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THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 200. 1866. 177 or color, or previous condition of slavery. And whenever in either of said States or districts the ordinary course of judicial proceedings has Certain states been interrupted by the rebellion, and until the same shall be fully re~ <>*gi¤**i9R°°*>° stored, and until such State shall have been restored in its constitutional  sgi relations to the government, and shall be duly represented in the Congress jiuisdictiou. of the United States, the President shall, through the commissioner and the officers of the bureau, and under such rules and regulations as the President, through the Secretary of War, shall prescribe, extend military protection and have military jurisdiction over all cases and questions concerning the free enjoyment of such immunities and rights, and no penalty No discrimior punishment for any violation of law shall be imposed or permitted be- 2332502*???? cause of race or color, or previous condition of slavery, other or greater O.- color or than the penalty or punishment to which white persons may be liable by Rrevious °°¤dllaw for the like offence. But the jurisdiction conferred by this section °°j]u$§S§i2lf,:,y;,f upon the officers of the bureau shall not exist in any State where the bureaunottoem ordinary course of judicial proceedings has not been interrupted by the §€&l’;S°2`;g‘“ rebellion, and shall cease in every State when the courts of the State and to cmgé in the United States are not disturbed in the peaceable course of justice, and every Stew after such State shall be fully restored in its constitutional relations to the wh°°* &°' government, and shall be duly represented in the Congress of the United States.

Sec. 15. And be it jitrtfzer enacted,. That all officers, agents, and Atiot’iieers,&c. employes of this bureau, before entering upon the duties of their office g;3]“"°”·“t°t°‘k° shall take the oath prescribed in the tirst section of the act to which this Répgaliug is an amendment; and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the pro- eleuse visions of this act are hereby repealed.

SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER, President of the Senate pro tempore.

In THE House of REPRESENTATIVES, U. S., July 16, 1866.

The President of the United States having returned to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, the bill entitled "An act to continue in force and to amend ‘An act to establish a bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees,' and for other purposes," with his objections thereto, the House of Representatives proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same; and

Resolved, That the said bill pass, two thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same.

Attest: EWD. McPHERSON, Clerk H. Reps, U. S.

IN THE SENATE of THE UNITED STATES, July 16, 1866.

The Senate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled “An act to continue in force and to amend ‘An act to establish a bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees', and for other purposes," returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the House of Representatives to the Senate with the message of the President returning the bill;

Resolved, That the bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same.

Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary of the Senate, U. S.

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