OT (but fitting)
"...Madison proposed twelve Bill of Rights...what were the other two?"
On September 25, 1789, Congress sent twelve proposed amendments to the
state legislatures for ratification. The first of these, dealing with
Congressional representation, was never ratified. The second, concerning
Congressional pay, was not ratified until 1992 when it became the 27th
Amendment! The remaining ten were adopted on December 15, 1791 as the
first ten amendments to the Constitution, and became known as the Bill of
Rights.
Article I
(Never Ratified)
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
more 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 be not less than two hundred
Representatives, nor more than one Representative for every
fifty thousand persons.
Article II
(Adopted as Amendment XXVII)
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the
Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election
of Representatives shall have intervened.
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