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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On December 9, the Pennsylvania General Assembly adjourned to reconvene in February at the Philadelphia State-House. The state constitutional convention, in committee, recommended a bicameral legislature, a single restricted executive with veto power over legislation, and amendments to the Declaration of Rights for clearer definition of reserved rights.
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The General Assembly of this Commonwealth adjourned yesterday morning, to meet at the State-House in this city on the first Tuesday in February next.
Yesterday forenoon the Convention for altering and amending the Constitution of this State, in a committee of the whole, reported, That the Legislative department should consist of two branches—
That the Executive should be vested in a single person, under proper restrictions—
That the Supreme Executive Power should have a qualified negative upon the Legislature: and that the Declaration of Rights requires alteration and amendments, so as that the rights reserved from the general powers of government may be more accurately defined and secured.
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Philadelphia
Event Date
Yesterday (As Of December 10)
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assembly adjourned to meet first tuesday in february; convention reported recommendations for constitutional changes including bicameral legislature, single executive with qualified negative, and amendments to declaration of rights.
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The General Assembly adjourned yesterday morning to meet at the State-House in Philadelphia on the first Tuesday in February next. Yesterday forenoon, the Convention for altering and amending the Constitution, in a committee of the whole, reported that the Legislative department should consist of two branches, the Executive vested in a single person under proper restrictions, the Supreme Executive Power with a qualified negative upon the Legislature, and that the Declaration of Rights requires alteration for more accurate definition and security of reserved rights.