Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-10
Congressional

Congressional.
The Committee on Reconstruction
have reported joint resolution propo-
sing an amendment to the Constitution,
as follows:
ARTICLE /.
SECTION /. No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge
the privileges or immunities of citizens
of the United States, nor shall any
State deprive any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection Of the
law.
Sec. 2. Representatives shall be APP
pointed among the several States which
shall be included within this Union, ac-
cording to their respective numbers,
counting the whole number of persons
in each State, excluding Indians not
taxed, but whenever, in any State, the
elective franchise shall be denied to
any person of its male citizens not less
than twenty-one years of age, or in any
way participating in the rebellion, or
other crime, the basis of representa-
ton in such State shall be reduced in
the proportion which the number of
such male citizens shall bear the whole
number of male citizens not less than
twenty-one years of age.
SEC. 3. Until the 4th of July, 1870,
all persons who voluntarily adhered to
the fate of instruction, giving it aid
and comfort, shall be excluded from
the right to vote for members of Con.
gress, and for Electors for President or
Vice President of the United States.
SEC. T. Neither the United States,
nor any State, shall assume or pay any
debt or obligation already incurred, or
which may hereafter be incurred, in
aid of instruction or war against the
United States, or any claim for com.
pensation for the loss of involuntary
service or labor.
SEC. S. Congress shall have power
to enforce, by appropriate Legislation,
the provisions of this article.
Now, THEREFORE, BE Il enacted Jy tht
Senate and House of Representatives. Of
the Unieed States of america IN Congress
assembled, That whenever the above re.
cited amendment shall have become a
part Of the Constitution of the United
States, or any State in insurrection
shall have ratified the same, and shall
have modified its Constitution and laws
in connection herewith, the Senators
and Representatives from such States,
if found duly elected and qualified,
shall, after taking the required oaths
of Office, be admitted into Congress as
such F; Prorided, That no persons shall
be eligible to any Office under the Uni.
ted States who are included in any of
the following classes, viz: First the
President and Vice President of the
Confederate States of America so cal
led, the heads of departments and the
members of both houses of Congress
thereof second, those who in other
countries acted as agents of the Con-
federate States of America, So
called third, heads of departments of
the United States, officers of the army
and navy of the United States, and
members of either House of Congress
Of the United States who aided in the
late rebellion fourth, those who acted
as officers of the Confederate States of
America, SO called, above the grade of
Colonel in the army or Master in the
navy, and any one who, as Governor
of the SO called Confederate States,
gave aid and comfort to the late rebel
lion fifth, those who have treated of.
ficers or soldiers or sailors of the army
or navy of the United States, captured
during the late war, otherwise than
lawfully as prisoners of war.
1t is understood that the vote in CON-
mittee was twelve against three. AS
it is known that Senator johnson and
Order and Rogers on
ly voted in the negative, the alternatives
must have been Senators Fessenden,
Grimes, Harris, Howard and Williams,
and Representatives Stevens, Wash
burne, of Illinois, Morrill,, Bingham,
Conklin, Boutwell, and Blow.
In the Senate, on the Cd, Mr. Trum-
bulls amendment to the Post Office APP
preparation bill, refusing pay to per-
sons appointed to fill vacancies caused
by Presidential removals from office,
until confirmed by the Senate, was
adopted 10 to Il-and the bill was
passed.
The nomination of General Frank |
Blair, as Collector of Internal Revo-
nue at St. Louis, was rejected by the |
Senate in executive session.
The bill to admit Colorado as State
in the Union has passed both Houses
and awaits the signature of the Presi.
dent.
Mr.. Ashley's bill transferring about
$4,000 square miles of territory from
Utah to Nevada was passed The
bill granting section of land to per-
sons boring artesian wells on the mail
quite across the plains, was passed.