Quill
  1. Overview: United States Fifteenth Amendment
  2. Full Record: United States Fifteenth Amendment
  3. Committee:Senate Committee of the Whole
  4. Session: 1868-02-20 00:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE_FROM

United States Fifteenth Amendment

Senate Committee of the Whole

The Committee Secretary's View The Committee Secretary's View

To see the full record of a committee, click on the corresponding committee on the map below.

Document introduced in:

Session 8363: 1868-02-20 00:00:00

The Senate considers H. R. 214, as in Committee of the Whole

Document View:

H. R. 214

Shown with amendment 'H. R. 214: Mr. Davis' Third Amendment to the Committee Amendment' (e866459)

There are 0 proposed amendments related to this document on which decisions have not been taken.
Jump to change 1

A Bill

To amend the act passed March 23, 1867, entitled "An act supplementary to an act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States,” passed March 2, 1867, and to facilitate the restoration thereof.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter any election authorized by the act passed March 23, 1867, entitled “An act supplementary to an act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States, passed March 2, 1867, and to facilitate restoration," shall be decided by a majority of the votes actually cast; and at the election in which the question of the adoption or rejection of any constitution is submitted, any person duly registered in the State may vote in the election district where he offers to vote when he has resided therein for ten days next preceding such election, upon presentation of his certificate of registration, affidavit, or other satisfactory evidence under such regulations as the district commanders may prescribe.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the constitutional convention of any of the States mentioned in the acts to which this is amendatory may provide that at the time of voting upon the ratification of the constitution the registered voters may vote also tor members of the House of Representatives of the United States and for all elective officers provided for by the said constitution; and the same election officers who shall make the return of the votes cast on the ratification or rejection of the constitution shall enumerate and certify the votes cast for members of Congress.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each commander of the several military districts to appoint four scrutinizers for each county of his district, capable and fit men, two of whom shall have voted for, and two against, the adoption of the constitution, who shall proceed to scrutinize and purge each poll-book of their respective counties of all illegal votes; and the votes so excluded shall not be counted in the question of the adoption of the constitution. Said scrutinizers shall be appointed within ten days after the termination of the election in each county; and the scrutinizing shall be closed within twenty days after scrutinizers shall have been appointed and notified of their appointment.

Decisions yet to be taken

None

Document Timeline

Other Actions

View text build components