Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-10-05
Constitutional Amendment

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Joint Resolution proposing an amendment
to the Constitution Of the United States:
Resoired By the Senate and House of Rep
yesentatires of the United States of america
in Congress assembled (two-thirds OF both
Houses concurrinRl That the following ar
ticle be proposed to the Legislatures Of the
several States, which, as an amendment to
the Constitution Of the United States, when
ratified by three-fourths OF said Legislatures,
shall be valid as part Of the Constitution.
namely:
ARTICLE XIV.
SECTION |. All persons born or natural.
lied in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens Of the Uni
ted States and Of the State wherein they re-
side. No State shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges or i'm
munities Of citizens OF the 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 ju-
risdiction the equal protection Of the laws.
SEC. 2. Representatives shall be appor
toned among the several States according to
their respective numbers, counting the whole
number Of persons in each State, excluding
Indians not taxed. But when the right to
vote at any election for the choice Of Elec-
tors for President and Vice President Of the
United States, Representatives in Congress,
the executive and judicial officers Of o State,
or the members Of the Legislature thereof, is
denied to any Of the male inhabitants OF each
State, being twenty-one years OF age, and
beng citizens Of the United States, or in any
way abridged, except for participation in re-
bellion or other crime, the basis OF represen-
tation therein shall be reduced in the pro-
portion which the number Of such male clti-
sens shall bear to the whole number OF male
citizens twenty-one years OF age IN 'uch
State.
SIC. 8. No person shall be a Senator or
Representative in Congress 0, Eiecsoi "
prss;dont or Vice President, or hold any Of
Zee. civil or military, under the United States
or under any State, who, having previously
,,kcn an oath as a member Of Congress, or
~ an officer of the United States, or as a
n,omhcr Of any State Legislature, or as an
areontiye or judicial officer Of any State to
sMnnort the Constitution OF the United States,
sbapil have engaged in instruction or rebel
lion against the same, or given aid or COM
tort TO the enemies thereof. But Congress
NAV. BY a vote of two-thirds OF each House.
remoyes such disability.
SEC. 4. The validity Of the public debt
OF the United States, authorized by law,
including debts incurred for payment Of PEN
siuns and bounties for services in suppress
ing insurrection or rebellion, shall not DO
questioned. But neither the United States
nor any State shall assume or pay any debt
or obligation incurred in aid Of instruction
or rebellion against the United States, or any
claim for the loss or emancipation Of any
slave; but all such debts obligations or
claims shall be held illegal and void.
SEC. S. Congress shall have power to On.
force, BY appropriate lsgislation, the provi-
sions Of this article. w-9 -rrr- 49,