Trimble, Robert F. Van Horn, Ward, Welker, James F. | Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pool, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Sherman, Stewart, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Williams, Yates NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Bayard, Buckalew, Davis. Dixon, Doolittle. Edinunds, Fowler, Grimes, Hendricks, McCreery, McDonald, Norton, Osborn, Putterson of Tennessee, Pomeroy, Ross, Saulsbury Sawyer, Spencer, Sumner, Thayer, Vickers, Warner, Welch, Whyte, Wilson-27. And the House proposition fell. NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Delos R. Ashley, James M. liams, Windom, Wood, Woodward, Young-133. The other amendments were then disagreed to without a division. IN SENATE. February 17-Mr. Stewart moved that the Senate recede from its amendments disagreed to by the House; which was agreed to-yeas 33, nays 24, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harris, Howard, Kellogg, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Robertson, Stewart, Thayer, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Welch, Willey, Williams, Yates-33. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Bayard, Buckulew, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fowler, Harlan, Hendricks, McCreery, Norton, Osborn, Patterson of Tennessee, Pool, Rice, Ross, Saulsbury, Sherman, Spencer, Vickers, Wade, Warner, Whyte, Wilson-24. Mr. Wilson moved to lay the resolution on the table; which was disagreed to-yeas 28, nays 30, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Boyard, Buckalew, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Edmunds, Fowler, Grimes, Hendricks, Howe, McCreery, Norton, Patterson of Tennessee, Pool, Ross, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Spencer, Sumner, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers, Warner, Whyte, Wilson, Yates-28. NAYS-Messrs.Cameron, Cattell, Chandler. Cole, Conkling, Cragin, Drake, Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Kellogg, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Osborn, Patterson of New Hampshire, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Sherman, Stewart, Thayer, Wade, Willey, Williams-30. Mr. Morton moved to reconsider the vote of the Senate receding from its amendments; which was disagreed to-yeas 24, nays 32. as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Cragin, Drake, Grimes, Harlan, Harris, McDonald, Morton, Osborn, Pomeroy, Pool, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Sherman, Spencer, Sumner, Thayer, Van Winkle, Wade, Warner, Welch, Wilson-24. NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Buckalew, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Davis, Doolittle, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Hendricks, Howard, Kellogg, McCreery, Morgan, Morrill of Vermont, Norton, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Patterson of Tennessee, Ramsey, Saulsbury, Stewart, Trumbull, Vickers, Whyte, Williams, Yates-32, On the question, shall the resolution (as origin: ally passed by the House) pass, it was determined in the negative, (two-thirds not having voted in the affirmative)—yeas 31, nays 27, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Cragin, Drake, Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Kellogg, Morgan, The Senate Joint Resolution. (8.8.) IN SENATE. On the same day (February 17), and immediately after the failure of the House proposition, the Senate resolved itself into Committee of the Whole on a joint resolution reported January 15, 1869, from the Committee on the Judiciary, and amended by the Senate without division, January 28, so as to make it read as follows: JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely: ARTICLE XV. The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. The question being on concurring in the amendment made in Committee of the Whole, Mr. Drake moved to amend it by striking out all after the words "section 1," and inserting the following: No citizen of the United States ehall, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude be, by the United States or by any State, denied the right to vote or hold office. Which was disagreed to. Mr. Bayard moved to amend the amendment by striking out the words "vote and," so that it would read: The right of citizens of the United States to hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State, &c. Which was disagreed to-yeas 6, nays 29, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Daris, Hendricks, Vickers, Whyte-6. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Cattell, Cole, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Howard, Kellogg, McDonald, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Rice, Ross, Sawyer, Spencer, Stewart, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Warner, Willey, Wilson, Yates-29. Mr. Howard moved to amend the amendment made in Committee of the Whole by striking out the words "the United States or by." Which was disagreed to-yeas 18, nays 22, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Conkling, Cragin, Davis, Dizon, Doolittle, Ferry, Fowler, Hendricks, Howard, Norton, Patterson of New Hampshire, Robertson, Saulsbury, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers, Whyte-18. Yates-22. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Cattell, Cole, Drake, Edmunds, Mr. Dixon moved to amend by submitting Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harris, Kellogg, McDon- the article to conventions instead of legislatures; ald, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Rice, Sawyer, Stewart, Wade, Warner, Willey, Wilson, which was disagreed to-yeas 10, nays 39. [The affirmative vote was the same as above, except that Messrs. Fowler and McCreery did not vote. The negative also the same, except that Messrs. Sawyer and Wade did not vote, and Mr. Yates did.] Mr. Doolittle moved to add to the amendment made in Committee of the Whole the words: Nor shall any citizen be so denied by reason of any alleged crime unless duly convicted thereof according to law. Which was disagreed to-yeas 13, nays 30, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Ferry, Fowler, Hendricks, McCreery, Norton, Saulsbury, Vickers, Whyte, Wilson-13. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Cattell, Cole, Conkling, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harris, Howard, McDonald, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Sawyer, Spencer. Stewart, Trumbull, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, Yates-30. Mr. Fowler moved to amend the amendment of the Committee of the Whole by striking out the words "on account of race, color, or pre vious condition of servitude." Which was disagreed to-yeas 5, nays 30. The yeas were Messrs. Doolittle, Fowler, Hendricks, Vickers, Whyte. Mr. Davis moved a reconsideration of the vote disagreeing to the last amendment offered by Mr. Ioward, which was disagreed to-yeas 16, nays 29, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Harlan, Howard, Nye, Osborn, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Robertson, Sawyer, Tipton, Warner, Welch, Williams-16. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Buckalew, Cragin, Davis, Drake, Edmunds. Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Harris, Hendricks, Kellogg, McCreery, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Paticrson of Tennessee, Pool, Rice, Ross, Saulsbury. Spencer, Stewart, Thayer, Vickers, Wade, Whyte, Wilson, Yates-29. third time, and passed-yeas 35, nays 11, as The resolution was then engrossed and read a follow: YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, Kellogg, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Osborn, Patterson of New Hampdivis-shire, Pomeroy, Pool, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Spencer, Stewart, Thayer, Van Winkle, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, Wilson-35. The amendment made in Committee of the Whole was then concurred in, without a ion. Mr. Howard moved to amend the resolution by striking out all after the word "that," where it first occurs, and substituting the following: The following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States: ARTICLE XV. Citizens of the United States of African descent shall have the same right to vote and hold office in States and Territories as other electors. Mr. Davis moved to amend so as to provide for the submission of this to legislatures "hereafter to be chosen;" which was disagreed to. Mr. Howard's amendment was then disagreed to-yeas 22, nays 28, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Abbott. Cole, Conkling, Conness, Drake, Ferry, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Nye, Osborn, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Robertson, Spencer, Thayer, Tipton, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams-22. NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Cattell, Cragin, Davis, Dixon, Edmunds, Fessenden, Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Hendricks, Howe, McCreery, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Rice, Ross, Saulsbury, Stewart, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers, Whyte, Wilson, Yates-28. Mr. Hendricks moved to amend by adding to the resolution the following words: The foregoing amendment shall be submitted for ratification to the legislatures of the several States the most numerous branches of which shall be chosen next after the passage of this resolution. Which was disagreed to-yeas 12, nays 40, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Dizon, ler, Hendricks, McCreery, Norton, Patterson of Tennessee, Saulsbury, Vickers, Whyte-12. NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Fowler, Hendricks, McCreery, Norton, Patterson of Tennessee, Saulsbury, Vickers, Whyte-11. IN HOUSE. February 20-On motion of Mr. Boutwell, the rules were suspended, (yeas 139, nays 35, not voting 48,) and the joint resolution of the Senate was taken up. Messrs Logan, Shellabarger, and Bingham submitted amendments. Mr. Boutwell moved to suspend the rules, and that the House proceed to vote on the pending amendments and the joint resolution without dilatory motions; which was agreed to-yeas 144, nays 37, not voting 41. was first section the words "and hold office"- YEAS-Messrs. Archer, Delos R. Ashley, Artell, Barnum, ker, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Blaine, Blair, NAYS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, James M. Ashley, BaBoutwell, Bowen, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Buckley. Roderick R. Butler. Cake, Callis, Reader W. Clarke. Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb, Cook, Corley, Cullom, Dawes, Dickey, Dodge. Donnelly, Driggs, EggleFow-ston, Ela, Thomas D. Eliot, James T. Elliott. Ferriss, French, Goss, Gove. Gravely, Hamilton, Haughey, Heaton, Hooper, Hopkins. Hulburd, Jenckes. Alexander H. Jones, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kitchen, Koontz, Laflin, Lash, William Lawrence, Loughridge. Lynch, Maynard, McKee, Newcomb, Nunn, Orth, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pettis, Pike, Plants, Poland, Pomeroy, Prince, Roots, Sawyer, Shanks, Shellabarger, Stokes, Stover, Sypher. Taffe, Thomas, John Trimble, Trowbridge, Twichell, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Ward, William B. Washburn. Welker, Whitte NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Cameron, Cole, Conkling, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris. Howard, Howe, Kellogg, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Pool, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Ross. Sawyer, Spencer, Stewart, Thayer, Tipton, Van Winkle, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, Wilson-40. more, Thomas Williams, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom -95. Mr. Bingham's amendment, to strike out the words "by the United States or," and insert the words "nativity, property, creed," so that it will read as follows: The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by any State on account of race, color, nativity, property, creed, or previous condition of servitude, Was agreed to--yeas 92, nays 71, (not voting 59.) as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Archer, James M. Ashley, Axtell, Baker, Barnum, Beatty, Beck, Benton, Bingham, Blaine, Boyer, Buckland, Burr, Reader W. Clarke, Cobb, Coburn, Cullom, Dockery, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Ela, Eldridge, Farnsworth, Ferry, Fox, Garfield, Getz, Gravely, Griswold, Haight, Hamilton, Haughey, Heaton, Holman, Hopkins, Hotchkiss, Chester D. Hubbard, Humphrey, Hunter, Alexander II. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kitchen, Knott, Koontz, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Marvin, McCormick, McCullough, Mercur, Moore, Moorhead, Mungen, Myers, Newcomb, Niblack, Nicholson, Orth, Paine, Pettis, Pile, Plants, Randoll, Raum, Robinson, Ross, Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, Smith, Spalding, Starkweather, Stevens, Stone, Stover, Taylor, Upson, Robert T. Van Horn, Cadwalader C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Whittemore, William Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, Woodbridge, Woodward-92. NAYS-Messrs. Delos R. Ashley, Banks, Beaman, Blair, Boutwell, Bowen, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, Cury, Churchill, Sidney Clarke, Cook, Corley, Covode, Dawes, Dickey, Thomas D. Eliot, James T. Elliott, Ferriss, Fields, French, Golladay, Goss, Gove, Grover, Halsey, Higby, Hooper, Hulburd, Jenckes, Johnson, Kelley, Kelsey, Ketcham, Laflin, Lash, Loughridge, Maynard, McKee, Miller, Morrell, Nunn, O'Neill, Perham, Phelps, Pike, Poland, Pomeroy, Price, Prince, Pruyn, Robertson, Roots, Sawyer, Selve, Shellabarger, Stokes, Sypher, Taffe, Thomas, John Trimble, Trowbridge, Twichell, Van Aernam,' Burt Van Ilorn, Ward, Thomas Wil liams-71. Mr. Shellabarger then withdrew his amendment, and the joint resolution passed-yeas 140, nays 37, (not voting 46,) as follow: ton, Higby, Hill, Hooper, Hopkins, Chester D. Hubbard, B. Washburn, Welker, Whittemore, Thomas Williams, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge, and Mr. Speaker Colfax-140. NAYS-Messrs. Archer, Axtell, Barnum, Beck, Boyer, Burr, Cary, Chanler, Eldridge, Fox, Getz, Golladay, Grover, Haight, Hawkins, Holman, Hotchkiss, Humphrey, Jenckes, Johnson, Knott, Marshall, McCormick, McCullough, Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Pruyn, Randall, Robinson, Ross, Stone, Taber, Van Trump, Woodward, Young-37. IN SENATE. amendment of the House, and asked a conferFebruary 23-The Senate disagreed to the ence on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; which was agreed to-yeas 32, nays 17, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Harris, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, Thayer, Tiptou, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey, Williams, Wilson -32. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Buckalew, Davis, Dizon, Doolit tle, Kellogg, McCreery, Norton. Patterson of Tennessee, Pool, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Vickers, Warner, Whyte-17. Messrs. Stewart, Conkling, and Edmunds were appointed the managers of the conference on the part of the Senate; and Messrs. Boutwell, Bing ham, and Logan were appointed on the part of the House, the House having agreed to the conference-yeas 117, nays 37, not voting 68. mending that the House recede from their amendFebruary 25-The conference reported, recomment, and agree to the resolution of the Senate, with an amendment, as follows: In section 1, line 2, strike out the words "and hold office," and the Senate agree to the same. YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Baker, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Benton, Bingham, Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Bowen, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Corley, Covode, Cullom, Dawes, Dickey, Dock-yeas 39, nays 13, as printed on page 399. ery, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Ela, Thomas D. Eliot, James T. Elliott, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, French, Garfield, Goss, Gove, Gravely, Griswold, Halsey, Hamilton, Haughey, Hea February 26-The Senate agreed to the report February 25-The House agreed to the report yeas 144, nays 44, not voting 35, as printed on page 399. XLI. MEMBERS OF THE CABINET OF PRESIDENT GRANT, PRESIDENT GRANT'S CABINET.* *Mr. Washburne was nominated and confirmed as Secretary of State March 5, and resigned March 10, to take effect upon the qualification of his successor, which took place March 16. Mr. Alexander T. Stewart, of Now Secretary of the Treasury-GEORGE S. BOUT. New Jersey, vice ADOLPH E. BORIE, of Penn- | Nevada-James W. Nye, William M. Stewart. sylvania, resigned June 25, 1869. Nebraska-John M. Thayer, Thomas W. Tipton. Postmaster General-JOHN A. J. CRESWELL, of Maryland. Secretary of the Interior-JACOB D. Cox, of Ohio. Attorney General-E. ROCKWOOD HOAR, of Mas sachusetts. North Carolina-John C. Abbott, John Pool. South Carolina-Thomas J. Robertson, Frederick A. Sawyer. Alabama-Willard Warner, George E Spencer. Louisiana-John S. Harris, William P. Kellogg. Ohio-John Sherman, Allen G. Thurman. Kentucky-Thomas C. McCreery, Garrett Davis. Tennessee-Joseph S. Fowler, William G. Brown. low. Indiana-Oliver P. Morton, Daniel D. Pratt. Illinois-Richard Yates, Lyman Trumbull. Missouri-Charles D. Drake, Carl Schurz. Arkansas-Alexander McDonald, Benjamin F. Rice. Michigan-Jacob M. Howard, Zachariah Chand ler. Florida-Thomas W. Osborn, Abijah Gilbert. Iowa-James W. Grimes, James Harlan. Wisconsin-Timothy O. Howe, Matthew H. Carpenter. California-Cornelius Cole, Eugene Casserly. Minnesota-Daniel S. Norton, Alexander Ramsey. Oregon-George H. Williams, Henry W. Corbett. Kansas-Edmund G. Ross, Samuel C. Pomeroy. West Virginia-Waitman T. Willey, Arthur I. Boreman. other officers described, shall not be, directly or indirectly, concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce, or be owner, in whole or in part, of any sea vessel, or purchase, by himself or another in trust for him, any public lands or other public property, or be concerned in the purchase or disposal of any public securities of any State or of the United States, or take or apply to his own use any emolument or gain for negotiating or transacting any business in the said Department other than what shall be allowed by law. Mr. Boutwell qualified March 12, 1869. Mr. Schofield remained Secretary of War until March 12, when M. Kawlins qualified *Qualified March 25, 1869. House of Representatives. JAMES G. BLAINE, of Maine, Speaker. Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania, Clerk Maine-John Lynch, Samuel P. Morrill, James G. Blaine, Jolin A. Peters, Eugene Hale. New Hampshire*-Jacob H. Ela, Aaron F. Stevens, Jacob Benton. Vermont-Charles W. Willard, Luke P. Poland, Worthington C. Smith. Massachusetts-James Buffinton, Oakes Ames, Ginery Twichell, Samuel Hooper, Benjamin F. Butler, Nathaniel P. Banks, George S. Boutwell, George F. Hoar, William B. Washburn, Henry L. Dawes. Rhode Island-Thomas A. Jenckes, Nathan F. Dixon. Connecticut-Julius Strong, Stephen W. Kellogg, Henry H. Starkweather, William H. Barnum. New York-Henry A. Reeves, John G. Schumaker, Henry W. Slocum, John Fox, John Morrissey, Samuel S. Cox, Hervey C Calkin, James Brooks, Fernando Wood, Clarkson N. Potter, George W. Greene, John H. Ketcham, John A. Griswold, Stephen L Mayham, Adolphus H. Tanner, Orange Ferriss, William A. Wheeler, Stephen Sanford, Charles Knapp, Addison H. Laflin, Alexander H. Bailey, John C. Church ill, Dennis McCarthy, George W. Cowles, William H. Kelsey, Giles W. Hotchkiss, Hamilton Ward, Noah Davis, John Fisher, David S Bennett, Porter Sheldon. New Jersey-William Moore, Charles Haight, John T. Bird, John Hill, Orestes Cleveland. Pennsylvania-Samuel J. Randall, Charles O'Neill, Leonard Myers,|| William D. Kelley, John R. Reading, John D. Stiles, Washington Townsend, J. Lawrence Getz, Oliver J. Dickey, Henry L. Cake, Daniel M. Van Auken, George W. Woodward, Ulysses Mercur, John B. Packer, Richard J. Haldeman, John Cessna, Daniel J. Morrell, William H. Armstrong, Glenni W. Scofield, Calvin W. Gilfillan (vacancy), James S. Negley, Darwin Phelps, Joseph B. Donley. Delaware-Benjamin T. Biggs. Maryland-Samuel Hambleton, Stevenson Archer, Thomas Swann, Patrick Hamill, Frederick Stone. North Carolina-Clinton L. Cobb, David Heaton, *** Ohio-Peter W. Strader, Job E. Stevenson, Messrs. Strong, Kellogg, and Starkweather qualified April 9, 1869; Mr. Barnum did not appear. Did not qualify, by reason of absence from the country. Qualified April 9, 1869, in place of John Moffet, unseated. Did not qualify, disabilities not having been reieved. **Admitted on prima facie, yeas 101, nays 39, and qualified April 8. ***Qualified April 8, having been voted entitled to the seat, yeas 85, nays 38. burg, James R. McCormick, Sempronius H. Boyd, Samuel S. Burdett, Robert T. Van Horn, Joel F. Asper, John F. Benjamin, David P. Dyer. Robert C. Schenck, William Lawrence, Wil- | Missouri-Erastus Wells, Gustavus A. Finkeln- A. Garfield. Arkansas-Logan H. Roots, A. A. C. Rogers, Thomas Boles. Michigan-Fernando C. Beaman, William L. Oregon-Joseph S. Smith. Resigned March 6. XLII. POLITICAL VOTES IN FIRST SESSION OF FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Additional Reconstruction Legislation. AN ACT authorizing the submission of the constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi. and Texas to a vote of the people, and authorizing the election of State officers, provided by the said constitutions, and members of Congress. purpose may appoint such registrars as he may Congress: Provided, also, That no election shall be held in said State of Texas for any purpose until the President so directs. SEC. 3. That the President of the United States may in like manner submit the constitution of Be it enacted, &c., That the President of the Texas to the voters of said State at such time United States, at such time as he may deem best and in such manner as he may direct, either the for the public interest, may submit the constitu- entire constitution, or separate provisions of the tion which was framed by the convention which same, as provided in the 1st section of this act, met in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, the to a separate vote; and at the same election the 3d day of December, 1867, to the voters of said voters may vote for and elect the members of State, registered at the date of said submission, the Legislature and all the State officers profor ratification or rejection, and may also sub-vided for in said constitution, and members of mit to a separate vote such provisions of said constitution as he may deem best, such vote to be taken either upon each of the said provisions alone, or in connection with the other portions of said constitution, as the President may direct. SEC. 2. That at the same election the voters of said State may vote for and elect members of the General Assembly of said State, and all the officers of said State provided for by the said constitution, and members of Congress; and the officer commanding the district of Virginia shall cause the lists of registered voters of said State to be revised, enlarged, and corrected prior to such election, according to law, and for that SEC. 4. That the President of the United States may in like manner re-submit the constitution of Mississippi to the voters of said State at such time and in such manner as he may direct, either the entire constitution or separate provisions of the same, as provided in the 1st section of this act, to a separate vote; and at the same 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 of Congress. |