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100 ALBANY PAPERS. [At B.T.] each colony to the general treafury can Of t1»? Plan qf Union. IOI from each ; which might othe rwife produce permcrous be known, the number of members to be cholirn for each colony {hall from time to time, in all enfuing elections, be regulated confequences, and dell and good agreement that oug roy the harmony ht to fubfiit be~ tween the by that proportion (yet fo as that the num- Meetingr of [be Grand Counci l, and Call. ber to be chofen by any one province be not more than feven, nor leis than two). By a fubfcquent article it is propofed, that the general council lhall lay and levy fuch general duties as to them may appear molt equal and leaf): burthenfome, bee. Suppofe, for in- fiance, they lay a [mall duty or excite on tome commodity imported into or made .in the colonies, and pretty generally and equally ufed in all of them; as rum perhaps, or wine: the yearly produce of this duty or excife, if fairly collected, would be in fome colonies greater, in others lefs, as the colonies are greater or fmaller. When the collectors accounts are brought in, the proportions will appear ,- and from them it is propofed to regulate the proportion of reprefentatives to be chofen at the next general election, within the limits however of {even and two. Thefe numbers may therefore vary in courfe of years, as the colonies may in the growth and increafe of people. And thus the quota of tax from each colony would naturally vary with its circumi'tances; thereby preventing all difputes and diffatisfaétions about the jut'r proportions due 4‘!"- fizveral parts of the union. . That the Grand Counci l [hall meet once in every year and oftener if occafion re? quire, at fuch time and pla ce as they {hall adjourn to at the lafl preced ing meeting, or as they {hall be called to me et at by the Prefident General on any em ergencyhe having firf't obtained in writin g the confent of {even of the me mbers to fuch call, and fent due and timely notice to the whole. ‘ It was thought, in ei'cablilhin g and governin new colomes or fettle ments, regulating Indian trade, Indian treaties, 86C. there would be ever year fuflicient bufinefs arife one meeting, and at fuch meeto require at leafl; might be fuggeflzed for the benting many things lonies. This annual meetin efit of all the cog may either be at a time or place certain, to be fixed by the Predent General and grand cou meeting ; or left at liberty, ncil at their firfi: to be at fuch time and place as they {hall adjour to meet at by the Prefident n to, or be called General. In |
