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utimo, at which all the members of the Com
nttee were present, agreed to report the fol-
lowing propositions:
Il Joint Resolution proposing an amendment
to the Constitution Of tic United States.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of The United States of Amer
lea, in Congress assembled, two. thirds Of both
Houses concurring, That the following article
BE proposed to the Legislatures Of the several
States as an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States. which, when ratified by
three -fourths of said Legislatures shall be
valid as part of the Constitution, viz:
ABTIcLE-Section l. No State shall make
or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunitics of citizens Of .n
United States, nor shall any State deprive any
person of life, liberty or property without due
process of law, nor deny to any person within
its jurisdiction the equal protection Of the
laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be appor-
toned among the several States which may be
included within this Union, according to the
respective numbers, counting the whole num-
Der of persons it, each State, excluding Ind-
ans not taxed but whenever in any State the
elective franchise shall be denied to any por-
ton of its male ctizeus, not less than twenty
one years Of age, or be in any way abridged,
except for participation in rebellion or other
crime the bnsis of representation in such State
shall be reduced in the proportion which the
number of such male citizens shall bear to
the whole numbcr Of male citizens not less
than twenty. one years Of age.
Section g. Until the fourth day Of July,
1870, all persons who voluntarily adhered to
the late insurrcction, giving it aid and COM
fort, shall be excluded from the right to vote
for members of Congress and for electors for
President und Vice President of the United
States
Section 4. Neither the United States nor
my State shall assume or pay any debt or OBJ
legation already incurred or which may here
after be incurred in aid of insurrcGtion or war
against the United. States, or any claim for
compensation for loss Of involuntary scrvee or
labor.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power
to enforce by appropriate Legislation the pro-
visions Of this article.
4 Bill to Provide for the restoration Of the
States lately IN Insurection to Mesr fill
Political R'yhts.
Whereas, 1t is expedient that the States
lntcly in insurrection should. at the earliest
day consistent with the future peace and safe
ty of the Union be restored to full participa
ton in all political rights; and
Whereas, The Congress did by joint reso-
luton propose for ratification to the Lcgisla-
lures Of the several States as an amendment
to the Copstitution of the United States an
article in the following words, to-wit The
Constitutional article is here inserted Now,
therefore,
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the United States of Amer
lea in Congress assembled, Thut whenever
the above recitcd amendment shall have be.
como part of the Constitution, and any State
lately in instruction shall have ratified the
same and shall have modified its Constitution
and laws in conformity Herewith, the Scna-
tors and Representatives from such State, if
found July elected and qualified, may, after
having taken the required oath of office, be
admitted into Congress as such.
Section Q. And be it further enactcd/ That
when any State lately in insurrccton shall
have adopted the foregoing proposed amend.
ncnt to the Constitution, any part of the d.
rect tax under the Act of August 9Th, 1861,
which may renlain due and unpaid in such
State, may be assumed and paid by such State,
\ and the payment thereof, upon proper assu-
RANGES front such State, TO be given to the
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,
may be postponed for period not exceeding
ton years from and after the passage of this
Act. :"
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