The House of Representatives of the Fortieth Session of Congress
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The House receives a message from the Senate reporting that the Senate passed a resolution instructing the President to transmit the proposed amendment to the State legislatures and requests the concurrence of the House
Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring.) That the President of the United States be requested to transmit forthwith to the Executives of the several States of the United States copies of the article of amendment proposed by Congress to the State Legislatures to amend the Constitution of the United States, passed February 26,1869, respecting the exercise of the elective franchise, to the end that the said States may proceed to act upon the said article of amendment, and that he request the Executive of each State that may ratify said amendment to transmit to the Secretary of State a certified copy of such ratification.