ber, 1869, subsequent to the date of the proclamation of the Secretary of State.

The States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas rejected the amendment.

The fifteenth article was submitted to the Legislatures of the several States, there being then thirty-seven States, by a resolution of Congress passed on the 27th of February, 1869, at the first session of the Forty-first Congress; and was ratified, according to a proclamation of the Secretary of State dated March 30, 1870, by the Legislatures of the following States:

Nevada, March 1, 1869.

West Virginia, March 3, 1869.
North Carolina, March 5, 1869.
Louisiana, March 5, 1869.
Illinois, March 5, 1869.
Michigan, March 8, 1869.

Wisconsin, March 9, 1869.
Massachusetts, March 12, 1859.
Maine, March 12, 1869.

South Carolina, March 16, 1869.
Pennsylvania, March 26, 1869.
Arkansas, March 30, 1869.

*New York, April 14, 1869.

Indiana, May 14, 1869.
Connecticut, May 19, 1869.

Florida, June 15, 1869.
New Hampshire, July 7, 1869.

Virginia, October 8, 1869.

Vermont, October 21, 1869.

Alabama, November 24, 1869.

*New York withdrew her consent to the ratification January 5, 1870.

Missouri, January 10, 1870.
Mississippi, January 17, 1870.
Rhode Island, January 18, 1870.
Kansas, January 19, 1870.

Ohio, January 27, 1870.

Georgia, February 2, 1870.
Iowa, February 3, 1870.

Nebraska, February 17, 1870.

Texas, February 18, 1870.

Minnesota, February 19, 1870.

The State of New Jersey ratified this amendment on the 21st of February, 1871, subsequent to the date of the proclamation of the Secretary of State.

The States of California, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Oregon, and Tennessee rejected this amendment.

* Ohio had previously rejected the amendment May 4, 1869.
† New Jersey had previously rejected the amendment.

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the attendance of_______
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be published from time to time. A statement of the...
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Adjourn from day to day. A smaller number than a quorum
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that in which they shall be sitting. Neither House
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Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power shall
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cases affecting..
Amendments to the Constitution. Whenever two-thirds of both
Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress shall propose.
To the Constitution. On application of the legislatures of
two-thirds of the States, Congress shall call a convention
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conventions in, three-fourths of the States....
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