The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-13

The following is the omnibus bill "a
.ssea by the Senate. It;sn now before She
Hsush: IS. q -sr..s "a. -.s
a.. Act to Admit the States Of North
alma. South Carolina, Louisiana,
Ssogia, Alabama, and Florida, to BE.
,,,sen.ation in Congress. !
whereas the people of North Carolina,
9Th Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Ala
80 and Florida have, in pursuance Of
a. DEN n,rorisions of an act entitled scs
nv he more efficient government or fha
i" ,,el States passed MARCIA aecond, eirh.
~ hundred and sixtyssayen, and HE acts
Y@s,nnlementary thereto, framed constitutions
= Sta,e government which are republican.
VI have adopted said constitutions by large
"s;orities Of the votes cast at the elections
lid 70. the ratification or rejection Of the
ssns; therefore
Re it enacted, de-, That each Of the
s...es Ct North Carolina, South Carolina,
I"n;siana, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida
'bsIl be entitled and admitted to represen-
..,,ion in Congress ais States of the Union
~brn the Legislatures Of said States re-
,,ac,;vely shall have duly ratified the
.mendment to the Constitution of the
United States proposed by the Thirty
ninth Congress, and known as article four
,cer. upon the following fundamental con-
l;.inns: That the constitutions of neither
=; said States shall ever be so amended or
changed rs to deprive any citizen or class
~ citizens of the United States Of the right
mvote in said State who are entitled to vote
br the constitution thereof herein recog-
,;red, except as punishment for such
Zines as are now felonies at common
law, whereof they shall have been duly con-
rcted under laws equally applicable to all
The inhabitants of said State: Provided,
That any alteration Of said constitutions,
prospective in its effect, may be made with
rerard to the time and place Of residence
@. voters; and the State of Georgia shall
only be entitled and admitted to represen-
,stion upon this further fundamental con-
dillon that the first and third subdivis-
ions Of section seventeen of the fifth article
d the constitution Of said State, except the
proyiso TO the first subdivision, shall be
null and void, and that the General Assem-
bly, of said State, by solemn public act,
shall declare the assent Of the State to the
foregoing fundamental condition. .Sa'
SECTION 2. And be 1t further enacted,
That if the day fixed for the meeting Of the
legislature of either of said States by the
Constitution or ordinance thereof shall
have passed, or have so nearly arrived be-
fore th9 passage of this act that there shall
not oe time for the Legislature to assemble
st the period fixed, such Legislature shall
convene at the end of twenty days from
tha time this act takes effect, unless the
Governor elect shall sooner convene the
same. 49, s-.
SECTION 8. A7ad be 1t further enacted,
That the first section Of this act shall take
effect as to each State Except Georgia. when
such State shall by its Legislature duly
rstfy article fourteen Of the. amendments
to the Constitution of the United States
proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress
and as to the State of Georgia, when it shall,
in addition, give the assent of said State to
the fundamental condition hereinbefore
imposed upon the same; and thereupon the
ulcers of each State duly elected and
,ualtied under the Constitution thereof
hall be inaugurated without delay; but no
,erson prohibited from holding Office under
Inc the United States, or under any State,
BY section three of the proposed amend
rnent to the Constitution of the United
States known as article fourteen, shall be
deemed eligible to any office in either Of
said States, unless relieved from disability
as provided in said amendment; and it is
hereby made the duty Of the President,
within ten days after receiving official in
formation of the ratification of said amend
mcnt by the Legislature of either Of said
States, to issue proclamation announcing
that tucI.n -