The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-05-09

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new State are sanguine Of success.
Conclusion of tho RecOnstruction
Committee---Thcir Report
The Joint Committee GU Recon'truc:
ton after q session Of four hours 90
Saturday, at which all the members o.
tho Committee we're present, agreed 10
tho following proposition.
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMEND
lESr TO TIE CONSTITUTION OF TIE UNITED
STATES.
y, il resolved by the Senate and House cf Rtp'
-.,-ontip,, ofthe United States Of America i"
Cbnore,g as.emtkd, tpo.thirds Of both Houses
eoucurring. That the following article 20 pro-
posed 10 the Legislatures OF the several states
as An amendment to the Constitution OF Tue
United Stntes, which, when ralifed oy ta,ee'
four,hs OF snid Legislatures, shall be valid 81
pnrt OF the Constitution, nnmelyi
AsrlcLI-SscTloS !. No State shall makc
or enforce any Inv which shall shrldge tho
privileges or immunilies Of citizens OF The
United States, nor shall my State deprl.eHn
person Of life, liberty or property without
dine process of Inv, nor deny to any person
within il, jurisdiction the equal profession
Of the laws.
Sxc.2. Representatives shall be sppnrtion'
cd among the several States which nay be
included within this Union according 10 their
respective numbers counting the whole num-
her Of persons in each State, excluding lndi'
nm, not taxed. But whenever in any State
tho elective franchise shall be denied to any
norton OF it, male citizens not less than ~
y.nr, Of age, or in my way abridged, except
for psr,icipntion In the Rebellion, or other
crime, the basis Of representation in such
State shall be reduced in the proportion which
tho number Of such mae citizens Shall D'hr
m III, vho;e number Of male citizens not less
thnu II yenrS Of ago. . >,
SIC. 3. Until tho 9Th dry Of July, 1870, all
persons who voluntarily adhered 10 tho late
inuurrcc,on, giving II MD md comfort, shall
he excluded from the right TO vote Tor mem
bors Of Congress, nnd for electors for fre'''
dent and Vice President Of the United States
SEC 4. Neither the United S'ntes nor any
Stale shnll assume o. pay any debt or ohl'ga'
ton already incurred, or which mny hereniter
he incurred, in MD Of the insurreclion, or war
against tho United States, or any clnim for
comprn.ation Tor loss Of Involuntary service
or labor.
SEC. 5. Tint Congress shall have power
TO enforce, ny appropriate legislation, the pro-
visions OF this article.
| A. BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESTORATION OF
THE STATES LATELY IN REBELLION TO THEN
FULL POLITICAL RIGHTS.
Whereas, It. is cxpediGnt that the States
lately in instruction should, ut the enriieal
,lny, consistent with the future peace ana
safo.y Of the Union, he restored TO full phr''ci
patton in NIL political rights; and rhrreds, the
Congress did, by joint resolution, PROPOSE '"'
ruli6cn,lop TO the Legislatures OF the severn
States ~ M amendment TO tho Constitution
OF the United States, IN article ia tho tolio"
ing words, io.wit: Uhc constitutional article
here ins.rlrd,j now, therefore,
BE il enacted. &c., That whenever the ahoV'
rrci,pd amendment shut have become part o.
the Constitution, and nnv Slate lately IN III
surrcction shull hive ratified the same, nm
shall have modified It's Constitution au'l laws
in conformity herewith ths Senators anu
Rcpreass,aliysfa r"Hi mav .r,or ha,; 'u
taken tho required eaths OF office, be udlIittcd
into Congress.
Secondhand be il further enacted, That when
any Suite lately in Instruction shall have
ratified the foregoing proposed amendment lr
the Constitutions, any part OF the direct tax
under net Of Auguat S, 1861, which mHy re-
min duo and unpaid in-,nch State, rnSy b'
assumed md paid by such State, mud the pay'
ment thereof, upon proper assurances from
such Slntc. to he given to tho secretary Of the
| ~ II, rui bR .
poncd for \ period not exceeding ten year.
from aud after the passage Of this net.
A BIIr. DECLARING CERTAIN PERSONS ISEf.lol'
BLE TO OFFICE UNDER TIE GOVERNMENT ol
TIE UNITED STATEs
Bet enacted. &C., Tint no person shn'l be
eligible to any Office under the Government Of
the United States who Is included iu any Of
the following classes, namely:
Frst-The President and Vice President Of
the Confederate States Of America, so. called
and the heads Of departments thereof.
| Secon9-Those who in other countries acted
rs agents of the Confederate States Of America
SO cal He'd.
TAird-IIeads Of Departments Of the United
States, Officers OF the Army and Navy Of the
United Stnles, md all persons educated in the
'Ilil'HiS VI .'HN"t hs"u'h'eo VI s"e c""S-
States, Judges Of the Courts Of tho United
States, md members of either House Of the
rhry-,ixlh Congrrss Of tho United Stntcs,
who gave aid aud comfort TO tls-la.c Rebel
! lion.
E"MrM - Those who acIcd rs officers Of the
Confederate Suites Of America, so.calle,l, nhovc
the grade Of colonel in the army or master in
the navy, or Gny ono who, rs y Governor Of
either of the so called Confederate Suites, gave
mid and comfort TO the lGtc Rebellion.
Fifth - Those who hnvs treated officers or
soldiers or sailors Of the Army or Navy ofthe
United States, captured during the late war,
otherwise than lawfully as prisoners OF war.
Affairs in Wayne COunty---Civil
Law set at Defiance and Civil
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