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  1. Overview: United States Fifteenth Amendment
  2. Full Record: United States Fifteenth Amendment
  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1868-12-14 12:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

United States Fifteenth Amendment

The House of Representatives

The House of Representatives of the Fortieth Session of Congress

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Session 6497: 1868-12-14 12:00:00

Representatives continue to take their seats in the House; H. R. 1530 and H. R. 1531 are proposed

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H. R. 1531

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There is 1 proposed amendment related to this document on which a decision has not been taken.

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Further to extend the right of suffrage in the Territories of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act the right of suffrage in all the Territories of the United States, now or hereafter to be organized, shall be based upon citizenship; and all citizens of the United States, native and naturalized, resident in said Territories, who are twenty-one years of age, of sound mind, and who have not forfeited their right by crime, shall enjoy the same equally, irrespective of sex.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts, either by Congress or the legislative assemblies of said Territories, inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby declared null and void.

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  • H. R. 1531 (introduced on 1868-12-14 12:00:00 - CREATE - e721374) [This document]
    • Motion to Refer H. R. 1531 to the Committee on the Territories (introduced on 1868-12-14 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e721380)

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