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taken an oath, as a member of
Congress, or as an
officer of the United States, or as a
member of any
State legislature or as an executive or judicial
Officier of any State, to support the Constitution
Of the
United States, shall have engaged in insu-
rection or
rebellion against the same, or given aid
or confert to the
enemies thereof. But Congress may, by
a 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 payment of pensions and bounties
for
sevices in suppressing insurrection or rebellion against
the United States, or any claim for the loss or
emancipation of any slave; but all such debts,
obligations and
claims shall be held illegal
and void.
Sec 5 The
Congress shall have power to enforce
by appropriate
legislation the provisions of
this article’
Signed Schayler Colfax
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Lafayette S. Foster
President of the Senate Pos tempro
Attest
Edward
McPherson
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Gov
Forney(sp)
Secretary of
the Senate
The third
section of Article One of the Constitution
declares that the
Senate of the United States shall be
composed of the Senators
from each State chosen by the
Legislatures thereof for Six
years and each Senator shall
have one vote and Article five
provides that no state without
its consent shall be deprived
of its equal suffrage in the
Senate
Section two of article
one declares that the House of Represen-
tatives shall be
composed of members chosen every second
year by the people of
the several states “
The Constitution authorized two thirds of each (???)
of
Congress to propose amendments and as eleven (???)
were
excluded from deliberations and decision upon (???)
one now
submitted the conclusion is inevitable that it
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