The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-30
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william %. seward. Secretary Of
state Of the United States.


the twentieth Of April, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, entitled can act 10
provide for the publication of the laws of
the united States and for other purposes,n Il
lie declared. that whenever Official notice shall
have been received at the Department Of State
that any amendment which heretofore has
been and hereafter may be proposed TO the
Constitution OF the United States has been
adopted according to the provisions Of tho
Constitution, It shall be the duty Of the said
Secretary OF State forthwith TO cause the said
mendment to be published In the newspapers
authorized to promulgate the laws, with his
certificate. specifying the States by which the
same may have been adopted, and that the
same has become valid to all intcnts and pur.
poses as part Of the Constitution OF the Uni.
ted States:
And whereas the Congress OF the United
States, on or about the sixteenth day Of June,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six,
submitted to the legislatures Of the several
States proposed amendment to the Constitu:
tion In the following words, to wit:
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment
to the Constitution OF the United States.
Be u resolved BY ne Senate and House Of Repre-
senfdfipes Of the United States Of America In Con-
gren assembled, .ltVoihirds 81 both Houses con-
posed 70 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 rs
part of the Constitution, namely:
ARTICLE xiv.
SECTION /. All persons born or naturalized
in the United States, and subject to the juris-
diction thereof, are citizens Of the United
States, and Of the State wherein they reside.
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 Of life, liberty, Or
property, withour 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 according to
their respective numbers, counting the whole
numsG. OF II Ru each sa
vote at any election for the choice Of electors
for President and Vice President Of the Unit
ted States, Representatives In Congress, the
executive and judicial officers of State, or
the members Of the Legislature thereof, 10 de-
MED to any Of the male inhabitasts Of such
State, being twenty-one years OF age and citi-
abridged, except for participation in the re.
bellion or other crime, the basis OF reprcsen-
tRtion therein shall be reduced In the proper
tion which tho number Of such male citizens
shall bear to the whole number OF male citi-
zens twenty-one years OF age in such State
SECTION 3. No person shall be Senator or
ident and Vice President, or hold any ofilce,
civil or military, under the United States, or
under any State, who, having previously taken
an oath as member OF Congress-, or as an on:
Ger of the United States, or 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 or comfort to the enc
mics thereof. But Congress may, by vote OF
two-thirds Of each House, remove such disa-
bility.
SECTION 4. The validity Of the public debt
of the Upited States, authorized by law, in
Guiding debts incurred for payment OF pen
iasurrectioH or rebellion, shall not &c ques,
toned. But neither the United States nor any
State shall assume or pay any debt or obligs-
tion incurred in aid of insurreetion or rebel.
for the loss or emancipation Of any slave; but
all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be
to enforce, BY appropriate legislation, the pre-
SCHUYLER CoLrAx,
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
LA FAYETTE 5. FOSTER,
President of the Senate pro iemPors.
EDwD. MCPHgRsoS,
Clerk OF the House OF Representatives
J. W. FoRsEr, Secretary Of the Senate"
And whereas the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatives Of the Congress Of the United
States, on the twenty-frst day OF July, one
thousand, eight hundred and sixty eight,
adopted and transmitted to the Department OF
State q concurrent resolution, which concur.
rent resolution is In the words and figures
following, to wit:
IL SENATE OF THE uErrEp sTArEs,l
Whereas the legislatures Of the States Of
Connecticut, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oregon,
Vermont, West Virginia, Kansas, Missouri,
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Mich
igan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Massaehu-
sets, Nsbrasika, Maine Iowa. s Ark;ssnSsss,
olina, and Louisiana, being three fourths and
more of the several States Of the Union, have
ratified the fourteenth article OF amendment
proposed by two thirds Of each House Of the
Thirty-n ninth Congress; therefore,
Resolped BY he SenIfe, tfhe House Of Represenfd-
Tires eoneurring) That said fourteenth article
is hereby declared to be part of the Consti-
tuition OF the United States, and 1t shall be
duly promulgated as such by the Secretary OF
Attest: GEoRGE q. doRHAM,
Secretary.
IL THE HOUSE OF RErGEsExrATIyEs.
Resolved Tha. the House of iRs eypie:e ,sSs
concur IN the foregoing Concurrent Resolu-
tion Of the Senate l'deelaring the ratification
Of the fourteenth article Of amendment of the
oonstiIaion Of the United STATE MGp,r,sox
Clerk"
And whereas official notice has been re.
ceived at the Department Of State that the
legislatures of the several States next herein
after named have, at the times respectively
aforementioned, taken the proceedings here
inafter recited upon or In relation to the rati-
ncation of the said proposed amendment,
called article fourteenth, namely;
The legislature OF Connecticut ratified the
amendment June 3oth, 1866; the legislature OF
New Hampshire ratified 1t July It'll. 1896; the
legislature of Tennessee ratified 1t July 10th,
1866; the legislature OF New Jersey ratified II
September 18th, 1865, and the legislature of the
same State passed a resolution in April, 1903,
to withdraw its consent to iti the legislature
OF Oregon ratified 1t September 10th, 1866; the
legislature OF Texas rejected 1t November lst
1860; the legislature OF Vermont ratified 1t on
or previous to November 9th, 1906 the legisls
turc OF Georgia rejected 1t November 18th. 1896
and the legislature Of the same State ratified
1t July 2lst, 1903; the legislature OF North Caro-
lima rcJectedit December ith, 1866, and the leg
islature Of the same State ratified 1t July 9Th
1885, the legislature of South Carolina re,
jected 1t December Goth ,lsOO, and the legislature
of the same State ratified 1t July 9th, 1868; the
legislature of Virginia rejected 1t January 9th,
1851 the legislature of Kentucky rejected II
January 10th, 1906 the legislature OF New
York ratified 1t January 10th, 1867; the leg.
islature OF Ohio ratified 1t January nth,
1867, and the Legislature OF the same State
passed a resolution in January, 1865, to with
draw its consent to III the legislature OF Ill.
nois ratified 1t January 18th, 1867; the legisla.
ture Of West Virginia ratified 1t January 10th,
1861 the legislature OF Kansas ratified It Jan.
uary 18th, 1906 the legislature OF Maine rati.
fed 1t January 10th, 1866 the legislature OF
Nevada ratified 1t January 22d, 1866 the lcgis.