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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Suas. H. Ch. 69, 70. 1868. 73 IN THE House or Rnrnnssuryrrvns U. S., A¤k¤¤¤•¤· June 20, 1868. The President of the United States havinrv returned to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, the bill entitled “An act to admit the State of Arkansas to representation in Congress," 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. MGPHERSON, om 11 R. U s. IN SENATE or THE UNITED S'1`A'1`ES,z' June 22, l868. j The Senate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled "An act to admit the State of Arkansas to representation in Congress,” 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: GEO. C. GORHAM, Secretary of the Senate. CHAP. LXX. — An Act to admit the &a!es eg/`Norili Carolina, South Carolina, Louisi- Jung 25, 1868, ana, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, to Representation in Congress. ";""""_‘ WHEREAS the people of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Preamble. Georgia, Alabama, and Florida have, in pursuance of the provisions ot'V:?°7·,:h· iiié an act.eutitled "An act for the more efficient government of the rebel Ain; p,,?};,;,; States," passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and the 41. acts supplementary thereto, framed constitutions of State government which are republican, and have adopted said constitutions by large majorities of the votes cast at the elections held for the ratification or rejection of the same: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That each of the States of _N<>f¢h <7¤¤‘0· North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, and 2Q3Q83E3Q8g3g` Florida, shall be entitled and admitted to representation in Congress as a Georgia, Alas l State of the Union when the legislature of such State shall have duly g¤¤*¤·g¤d ggrr ratified the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed ,3,; tg ,;,,2,,,,::: by the Thirty-ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen, upon the tation in Confollowing fundamental conditions: That the constitutions of neither of g"§g;],¥gg‘;L&°· said States shall ever be so amended or changed as to deprive any citizen qyonsmutgém, or class of citizens of the United States of the right to vote in said State, Hgi tv bf ¤<> & who are entitled to vote by the constitution thereof herein recognized, ° °°g° ”’ °' except as a punishment for such crimes as are now felonies at common law, whereof they shall have been duly convicted under laws equally applicable to all the inhabitants of said State : Provided, That any altera-· _ What alteration of said constitution may be made with regard, to the time and place g]‘£;m“Y be of residence of voters; and the State of Georgia shall only be entitled yum,,,. condi, and admitted to representation upon this further fundamental condition: tiqn to the Mlthat the first and third subdivisions of section seventeen of the fifth article g,fS‘°“ °f G°°" of the constitution of said State, except the proviso to the first subdivision, shall be null and void, and that the general assembly of said State by solemn public act shall declare the assent of the State to the foregoing fundamental condition.