SECOND.

That it appears to this Committee that it would be fit to propose as

the first Article to serve as a Basis of the said Union, that the said

Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland shall, upon a day to be agreed

upon, be united into one Kingdom, by the name of the UNITED KINGDOM OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

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