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The Fourseen,h;s CONSTRUCTIONS

The Fourteenth Constitutional
SrutiHInI amendment soIl2jA
William III. Seward, Secretary Of
State Of the United States,s to whom
these presents may come, greeting, i7
WHEREAS, The Congress of the Uni
ted States, on or about the 10th of ] une,
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six, passed resolution, which
is in the words and figures following, to-
wit; ;a.Iasl15 5ap-elNL
.Toint resolution proposing an = amend
nsent TO TIE Constitxtion Of the United,
States. - .ts b,ers ii ~,
Be at- resolOed (by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States ofAmerica in Congress assembled, ),
two-thirds of both houses concurring),
That the following article be proposed to
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 as part of the Constitution,
namely: fi .-tnsor} al Ia, Esd 81 81 & sgsil
| ARTICLE IA. SECTION /. All per-
sons born OF, natnralized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States
and Of the States wherein they reside.
No State shall make or enforce any law
which shall abridge the privileges or inn
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 Jurisdiction the equal protec-
tion of its laws.
SEC. 2.gRepresentatives shall be ap-
portioned among the several States ac-
cording 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 electors for
President and Vice President of the
United States, Representatives in Con-.
gress, and the executive and judicial
officers of State, or the members of a
! Legislature thereof, is denied to any of
the male inhabitants of such State, be-
ing twenty-one years. of age and citi-
zens of the United States, or in any way
abridged, except for participation in re-
bellion or other crime, the basis of rep
resentation 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 years of age in such State.
SEC. 3. No other person shall be a
Senator or Representative in Congress,
or elector of President and Vice Presi-
dent, or hold any office, civil or military,
under the United States, or under any
State who, having previously taken an
oath as member of Congress, or as an
officer of the United States, or as mem
Z Der 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 insurrec
tion OF rebellion against the same, or
given aid or! comfort to the enemies
thereof. But Congress may. by vote
of two-thirds of each House, remove such
disability. -
SEC. a. The validity of the public
debt Of the United States, authorized by
law, including debts incurred for pay
ment of pensions and bounties for SER
vices in suppressing insurrection or re-
bellion, shall not be questioned. But
neither the United States nor any State
shall assume or pay any debt or obliga-
ton incurred in aid of insurrection or re-
bellion against the United States, or any
claim for the loss or emancipation of
any slaves. But all such debts, obliga-
tions and claims shallbe held. illegal and
void. -; 7..5...,-,.sr. --,-. -,s ..ire
Sec. s., The Congress shall have pow
er to enforce by appropriate Legislation,
theprovisions of this article. f
[Signed SCHUYLER CoLFAx, -
Speaker of House of Representatives.
.-- LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER,
President of the Senate pro tenn.
Attest: Edward G., Mcpherson, ,d, sr
Clerk of House of Representatives.
J.W. Forney, 5Fa a5iG .v-.5sa1 hrb q
.E-Ssoe..4 Secretary of the Senate.
AND WHEREAS, By the second section
of the, act of Congress, approved the goth
of April, 1918, entitled "An act to pro-
vide for the publication of the laws Of
the United States, and other purposes"
it is made the duty of the Secretary of
State forthwith to- cause any amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, which has been adopted accord
ing to- the provisions of the said Consti-
tuition, 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 intents and purposes as part of the
Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, Neither the act just quoted
from nor any other law, expressly or by
conclusive implication, authorized the
Secretary of State to determine and de-
eide doubtful questions as to the authen-
ITCHY of the organizations of State Leg
islatures, or as to the power of any State
Legislature to recall previous act or
resolution of ratification of any amend
ment proposed to the Constitution and
WHEREAS. It appears from official
documents on file in this department that
the amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, proposed as aforesaid,
has been ratified by the Legislatures of
the States of Connecticut, New Hamp-
shire, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oregon,
Vermont, New York, Ohio, Illinois, West
Virginia, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, Mis-
souri, Indiana, Minnesota, Rhode Is
land, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Mich
igan, Massachusetts, Nebraska and
Iowa; and ...--. .-....-.-.,.-
WHEREAS. 1t further appears from
documents on file in this department that
the amendment to the Constitution of
the United States proposed as aforesaid
has also been ratified by, newly consti-
tuted and newly established bodies,