During recesses, executive power was vested in a committee of nine states, and states were also authorized to appoint all officers under the rank of colonel if the militia were raised.
Its fifth section provided for representation by no fewer than two and no more than seven members, while a complex process for conflict resolution involving the selection of arbitrators by lots was described in the ninth section. During recesses, executive power was vested in a committee of nine states, and states were also authorized to appoint all officers under the rank of colonel if the militia were raised. The Annapolis Convention, which grew out of questions of navigation rights on the Potomac, was the last serious movement to revise this document, which lacked the enforcement provisions of its successor. Samuel Huntington was the first "president" under, for ten points, what first constitution of the United States?
Its fifth section provided for representation by no fewer than two and no more than seven members, while a complex process for conflict resolution involving the selection of arbitrators by lots was described in the ninth section.
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