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- GLC#
- GLC03764
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 12 December 1795
- Author/Creator
- Stewart, John, 1759-1823
- Title
- [Resolutions in the Virginia House of Delegates recommending additional Amendments to Constitution][copy]
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 38 cm, Width: 23 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Instructs Virginia senators and representatives in the U.S. Congress to "unite their utmost exertions" to obtain the following constitutional amendments included: 1. treaties that become law must be ratified by the House; 2. impeachments be conducted by a tribunal other than the Senate; 3. changing Senate terms to three years with one third of the Senate changing each year; 4. excluding judges from holding other offices. Stewart was the clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates. Co-signed by R. Brooke for the state Senate.
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