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  1. Overview: United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65
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  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1863-12-15 12:00:00
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United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65

An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.

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The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress

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Session 3655: 1863-12-15 12:00:00

A Petition on the Missouri Contested Election is introduced and referred to the Committee of Elections; Mr. Stevens submits a Resolution to Create a Special Committee of Nine (the Committee on Rebellious States, to whom he proposes to refer passages from the President's address), which is passed.

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Resolution to Create a Special Committee of Nine

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Resolved, That so much of the annual message of the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the present session, together with the accompanying documents, as relates to the finances, to the deficiencies in the revenues of the Post Office Department, to the receipts into the Treasury, and public expenditures, the organization of the banking institutions, and provision for a uniform currency, to the provision of additional revenue, to taxing consuls residing abroad, and the ways and means for supporting and meeting all public liabilities of the government, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

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Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the duty of the United States to guarantee a republican form of government to the States in which the governments recognized by the United States have been abrogated or overthrown, be referred to a select committee of nine, to be named by the Speaker, which shall report the bills necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing guarantee.

Resolved, That the seven additional standing committees appointed under rules 102 and 103 be directed at once to perform the duties prescribed by said rules, and examine into the state of the accounts his and expenditures of the several departments, respectively, submitted to them, and report particularly, as specked in rule No. 103, and further, that to carry into effect this resolution, the said committees have all the powers off committees of investigation.

Resolved, That so much of the President's message as refers to foreign emigration be referred to a special committee to consist of five members.

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