Ingersoll, Thomas Fitzsimons, James Wilson, and Gouverneur Morris, esqrs., are hereby appointed deputies from this State, to meet in the convention of the deputies of the respective States of North America, to be held at the city of Philadelphia on the second day of the month of May next; and the said Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Jared Ingersoll, Thomas Fitzsimons, James Wilson, and Gouverneur Morris, esqrs., or any four of them, are hereby constituted and appointed deputies from this State, with powers to meet such deputies as may be appointed and authorized by the other States, to assemble in the said convention, at the city aforesaid, and to join with them in devising, deliberating on, and discussing all such alterations, and further provisions, as may be necessary to render the Federal Constitution fully adequate to the exigencies of the Union, and in reporting such act or acts, for that purpose, to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and duly confirmed by the several States, will effectually provide for the same.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any of the said deputies hereby nominated shall happen to die, or to resign his or their said appointment or appointments, the supreme executive council shall be, and hereby are, empowered and required to nominate and appoint other person or persons in lieu of him or them so deceased, or who has or have so resigned, which person or persons, from and after such nomination and appointment, shall be, and hereby are declared to be, vested with the same powers respectively, as any of the deputies nominated and appointed by this act is vested with by the same: Provided always, That the council are not hereby authorized, nor shall they make any such nomination or appointment, except in vacation, and during the recess of the General Assembly of this State.

[L. S.]

Signed by order of the House.

THOMAS MIFFLIN, Speaker.

Enacted into a law at Philadelphia, on Saturday, December the 30th, in the year of our Lord 1786. PETER ZACHARY LLOYD, Clerk of the General Assembly.

I, Mathew Irwine, esq., master of the rolls for the State of Pennsylvania, do certify the preceding writing to be a true copy (or exemplification) of a certain act of Assembly lodged in my office.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, the [L. S.]

15th May, A. D. 1787.

MATHEW IRWINE, M. R.

A supplement to the act entitled "An act appointing deputies to the convention intended to be held in the city of Philadelphia, for the purpose of revising the Federal Constitution."

SEC. 1st. Whereas by the act to which this act is a supplement, certain persons were appointed as deputies from this State to sit in the said convention: And whereas it is the desire of the General Assembly, that his excellency Benjamin Franklin, esq., president of this State, should also sit in the said convention as a deputy from this state: Therefore,

SEC. 2d. Be it enacted, and it is hereby enacted by the representatives of the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, that his excellency Benjamin Franklin, esq., be, and he is hereby appointed and authorized to sit in the said convention as a deputy from this State, in addition to the persons heretofore appointed; and that he be, and he hereby is invested with like powers and authorities as are invested in the said deputies or any of them.

Signed by order of the House.

THOMAS MIFFLIN, Speaker.

Enacted into a law at Philadelphia, on Wednesday, the 28th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1787.

PETER ZACHARY LLOYD,

Clerk of the General Assembly.

I, Mathew Irwine, esq., master of the rolls for the State of Pennsylvania, do certify the above to be a true copy (or exemplification) of a supplement to a certain act of Assembly, which supplement is lodged in my office.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, [L. S.] the 15th May, A. D. 1787.

MATHEW IRWINE, M. R.

THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

To the honorable Alexander Martin, esq., greeting:

Whereas our General Assembly, in their late session, holden at Fay. etteville, by adjournment, in the month of January last, did, by joint ballot of the Senate and House of Commons, elect Richard Caswell, Alexander Martin, William Richardson Davie, Richard Dobbs Spaight, and Willie Jones, esqrs., deputies to attend a convention of delegates from the several United States of America, proposed to be held at the city of Philadelphia in May next, for the purpose of revising the Federal Constitution,

We do, therefore, by these presents, nominate, commissionate, and appoint you, the said Alexander Martin, one of the deputies for and in our behalf, to meet with our other deputies at Philadelphia, on the first day of May next, and with them, or any two of them, to confer with such deputies as may have been, or shall be appointed by the other States, for the purposes aforesaid: To hold, exercise, and enjoy the appointment aforesaid, with all powers, authorities, and emoluments to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining, you conforming, in every instance, to the act of our said Assembly, under which you are appointed.

Witness Richard Caswell, esq., our Governor, captain general and commander-in-chief, under his hand and our great seal, at Kingston, the 24th day of February, in the eleventh year of our independence, A. D. 1787.

[L. S.]

By his excellency's command.

RICH. CASWELL.

WINSTON CASWELL, P. Secretary.

A commission, precisely similar to the above, was given "to the honorable William Richardson Davie, esq.," on the 24th February, 1787.

And also another, "to the honorable Richard Dobbs Spaight, esq., on the 14th of April, 1787.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

His excellency Richard Caswell, esq., Governor, captain general and commander-in-chief, in and over the State aforesaid.

To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:

Whereas, by an act of the General Assembly of the said State, passed the sixth day of January last, entitled "An act for appointing deputies from this State to a convention proposed to be held in the city of Phila. delphia, in May next, for the purpose of revising the Federal Constitution," among other things it is enacted, "That five commissioners be appointed by joint ballot of both Houses of Assembly, who, or any three of them, are hereby authorized as deputies from this State, to meet at Philadelphia, on the first day of May next, then and there to meet and confer with such deputies as may be appointed by the other States for similar purposes, and with them to discuss and decide upon the most effectual means to remove the defects of our Federal Union, and to procure the enlarged purposes which it was intended to effect; and that

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