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  1. Overview: United States Fifteenth Amendment
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  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1867-07-19 12:00:00
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United States Fifteenth Amendment

The House of Representatives

The House of Representatives of the Fortieth Session of Congress

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Session 8226: 1867-07-19 12:00:00

H. R. 123 is vetoed by the President of the United States and sent back to the House; the House receives S. 137 from the Senate, with an amendment

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S. 137

Shown with amendment 'S. 137: Committee Amendment' (e866265)

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For the further security of equal rights in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the word “white,” wherever it occurs in the laws relating to the District of Columbia or in the charter or ordinances of the city of Washington or Georgetown, and operates as a limitation on the right ofizen, being any elector of said District or either of said cities to hold, shall be excluded from any office, or tofrom being selected and to serve as a juror, be and the same is hereby repealed; and it shall be unlawful for any person or officer to enforace or attempt to enforce said limitation after the passage of thiscolor, act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the supreme courtso much of the District of Columbia sittall laws making for the trial of any such discrimes and misdemeanors be, and is hereby, authorized to order drawn from the jury-box provided for that purpose, and in the manner provided by law, the necessary, grand and repetit jurors for the June term of the criminal court for the year 1867ed.

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