More on the Constitution

Here are a couple of interesting items. I had actually some information that these existed, so I am not surprised, but these are the first two Amendments to the Constitution that were proposed by Congress to the States. They were the first of twelve Amendments. After they were removed, not ratified, the Bill of Rights only included the Ten Amendments with which we are familiar. (Or are we? Who knows them from memory? I don't, but I know where to look them up.) Perhaps they were felt to be redundant, but I wonder if we should have kept the second one, at least.

Amendments Agreed to After Conference and Proposed by Congress to the States September 25, 1789

Article the first: After the first enumeration required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which, the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall not be less than two hundred Representatives, nor more than one Representative for every fifty thousand persons.

Article the second: No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

Here is the source website for the above.

http://www.constitution.org/dhbr.htm