This report was made on the 1st of September and was acted on by the convention on the 3d of Sep ember. and was by the convention adopted: On the question to agree to the followin clause of the report: "to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankrupties. It was adopted by a vote of nine States in favor and one against. The report thus adopted was then transferred to the main report. which had been made ol the 6th of Angust. and now constitutes a part of the eighth section of the first article. in the clause "to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States." Turning from the journal of the convention. from which I have read. to the debates. I find this: Mr. Pincekney moved to commit article 16. with the followin! -oroosition: "to establish uniform laws upon the subject of bankruptcies. and respecting the dam. ages arising on the protest of foreign bills of exchange." The sixteenth article of the report of the 6tih of August. 1787. to which 11e referred. was this: Article XVT.
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