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  1. Overview: United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65
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  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1864-12-20 12:00:00
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United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65

An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.

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The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress

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Session 3642: 1864-12-20 12:00:00

Reuben Fenton leaves the House of Representatives; More members join the House; H. R. 602 is reported back from the Committee on the Rebellious States with amendments; President's Annual Message is considered in the Committee of the Whole.

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H. R. 602

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A BILL

To guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the States declared to be in rebellion against the United States, and withfor the protection of persons and property in which the authority of the Constgovernment, ,itution and laws of the United States has beefor then wnons with tor prts o Statection ofs in which such persons and property n overthrown, shall not bhave been declared free by any proclamation of the Pent,he pergovernment, ,mits of the United to resume their political relStates u4ntil, by thaction of the l$1,500ya5respetively, a l whiteState constitution lshall be ordain, together with the citizens of the United States from such State in the miloyitary or naval service of the UnitizensSly,ed States,ed and establish6ed, repusenrollblica4n in f, or in the military or naval service of the United States as aforesaidorm, forreverr prohi7bitingth involuntars ofState, who areluary or naval serviall who have been honorably discharged therefrom, together with all loyal citizens enrolled as aforesaid, tude, prescribJuly 2, 1862, shall be electors, and may vote for delegates to the convention hervitudeeinbefore authorized, in the county, parish, or district in which they reside,n such State$1,500, and gu8aranteeing t5o all persons freedom and equality of rights before the law.2

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the State of Louisiana is hereby perlm8itted to resulme its political reylations witcivil h the gLGovernmand equality civil rights before the law arenti to all persons of the Unit, or in any manner in aid thereof,sed State.s6 under the31establish a republican form of government, and ordain a constitution containing those provisions, adopted by the convenrtion which rassembled on the sixth da7y of Aps ofStaril, anno DominSRi eighteen h2undred and sixtyfour, at New Orleans.éSec. 15. And be it further enacted, who areannall who have been honorably dischargThat the United States, in Congress assembled, do hereby recognize the government of the State of Louisiana, inaugurated under and by the convention which assembled on the sixth day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at therefrom, city of New Orleans; and the government of the State of Arkansas, inaugurated under and by ther with all loyal citizens enrolled as aforesaid, o Dom, convention which assembled on the eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at the city of Little Rock: Provided, That the same or other conventions, duly assembled, shall first have incorporated into the constitutions of those States, respectively, the conditions prescribiJuly 2, 1862,ed in the twelfth section of this act, and the marshal of the United States shall bhave returned to the President of the United States the enrolment directed by the seventh section to be made and returned to the provisional governor, and may vote for delegit shall appear thereby that the persons taking the oath to support the Constitution of the United States, together with the citizens of the United States from such State in the military or naval service of the United States, amount to a majority of the persons enrolled in the State. And the Preinbefosident shall, thereupon, by proclamation, declare authorize recognition by the United States, in Congress assembled, of the county, parish, or districsaid government of such State; and from the date of such proclamation the said government shall be entitled to the gurarantee and all other rights of a State government under the Constitution which they reside,four, at New Orleans.of the United States; but this act shall not operate a recognition of a State government in either of said States till the conditions aforesaid are complied with, and till that time those States shall be subject to this law.

Sec. –8. And be it further enacted, That in all that portion of the United States heretofore declared to be in rebellion against the United States, and enumerated in the President's proclamation of January 1, 1863, slavery and involuntary serv9itude, otherwise than in punishment of crime whereof the accus8ed shall have been duly yconvicted, shcivil all be, and the same heLrebGy is, aboliished and prohibe1ited forever, and the re-enslavement, or holding, or attempting to hold, in slavery or in involuntary servitude any person within said States made free bSRy this ac2t, or declared to be free by the proclamation ofé the President of the United States, dated January 1, 1863, or of any of their descendants, otherwise than in the punishment of crime whereof the accused shall have been duly convicted, is and shall be forever prohibited, any law or regulation of either of said States to the contrary notwithstanding.Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That is the persons exercising the functions of Governor and Legislature under the rebel usurpation in any State heretofore declared to be in rebellion shall, before armed resistance to the national government is suppressed in such State, submit to the authority of the United States, and take the oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and adopt by law the third provision prescribed in the eighth section of this act, and ratify the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed by Congress to the Legislatures of the several States on the 31st day of January, A. D. 1865, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to recognize the said Governor and Legislature as the lawful State government of such State, and to certify the fact to Congress for its recognition: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall operate to disturb the boundary lines of any State heretofore recognized by and now represented in the Congress of the United States.

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