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2. That within -- months after the passing such act, the House of Representatives that happen to be sitting within that time, or that shall especially for that purpose convened, may and shall choose members for the Grand Council, in the following proportion, that is to say,
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* Massachusetts Bay 7
* New Hampshire 2
25. That the particular military as well as civil establishments in each Colony remain in their present state, the general constitution notwithstanding; and that on sudden emergencies any Colony may defend itself, and lay the accounts of expense thence arising before the President-General and General Council, who may allow and order payment of the same, as far as they judge such accounts just and reasonable.
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* Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian], United States Department of State* Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan|Albany Plan of Union, 1754]
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