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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 17, 18. 1869. 41 i provisions alone, or in connection with the other portions of said consti- · tution as the President me * direct. a ’. l I Sec. 2. And be zt further enacted, That at the same election the voters Smte omcers of said State may vote for and elect members of the general assembly of    of i said State, and all the officers of said State provided for by the said con- be cilwseu my estitution, and members of Convress; and the officer commandine the Same ele¤¤i<>¤· l. . . . . . ¤ . . . == . g district of Virginia shall cause the lists of registered voters of said State L)§tS efveters, E to be revised, enlarged, and corrected prior to such election, according to r°gl°m°‘rS’ &°‘ —]aw, and for that purpose may appoint such registrars as he may deem i necessar . And said elections shall be held and returns thereof made in El¢¢*i0¤¤ wd 3 Y · returns 4 the manner provided by the acts of Congress commonly called the recon- ' l struction acts. i of said State at such time and in such manner as he may direct, either i the entire constitution, or se arate rovisions of the some as rovided in t _ _ P P » P _ t the first section of this act to u sc arute vote; and at the same election ¤ P ., . . i the voters ma vote for and elect the members of the leeislature and all ,*0 °l°°*}¤¤ m i y . . . . . *" . 'lexns until the the State officers provided for in said constitution, and members of Con- présideut di_ lgressz Provided, also, That no election shall be held in said State ofrccts. l Texas for any purpose until the President so directs. l SEO. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United V_§;'Sll*f}g`_P{F· l States may in like manner resubmit the constitution of Mississippi to the Silssipsp I L 1S` Qvoters of said·Stute at·such time and in such manner as he may direct, iexther the entire constitution, or separate prov1810ns of the same, as prol vided in the first section of this act to a se arate vote; and at the same 4 . * P. . l election the voters may vote for and elect the members of the legislature {and all the State officers provided for in said constitution, and members - fof Congress. i Sec. 5. And be it jlcrther enacted, That if either of said constitutions rIii<>¤Stif¤*i¤p ishall be ratified at such election, the legislature of the State so rmifying, gjgégllggglgfs Qelected as provided for in this act, shall assemble at the capitol of said ture toymeet State on the fourth Tuesday after the offieial promulgation of such r2.ti— “’h°“· lg iication by the military officer commanding in said State. i Sec. G. And be it fmther enacted, That before the States of Virrrinia, Fl*`*°°¤*h *“*i· ¤ M· _· - · Y - -. " cle of amend- ! nssissippi, and 1`exas shall be admitted to representation in Congress, memmme Com gtheir several legislatures, which may be liereafter lawfully organized, stitutionto be i shall ratify the fifteenth article, which has been proposed by Congress to §"°"‘l by edd? l ,_ _, utc before it is [[ V Fil 3. ‘S 4 {lll il l l'Il*I1 O Ol bl 1 gdmitte to re égmtetse e lbt te as meid r, t t the C, rttut on of the United mmmgonmp. · zi es. · Sec. 7. And be it urther enacted That the roceedinvs in an of said C°llgr°sS'· I v P an y _ l roceedmgs to States shall not be deemed final or operate as at complete restoration tre approved by g; thereof until their action, respectively, shall be approved by Congress. (’°"g"’”‘ 3 Approved, April 10, 1869.  CHAP. XVIIT.-—-An Act I0 amend an Act entitled “An Act iI}l]’)0Sll72[] Taxes on distilled April 10, 1869.  Spirits and fvbacco, and jbr other Purposes," approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred Y 1868, c};]-;?? i and sixty-mg it, · Vol. xv. p. 125.  Be it cnczcteet byufhe Senate and House of Representatives of the United 12K,?;    Btales of America m Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An not Section eight , im osinv taxes on distilled s iirits and tobacco, and for other ur oscs," amended. ° é P e _ 1 _ _ P P ig approved July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be amended as °1 follows to wit: dg 'Ihut section eight he amended so that in case ofa d1st1ller[y] or distil- mR;;"3v}’;;’T1Ydl§;°_  ling apparatus erected prior to the twentieth of July, eighteen hundred ,}H€,.y,O,’&(,_ E and sixty-eight, on a tract or lot of land held under a lease or other evi- is rm leased lend, E dence of title less than fee-simple, which was not required by the laws ‘\‘°·i S of the State to be recorded in order to be valid at the time of its exccukt tion, or in any ease where the title was then and has continued to be in or where the
 * Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United _$imilm· prog States may in like manner submit the constitution of Texas to the voters Ygggs M