The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-04

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ey IN the treasury not otherwise appropriated to
enable the President to negotiate treaties with
the Indian tribes of the Upper Missouri, and the
Upper Platte rivers; said sum to be expended by
the commissioner of Indian affairs under the di-
rection of the Secretary of the Inferior.
Approved June Is, 1866.
No. 4S.
Joint Resolution proposing an Amendment to
the Constitution Of the United States.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatves of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, 1.-TWO thirds of both Houses
concurring.) That the following article be pro-
posed to the legislatures of the several States
an amendment to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, which, when ratified by three-tourths
of said legislatures, shall be valid part of the
Constitution, namely
ARTICLE XIV.
Sec. l. All persons born naturalized in the
United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and of
the State wherein they reside. No State shall
make enforce any law which shall sbridge the
privileges or immunitieS of citizens of the Uni
ted States; nor shall any State deprive any per-
of life, liberty, or property, without due pro
cess of law, nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Sec. :. Representatives shall be appOrtiOned
among the several States according to their re-
spective numbers, counting the whole number of
persons in each State. excluding Indians not
taxed But when the right to vote at any cleo
Vice-Presidcnt of the United States, representa-
tives in Congress, the executive and judicial Off
GERS of State or the members of the legisla-
ture thereof, is denied to any of the male inhab-
itants of such State, being twenty one years OF
age, and citizens of the United States, or in any
way abridged, except for participation in rebell-
ion or other crime, the basis of representation
therein shall be reduced in the proportion which
the number of such male citizens shall bear to
the whole number of male citizens twenty -one
wears of are in such State.
Sec. 8. No person shall be senator or repre-
sentative i'll Congress, or eector of President and
Vice President, or hold any Office, civil or mill
tary under the United States, or under any State,
who having previously taken an oath, as q mem
Der of Congress. or as AN officer OF the United
States, as member of any State legislature
or as an executive or judicial officer of any State
to support the Constitution of the United States,
shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the same, or given aid and comfort there
of. But Congress may by vote of two-thirds
of each house remove such disability.
Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt OF the
United States, authorized by law, including debts
incurred for payment of pensions and bounties
for services in suppressing lnsurrection or rebel
lion, shall not be questioned. But neither the
United States nor any State shall assume or pay
any debt obligation incurred in aid of insur-
any claim for the loss of emancipation of any
slave; but all such debts, obligations, and claims
shall be held illegal and void
Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to en-
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Sneaker of the H0,cSe of REPRESENTATIVES.
LA FAYETTE s. FOSTER,
President 6f the Senate pro ten,pore
Attest: EDw. MCPHERsoN,
Clerk Of the House Of Representatives.
J. w. FoRNEY,
Secretary Of the Senate.
Received at Department of State June 16, 1866
No. 49.
Joint Resolution relative to Appointments to the
Military Academy of the United States.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled That the age for the admis-
sion of cadets to the United States Military Acad-
emy shall hereafter be between seventeen and
twenty-five years but any person who has serv-
ed honorably and faithfully not less than one
year an officer or enlisted man in the army of
the United States, either a volunteer or in
the regular service, in the late for the SUD-
preston of the rebellion, and who possesses the
other qualifications prescribed by law, shall be
eligible to appointment up to the age of twenty
four years.
Sec 3. And be it further resolved, That cadets
at the Military Academy shall hereafter be ap-
pointed one year in advance of the time of their
admission, except in cases where, by reason of
death or other cause, a vacancy occurs which
cannot be thus provided for by such appointment
in advance; but no pay or allowance shall be
made to any such appointee until he shall be reg
ularly admitted on examination now provided
by law nor shall this provision apply to appoint
ments to be made in the present year. And in
addition to the requirements necessary for ad
mission as provided by the third section of the
''Act making further provisions for the corps of
engineers" approved April twenty-nine, eighteen
hundred and twelve, candidates shall be required
to have q knowledge of the elements of English
grammar, of descriptive geography, particularly
OF our own country, and the history of the Uni
ted States.
Sec g. And be it further resolved, That, in all
appointments of cadets to the military academy
after those who enter the present year, the per-
son authorized to nominate shall nominate not
less than five candidates for each vacancy, all of
whom shall be actual residents of the Congress
sional district, Territory, or District of Colum-
bia, entitled to the appointment; and the selec-
tion of one shall be made from the candidates
according to their respective merits and qualifi-
cations, under such rules and regulations as the
Secretary of War shall from time to time pre-
scribe. And in like manner the President of the
United States shall be authorized hereafter to
nominate fifty at large each year, instead of ten
as now provided by law, who shall be examined
under like regulations, and of whom the ten
who may be reported as most meritorous and
best Qualified shall be appointed: Provided, how
ever. That not more than two of these shall be
appointed in any year from one State.
Approved June 16, 1866