Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-04-07

plated by this amendment to the Con-
stitution be secured.
(Signed,) U. S. GRANT.
Executive Mansion, March 80, 1870.
PROCLAMATION BY THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State Of
the United States, to all whom these
presents may concern Greeting:
Know We, that the Congress of the
United States on or about the 9th day
of February. in the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixtv-nine, passed .
resolution in the words and figures
following, to wit: a resolution propos-
Ing an amendment to the Constitution
Of the United States:
Resolred, BY the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States OF
America IN Congress assembled, two thirds
Of both Houses concurring, that the fol-
lowing article be proposed 10 the Legisla-
lures of the several States as an amend
ment 10 the Constitution of the United
States, which, when ratified by three
fourths of the said Legislatures, shall be
valid as a part OF the Constitution, namely
ARTICLE I5. SECT. 1.-The right of citi-
zcns of the United States TO vote shall not
be denied or abridged BY the United States
or by any State on account Of race, color
or previous condition of servitude.
SECT. 2-Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legisla-
tion
And further. tlat it appears from
a. . II
mcnt that the am 'ndtnent to the Con-
stitntion of the United States. propos-
ei as aforesaid IN, been ratti at bv the
Log slalure- If the States Of North
Carol M, West Virginia Massachu-
SITS, Wisconsin,. Maine. Louisiana,
.'Ir '.'-es"- .'y-.-.- IL,
MIA, ArhaHsas, tounccticut. Florida,
Illinois, lndiannI, New York. New
Hampshire, Nevada, Vermont, Virgin
ia, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri,
Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota. Rhode
Island. Nebraska and Texas, in all 20
States and further. that the States
whose Legislatures have so ratified the
said proposed amendment constitute
threc-tourthS Of the whole number of
States of the United States and fur
thcr, that / appears from the official
document on file in this Department
that the Legislature of the State of
New \ ork has since passed n resolution
claiming To Withdraw said ratification
OF said amendment. which had been
made by the Legislature of that State
and of which official notice had been
tiled in this Department and further,
That it appears from the official docu-
ment on file in this Department that
the Legislature Of Georgia has by
resolution ratified said proposed
amendment
Now, therefore, be it known that /,
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State Of
the United States, by virtue and in
pursuance of the second section of the
act of Congress, approved goth Of
April, in the year 1918, entitled AN
act to provide for the publication Of
the laws of the United States and for
other purposes do hereby certify that
the amendment aforesaid has become
valid to all intcnts and purposes as
part of the Constitution of the United
States.
In testimony whereof | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF
the Department of the State to be
affixed. Done at the city of Wash
ington this 30th day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, and of the In
dependence of the United States,
the nnetv-fourth,
(Signed,) HAMILTON FISH.