The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-28
Amendment 10 the Constitution.

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The following are the amendments to
the Constitution of the United States,
adopted since the commencement Of the
rebellion:
XIII. AMENDMENT.
SECTION l. Neither Slavery nor in
voluntary servitude, except as q punish
ment for crime, whereof the paEty shall
have been duly convicted, shall exist
within the United States, or any place
subject to their Jurisdiction.
SECTION 2. Congress shall have power
to enforce this ar4cle by appropriate
legislotion.
xiv. AMENDMENT.
! SEC. I. All persons born or sataral-
lied in the United States, and subject to
the jurisdiction thereof, arc citizens Of
the United States, aud of the State
wherein they reside. No State shall
make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities OF
citizens of the United States nor shall
any State deprive any person Of life, lib.
eriy, or property, without due process OF
law, nor deny TO any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection Of the
laws.
SEC. 2. Representatives shall be sp'
portonod among the several Statcs &C.
cording to their respective Numbers,
counting the whole numbes of persons in
each Sta'e, excluding Indians not taxed.
But when tho right to vote at any elec.
ton for the choice Of electors for Presi
dent and Vice President of the United
States, representatives in Congress, che
executive and judicial officers Of State,
or the members of the legislature ahereofs
is denied to any of the male inhabitants
of such State, being twenty.one years OF
age, and citizens of the United States, or
in any way abridged, except for participa-
ton in rebellion or other crime, the basis
Of representation 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. 2. No person shall be Senator
or Representative in Congress, or elector
Of President and Vice President, Or hold
any office, civil or military under til,
United States, who, having previously y
taken an oath as member Of Congress,
or as an officsr of the United States, or as
member 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 in
surrection or rebellion against the same,
or gsven cid or comfort to the enemies
thereof But Congress may BY vote Of
two thirds Of each House remove such
disability.
SEC. 4. The validity of the public
debt of the United States, authorized by
law, including debts incurred for pay
ment Of pensions aGd bounties for ser
vices in suppressing insurrection or ge.
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 insurrecton OF
vebelliou against the United States, or
any claim for the loss or emancipation OF
any slave but all such debts, obliga
slons, and claims shall be held illegal and
void.
SEC. 5. Tho Congress shall have
power to enforce, by appropriate Hcgi,la.
ton, the provisions Of this article.
XIV. AMENDMENT.
SGC. l Tho right Of citizens of the
United States to vote shall noa be denied
or abridged by the United States or by
by any State on account Of race, color, OF
previous eondition of servitudc.
SEC, 2. The Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate ieg
islation.
IN the United States House of Repre-
sentatives, March 10th, 1860, Mr.. Julian
Of Indiana, introduced the following as
the Sixteenth amendment to the Consti
tuition. Neither House OF Congress has
voted on it,:
XVI AMENDMENT.
The right of suffrage in the United
States shall be based on citizenship and
shall be regulated by Congress, and al
the citizens Of the United tates, whethe
native or naturalzed, shall enjoy thi
right equally, without any distinction oil
discrimination whatever founded on sex
The Ison County Register says tha
the deputy Sheriff of Ripley county
passed through Ironton, on the 1lth, will