The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-06-20
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E'sac Omnibus Bill AS il Passed

The Omnibus Bill as it Passed.
The proceedings of the House of Rep
resentatives on the Omnibus Bill, amend
ed as it came from the Senate, are sub
Joined hereto, with the text of the bill in
full, which passed the House by a vote
Of yeas Ill, nays % The bill IS now
before the President for his signature.
It will b observed that the Governors
elect are authorized to convene the Leg
]i>latnre of the States named in the Act
We shall have some observations to
make on this extraordinary piece Of
legislation, but in the meantime submit
it for the examination Of Our readers
Wltil"u' comment Bee.
Mr.. Bingham, from The Reconstruction
Committee. reported back the Senate
amendments to the act to admit certain
States to rrprpScntati ii in Congress,
with q recommendations |trt the amend
u3tHt lee ~cOucurrpl in.
Mr.. Binylum said ir.,t sired a speedy
l"u sion CT the lIuu~" On he bill, and
ne W. ull thrrrl-rc n"'" the previous
IN sti,n, but he wnr',i frs '~A his col
t,grr ,}ir. SpauILin=I whether he de-
sired to offer his amendment Tow.
Mr.. Spaulding-"l,s. | Move to
strike out Alabama from !At. hi''.'
The following is the bill in I Il:
An act to admit the Sta.,S OF North
Carolina, South Carolina, Inn. Siana,
G,nl5i,, Alrbana aid IIMila, to
representation in Congress.
WHEREAS, The people OF North Caro-
lima, South Car"jina, Louisiana, Georgia,
Alabama aud Florida, in pursuance Of
the provisions Of an act entitled IAN act
for the more efficient government of the
rebel States, passed March e, 1867,
and the acts supplemental thereto, framed
constitutions of a State Government,
which are Republican in form, and have
adopted said constitutions by large ma
~jorities of the votes cast at the elections
held for the ratification of the same !;
therefore,
Be 1t enacted, That each of the States
OF North Carolina, South Carolina, Lou
%isiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida,
shall be entitled and Admitted to repre-
sentation in Congress as a State of the
Union, when the Legislatures of such
States shall have duly ratified the amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth
Congress, and known as Article H."
upon the following fundamental condi-
tons
l. That the Constitutions of neither of
said States shall ever be so amended, or
changed, so as to deprive any citizen or
class of citizens of the United States of
the right to vote in said States, who are
entitled to vote by the Constitution
thereof, hereby recognized, except as a
punishment for such crimes as are now
%felonies at law, whereof they shall be
duly convicted under laws equality APP
plicabie to all the inhabitants OF said
States : provided, any alterations of said
Constitutions, prospective, in effect may
be made, with regard to the time and
place of residence of voters and the
State of Georgia shall ouly be entitled
and admitted to representation upon this
acknowledgements condition, so that the
first and third subdivisions of section
seventeen of the fifth article of the Con-
%stitution of said State, except the proviso
to the first subdivision, shall be null and
void and that the General Assembly of
said State, by solemn, public act, shall
declare the assent of the State to the
foregoing fundamental principles.
2. That if the day fixed for the first
meeting Of eli her of the Legislatures of
said States by the Constitution or an
ordinance thereof shall have passed, or
so nearly arrived, before the passage of
this act, that there shall not be time for
the Legislature to assemble at the period
fixed, such Legislature shall convene at
the end of twenty days from the time
this act shall take effect, urless the
Governor elect shall sooner convene the
same.
3. That the first section of this act
shall take effect AS to each State, except
Georgia, when such State shall by its
Legislature duly ratify Article IA of the
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, proposed by the 39th
Congress, when it shall, in addition,
give the assent of said State to the fun
damental conditions herein before i'm
posed upon the same, and thereupon the
officers of each State, duly elected and
qualified under the Constitution thereof,
shall be inaugurated without delay, but
no person prohibited from holding office
under the United States, or any State
by the section of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, known as article ID, shall be
deemed eligible to office in either of said
States, unless relieved from disabilities.
as provided in said amendment, and it
is hereby made the duty of the Presi-
dent, within ten days after obtaining
information of the notification Of
said amendment by the Legislature of
af of said States, to Issue a proclama-
pom announcing that fact.
MIR. Spalding said, in view of the fact
at both bral1 6ongress had voted
7 faser - 6tabama, he with
After some de-
nate Exclude Florida from
ehibus BILL" was defeated
nays 90-and tAnaMRfe amend
cohcurIaf - Bill now noes
toy Befor his signature.
TN Pon lis passage was yeas Ill,
sGsllce CsaAN~eOsa the SiIua-
lion.
From the National In~telligencer.