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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1866-01-26 12:00:00
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United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866

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.

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Session 5513: 1866-01-26 12:00:00

The Committee of Elections reports a resolution declaring Mr. Coffroth entitled to take the vacant seat; debate on H.Res. 51 continues.

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Resolutions on the Contested Election of Coffroth vs. Koontz

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Resolved, That William H. Koontz[+e863880]Alexander H. Coffroth, upon the certificate and papers relating to the election in the sixteenth congressional district of the State of Pennsylvania,[-e863880] has the prima facie right to the v[-e863880]acant[-e863880] seat from that d[-e863880]istrict, a[-e863880]nd is entitled to take[-e863880] this H[+e863880]e oath of office and occupy a seat in this h[-e863880]ouse as a R[+e863880]the r[-e863880]epresentative from the sixteenth c[+e863880]in C[-e863880]ongressional[+e863880] from said[-e863880] district of[+e863880], without prejudice to[-e863880] the State of Pennsylvania[+e863880]right of William H. Koontz, claiming to have been duly elected thereto, to contest his right to said seat upon the merits[-e863880].

Resolved, That Alexander[+e863880]William[-e863880] H. Coffroth[+e863880]Koontz[-e863880], desiring to contest the right of William[+e863880]Hon. Alexander[-e863880] H. Koontz[+e863880]Coffroth[-e863880] to a seat in this house [-e863880]as R[+e863880]a r[-e863880]epresentative o[+e863880]from[-e863880] the sixteenth Congressional [+e863880]district of the State of Pennsylvania[-e863880], be, and he is,[-e863880] required to serve upon the said Koontz[+e863880]Coffroth[-e863880], within fifteen days after the adoption[+e863880]passage[-e863880] of this resolution, a particular statement of the grounds of said contest;[+e863880],[-e863880] and that the said Koontz[+e863880]Coffroth[-e863880] be and he is hereby [-e863880]required to serve upon the said Coffroth[+e863880]Koontz[-e863880] his answer thereto within fifteen days thereafter;[+e863880],[-e863880] and that both parties be allowed sixty days next after the service of said answer to take testimony in support of their several allegations and denials;[+e863880],[-e863880] notices[+e863880] of proposed[+e863880]intention to[-e863880] examinations of[+e863880]e[-e863880] witnesses to be given to the opposite party[-e863880] at least five days before such[+e863880]their[-e863880] examinations; no such examination[+e863880], but neither party[-e863880] to b[+e863880]giv[-e863880]e comme[+e863880]noti[-e863880]ced at[+e863880] one place before the expiratio[+e863880]f taking testimony within less tha[-e863880]n o[+e863880]five days between[-e863880] the con[+e863880]clusion[+e863880]ose[-e863880] of the last examination[+e863880]aking it[-e863880] at another[+e863880]one[-e863880] place; such examinations to be regulated[+e863880] and its commencement at another, but[-e863880] in all other respects by[+e863880]in[-e863880] the manner [-e863880]provisions of[+e863880]escribed in[-e863880] the act of February 19, 1851.

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