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The Grand Committee, consisting of Mr. Livermore, Mr. Dante, Mr. Manning, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Smith, Mr. Symmes, Mr. Pettit, Mr. Henry, Mr. Lee, Mr. Bloodworth, Mr. Pinckney and Mr. [Housoun?], appointed to report such Amendments to the Confederation, and such Resolutions as it may be necessary to recommend to the several States, for the Purpose of obtaining from them such Powers as will render the Federal Government adequate to the Ends for which it was instituted;

Beg Leave to submit the following Report to the Consideration of Congress:

RESOLVED, That it be recommended to the Legislatures of the several states to adopt the following articles, as articles of the confederation, and to authorise their delegates in Congress to sign and ratify the same severally as they shall be adopted, to wit.

ARTICLE XIV. The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive power of regulating the trade of the states, as well with foreign nations as with each other, and of laying such prohibitions and such imposts, and duties upon, imports and exports, as may be necessary for the purpose; provided the citizens of the states shall in no instance be subjected to pay higher duties and imposts than those imposed on the subjects of foreign powers; provided also, that all such duties as may be imposed, shall be collected under such regulations as the United States in Congress assembled shall establish, consistent with the constitutions of the states respectively, and to accrue to the use of the state in which the same shall be payable; provided also, that the legislative power of the several states shall not be refrained from laying embargoes in times of scarcity; and provided lastly, that every act of Congress for the above purpose, shall have the assent of nine states in Congress assembled, and in that proportion when there shall be more than thirteen in the union.

ARTICLE XV. That the respective states may be induced to perform the several duties, mutually and solemnly agreed to be performed by their federal compact; and to prevent unreasonable delays in any state in furnishing her just proportion of the common charges of the union when called upon, and those essential evils which have heretofore often arisen to the confederacy from such delays, it is agreed, that whenever a requisition shall be made by Congress upon the several states on the principles of the confederation for their quotas of the common charges or land forces of the union, Congress shall fix the proper periods when the states shall pass legislative acts complying therewith, and give full and complete [?] to the same; and if any state shall neglect seasonably to pass such acts, such state shall be charged with an additional sum to her quota, called for from the time she may be required to pay or furnish the same, which additional sum or charge, shall be at the rate of ten per cent. per annum on her said quota; and if the requisition shall be for land forces, and any state shall neglect to furnish her quota in time, the average expence of such quota shall be ascertained by Congress, and such state shall be charged therewith, or with the average expence of what she may be deficient and in addition thereto, from the time her forces were required to be ready to act in the field, with a farther sum, which sum shall be at the rate of twelve per cent. per annum of the amount of such expence.

ARTICLE XVI. And that the resources of any state which may be negligent in furnishing her just proportion of the common expence of the union, may in a reasonable time be applied; it is further agreed, that if any state shall to neglect as aforesaid, to pass laws in compliance with the said requisition, and to adopt measures to give the same full effect, for the space of ten months, and it shall then or afterwards be found that a majority of the states have passed such laws, and adopted such measures, the United States in Congress assembled shall have full power and authority to levy, assess and collect all sums and duties with which any such state so neglecting to comply with the requisition, may stand charged on the same by the laws and rules by which the last state tax next preceding such requisition in such state, was levied, assessed and collected; to apportion the sum so required on the towns or counties in such state, to order the sums so apportioned to be assessed by the assessors of such last state tax, and the said assessments to be committed to the collectors of the same last state tax, to collect and to make return of such assessments and commitments to the treasurer of the United States, who, by himself, or his deputy, when directed by Congress, shall have power to recover the monies of such collectors for the use of the United States in the same manner, and under the same penalties as state taxes are recovered and collected by the treasurers of the respective states; and the several towns or counties respectively, shall be responsible for the conduct of said assessors and collectors, and in case there shall be any vacancy in any of said offices of assessors or collectors, by death, removal, refusal to serve, resignation or otherwise, then other fit persons shall be chosen to fill such vacancies in the usual manner in such town or county, within twenty days after notice of the assessment, and in case any towns or counties, any assessors, collectors or sheriffs, shall neglect or refuse to do their duty, Congress shall have the same rights and powers to compel them that the state may have in assessing and collecting state taxes.
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The grand committee, consisting of Mr. Livermore, Mr. Dane, Mr. Manning, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Smith, Mr. Symmes, Mr. Pettit, Mr. Henry, Mr. Lee, Mr. Bloodworth, Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Houstoun, appointed to report such amendments to the Confederation, and such resolutions as it may be necessary to recommend to the several states, for the purpose of obtaining from them such powers as will render the federal government adequate to the ends for which it was instituted, beg leave to submit the following report to the consideration of Congress ...
Contributor Names
United States. Continental Congress.
Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819, former owner.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
[New York : s.n., 1786]
Subject Headings
-  United States.--Articles of Confederation
-  United States.--Continental Congress--Powers and duties
-  United States--New York--New York
Genre
Broadsides--New York (N.Y.)--1786
Broadsheet format (Printing)--New York (N.Y.)--1786
Notes
-  Report recommending seven new articles to the Articles of Confederation, given Aug. 7, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 494-501.
-  Imprint suggested by JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 31, p. 965 (#549). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication.
-  Not in Evans.
-  Bristol B6400
-  Shipton & Mooney 44996
-  Journals of the Continental Congress, 549
-  ESTC W5566
-  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
-  LC copy annotated on recto: Powers of Congress. Mr. Johnson.
-  Scanned card stamped as no. 2674 and 2675. LAC sba 2021-05-19.
-  LAC sba 2021-05-19 no edits (2 cards)
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1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 43 cm.
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Cont Cong no. 197
Library of Congress Control Number
90898174
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United States Continental Congress, William Samuel Johnson, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The grand committee, consisting of Mr. Livermore, Mr. Dane, Mr. Manning, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Smith, Mr. Symmes, Mr. Pettit, Mr. Henry, Mr. Lee, Mr. Bloodworth, Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Houstoun, appointed to report such amendments to the Confederation, and such resolutions as it may be necessary to recommend to the several states, for the purpose of obtaining from them such powers as will render the federal government adequate to the ends for which it was instituted, beg leave to submit the following report to the consideration of Congress. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898174/.

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United States Continental Congress, Johnson, W. S. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1786) The grand committee, consisting of Mr. Livermore, Mr. Dane, Mr. Manning, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Smith, Mr. Symmes, Mr. Pettit, Mr. Henry, Mr. Lee, Mr. Bloodworth, Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Houstoun, appointed to report such amendments to the Confederation, and such resolutions as it may be necessary to recommend to the several states, for the purpose of obtaining from them such powers as will render the federal government adequate to the ends for which it was instituted, beg leave to submit the following report to the consideration of Congress. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898174/.

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United States Continental Congress, William Samuel Johnson, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The grand committee, consisting of Mr. Livermore, Mr. Dane, Mr. Manning, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Smith, Mr. Symmes, Mr. Pettit, Mr. Henry, Mr. Lee, Mr. Bloodworth, Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Houstoun, appointed to report such amendments to the Confederation, and such resolutions as it may be necessary to recommend to the several states, for the purpose of obtaining from them such powers as will render the federal government adequate to the ends for which it was instituted, beg leave to submit the following report to the consideration of Congress. [New York: s.n, 1786] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898174/>.

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