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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 153. 1867. 429 ment of the army shall not be affected by this act, except in so far as they ooniiict with its provisions: Provided, That no sentence of death under Sentences of the provisions of this act shall be carried into effect without the approval d°“°h' of the President. _ _ Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when the people of any one of u €;’;‘m‘;;‘:uc¤ said rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in con- $12,,,,,, ,,,,,,,1;,,, formity with the Constitution of the United States in all respects, framed dcclnrcd entitled by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of said State,?;‘§g;§f_:';;f‘“°“ twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous con- Delegates to dition, who have been resident in said State for one year previous to the?°¤"°¤**°“§ *° . . . . . . . crm constituday of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for parucipntion in ,,0,,, by whom the rebellion or for felony at common law, and when such constitution shall elected, _ provide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by ull such persons as O; g;' have the qualifications herein stated for electors of delegates, and when to the eycmve such constitution shall be ratified by a majority of the persons voting on f¤‘¤¤<>hiS9- _ the question of ratification who are qualified as electors for delegates, and t°€2";,m£;:1°:;, when such constitution shall have been submitted to Congress for exam- popular vote; ination and approval, and Congress shall have approved the same, and b **bb°:PP"°'°d when said State, by a vote of its legislature elected under said c0nstitu· yThgn§;:i;, U, tion, shall have adopted the amendment to the Constitution of the United adopt me States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress, and known as article four- :,:';°3g;‘;3;:i‘;u teen, and when said article shall have become a part of the Constitution Ame, p, 858,, I of the United States, said State shall be declared entitled to representa· $°¤*’~*°¤'¤_¤¤d tion in Congress, and senators and representatives shall be admitted there-;;PQ:s:S;:,?,;§S from on their taking the oath prescribed by law, and then and thereafter upon taking the the preceding sections of this act shall be inoperative in said State: Pro- g:2g£;'3£‘(” *2 vided, That no person excluded from the privilege of holding office by alive. P0 said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, shall P¤‘0Vi§¤- be eligible to election as a member of the convention to frame a constitu· 8Og°;2;‘{;l§’;fg,° tion for any of said rebel States, nor shall any such person vote for mem- as members or bers of such convention. the constitution- Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, until the people of said rebel ° ·H2vg?:;i°;Q,,_ States shall be by law admitted to representation in the Congress of the eminent of such United States, any civil governments which may exist therein shall be gg5S5g0D2f PJ; deemed provisional only, and in all respects subject to the paramount au· m they ug, ,,4. thority of the United States at any time to abolish, modify, control, or mitwi W NPY0- supersede the same; and in all elections to any office under such provi- °°'{$gf,°:{,,y ,,,,,8 sional governments all persons shall be entitled to vote, and none others, in electionstoofwho are entitled to vote, under the provisions of the fifth section of this *9*2 ““d°*' P*°‘ act- and no person shall be elivible to any office under any such provi- mma` gcvmb r ¤ ments, and who sional governments who would be disqualified from holding office under MS eligible to the provisions of the third article of said constitutional amendment. °m§S xv 4 SCHUYLER COLFAX,'p' ` Sjveaker of the House of Representatives. LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER, President of the Senate, pro lempore. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 2, 1867. E The President of the United States having returned to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, the bill entitled “An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States,” with his objections thereto, the House of Representatives proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same; and Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: EDWD. MCPHERSON, Ulerk of H R. ZZ SC