Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-03
RECONSTRUCTION,
The Report of the Reconstruction
C0mmftteein Full.

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cent report Of the Reconstruction Com
mittee. It will be seen that it consists
of three separate documents: viz, q joint
resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment; a bill to restore the late re-
bellious States to full political privileges ;
and a bill declaring certain classes of
traitors ineligible to United States offices (:
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING An
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES.
"Resolued BIZ the Senrte and House Of Rep
TeseatdtiVss Of the UHite9 Statessof Ameriea
in Congress assembled, tlco-thirds of both
Houses coAeurTing, Thatthe following article
be proposed to the Legislatures of the sew
eral States as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which, when
ratified BY three-fourths of said Legisla-
ture, shall be valid as part Of the Consti-
tuition, namely:
ARTIcLE-SEc. !. No state shall make
OF enforce any law which shall abridge
the privileges or immunities of citizens
of the United States, mol shall any State
deprive any person Of fife, liberty orprop-
erty without due process of law, nor deny
to any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws.
SEC. 2. Representatives shall be appor-
toned among the several States which
may 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 portion
of its male citizens not less than 81 years
Of age, or in any way abridged, except
for participation in the rebellion or other
crime, the basis of representation in such
State shall be reduced in the proportion
which the number of such male citizens
shall bear to the whole number of male
citizens not less than 81 years ofage.
SEC. 3. Until the 4th day Of July,
1870, all persons who voluntarily adhered
to the late instruction, giving it aid and
comfort, shall be excluded from the right
to vote for members of Congress, and for
electors for President and Vice President
of the United States.
SEC. 4. 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 the insur-
r~ection, or war against the United States,
or any claim for compensation for loss Of
involuntary service or labor.
SEC. s. That Congress shall have pow
er to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the provisions of this article.
A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESTORATION
OF THE STATES LATELY IN REBELLION
TO THEIR FULL POLITICAL RIGHTS.
WHEREAS, 1t is expedient that the
States lately in insnrrection should, at the
earliest day, consistent with the future
peace and safety of the Union, be restored
to full participation in all political rights ;
and
WHEREAS, The Congress did, by joint
resolution, propose for ratification to the
Legislatures of the several States, as an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, m article in the following
words, to wit: (the'constitutional article
here insertedl now, therefore,
Be Il enacted, &C., That whenever the
above recited amendments shall have be-
come 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 Senators and Representa-
tives from such State, if found duly elect
ed and qualified, may, after having taken
the required oaths Of office, be admitted
into Congress.
SECOND. And be itfurther enacted, That
when any tate lately in instruction
shall have ratified the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution, any part
of the direct tax, under the act Of August
5, 1861, which may remain due and IN
paid in such State, may be assumed and
paid by such State, and the payment
thereof, upon proper assurances from such
State, to be given to the Secretary Of the
Treasury of the United States, may be
postponed for a period not exceeding ten
years from and after the passage of this
set.
a BILL DECLARING CERTAIN PERsoNs-IE
ELIGIBLE TO oF~FIcEl.UNDER THE GOV
ERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Be 1t enacted, de-, That no person shall
be eligible TO any Office under the Govern
ment of the United States who is included
in any of the following classes, namely:
Frst-The President and Vice Presi-
dent of the Confederate States of Amer
lea, so-called, and the heads of depart
ments thereof.
Second-Those VINO in other countries
acted as agents Of the Confederate States
of America, SO called.
ThirG-Heads of Departments of the
United States, officers Of the Army and
Navy of the United States, and all per-
sons educated in the Military or Naval
Academies of the United States, Judges
of the Courts of the United States, and
members of either House OF the Thirty
sixth Congress of the United States, who
gave aid or comfort to the late Rebellion.
Fo4rth-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, or any one
who, as a Governor of either of the So
called Confederate States, gave aid and
comfort to the late Rebellion
FftA-Those who have treated officers
or soldiers OF sailors of the Armyo or Navy
ofthe United States, captured during the
late war. otherwise than lawfully as pris-
oners Of war.