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 358 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. iS¤ss. I. RES. 46, 47, 48. 1866. was ¤ft¢¤¤¤¤¤ which he is entitled, and which is now o.r may hereafter be withheld dy reason of such omission, but where nothing appears on the muster-roll or nothing to the of record to show that a colored soldier was not a freeman at the date °‘;:g“'Y °P‘ aforesaid, under the provision of the fourth section of the “Act making ¥g64,`ch_;2,;,_§ 4_ appropriations for the support of the army, for the year ending the thi;-. Vol- xiii- p· 129- tieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-tive,” the presumption shall be that the perjon was fregtzt the tigneiloglhis enlistment. h Wlmtebe Sec. 2. nd be it u er reso ve, at in etermining w o is or was colored soldier, woman claimed to be his wife or widow were joined in marriage by some fe S°°“*`° °"'°”·*" ceremony deemed by them obligatory, followed by their living together as °fl:fy’&°`d“° husband and w'fe u t th t' f l'·t nt shall be deemed suiii1; at is donm i p o e ime o en is me, cien Issue of such proof of such marriage for the purpose of securing any arrears of pay, Q€:,§`A'f·‘if°:fSb° pension or other allowances due any colored soldier at the time of his ' death; and the children born of any such marriage shall be held and taken to be the lawful children and heirs of such soldier. Approved, June 15, 1866. J¤¤¤ 16 1866-. 47. A utian maki an A ro viation to enable the Presidentto otiate Trea- __-_J—_- [No I RM libs uritlzlbpertdin Indian Tribes. Mg _ _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United fomP'§£;;?;‘°“ States of America in Congress assembled, That one hundred and twenty- rmt5i wang one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars and seventy-seven
 * ‘QTQf,'Q;gl;";‘§f the wife, widow, or hgirs of any cenored soldier,- evidence that he and the
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' by, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President to negotiate treaties with the Indian tribes of the Upper Missouri, and the Upper Platte rivers; said sum to be expended by the commissioner of Indian affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, June 15, 1866. June 16, 1866. [No. 48.] Joint Resolution proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Proposed States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of both Houses con- 0,- me Unmd the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. States, which, when ratified by three fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely : —— Arnoxe xiv. Aarrcmn XIV. Who are citi: Sec. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and 0,- the $,,,,,6,,, of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any theinpnvileges law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the ““d ‘m“‘““‘"°" United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or proptgty, with}put dup process "of law, nor deny to any person within its juris iction the equa rotection of the laws. Apportionment Sec. 2. Iteprescntativiizs shall be apportioned among the several Q{v;§f"°S°"°“' States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a State, or the members of the legislature thereof, 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 participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which
 * ¤;¥;°¤g’;]*;§:;g°u curring.) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of
 * °g¤S*;;:;°aHg*‘ subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and