The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13
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TNUCLAMAIION +
BY HAMILTON FISH, SECRETARY OF STATE OF
,n THE UNITED STATES. u -
To all tohom these presents may come, greet
ing: .a,-f s.-l l..i,..L-...,rl
Know ye, that the Congress of the United
States, on or about the 9th day of February,
in the year 1869, passed resolution in the
words, to-wit -st sd. a r,a-l. lge-
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to
tie Constitution of the U. s.
Resolced By the Senate and House Of Reprs
icntatipes Of the United States of Ameriea in
Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both
houses concurring) That the following ar
ticle be proposed to the Legislatures of the
several States as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which, when
ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures
shall be valid as part of the Constitution,
namely: ,.....t .,.... "a
ARTICLE XIV.
SEC. I. The right Of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or abridg-
ell by the United States or by any State on
account of race, color, Or previous condition
of servitude ..,
Sec Q The Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate legisla-
ton. s5d z.d l9ll = .a'.la isliI fu
j.. And further, that 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 North Carolina, West Virginia,
Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Maine, Louisiana,
Michigan, South Carolina, Pennsylvania,
| Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, In
diana, New York, New Hampshire, Nevada,
Vermont, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi,
/ Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
| Rhode Island, Nebraska, and Texas, in all
| 30 States. % 9fl ~ 9nhH'a -ll'Hi 4nt'
| And further, that the States whose Legis-
latures have SO ratified the said proposed
amendment constitute three fourths of the
whole number of States in the United
| States, HHhir f'-li auif-fiF.-i 3-itt i h
,And further, that it appears from the Of
cial document on file in this Department
that the Legislature of the State Of New
York has since passed resolutions claiming
to withdraw the said ratification of the said
amendment which had been made by the
Legislature of that State. and of which
official notice had been filed in this Depart
nnent. H.
And further that 1t appears from an Of.
fetal document on file in this Department
that the Legislature of Georgia has, by
resolution, ratified the said proposed amend-
ment. IL
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Ham.
ilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United
States, by virtue and in pursuance of the
second section of the act of Congress, ap-
proved the goth day Of April, in the year
1918, entitled "An act to provide for the
qualifications of the laws of the United States
and for other purposes, ,ndo hereby certify
that the amendment aforesaid has become
Ilvalid to all intents and purposes as part oi
| the Constitution Of the United States.
s'In testimony wfiefeofI have hereunto sci
Hi my hand and caused the seal ofthe Depart
ment of State to be affixed. IA aggfa.f IN
II Done at the city of Washington this thir:
s+l's ''is tieth day Of March, in the yeal
'fdI i'iiaH Of our Lord one thousand eight
H SEAL. linhundred and seventy, and Of
II i,oa ylI1, !, the independence of the United
l. States the ninety fourth, i,i
l ga = i'n"'' HAMILTON FISH.
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