An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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H. R. 1143 is vetoed by the President of the United States and sent back to the House; the second session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress adjourns
Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to present to the Secretary of State the bill entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States.” together with the certificates of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, showing that the said act was passed by a vote of two thirds of both Houses of Congress, after the same had been returned to the House of Representatives by the President with his objections, and after the reconsideration of said act by both Houses of Congress in accordance with the Constitution.