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Maine, January 19, 1867.
Nevada, January 22, 1867.
Missouri, January 26, 1867.
Indiana, January 29, 1867.
Minnesota, February 1, 1867.
Rhode Island, February 7, 1867.
Wisconsin, February 13, 1867.
Pennsylvania, February 13, 1867.
Michigan, February 15, 1867.
Massachusetts, March 20, 1867.
Nebraska, June 15, 1867.
Iowa, April 3, 1868.

Arkansas, April 6, 1868.

Florida, June 9, 1868.

*North Carolina, July 4, 1868.

Louisiana, July 9, 1868.

*South Carolina, July 9, 1868.

Alabama, July 13, 1868.

*Georgia, July 21, 1868.

*The State of Virginia ratified this amendment on the Sti. of October, 1869, subsequent to the date of the proclamation of the Secretary of State.

The States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas rejected the amendment.

The fifteenth article was submitted to the Legislatures of the several States, there being then thirty-seven States, by a resolution of Congress passed on the 27th of February, 1869, at the first session of the Forty-first Congress; and was ratified, according to a proclamation of the Secretary of State dated March 30, 1870, by the Legislatures of the following States:

Nevada, March 1, 1869.

West Virginia, March 3, 1869.
North Carolina, March 5, 1869.

*North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia had previously rejected the amendment.

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Louisiana, March 5, 1869.
Illinois, March 5, 1869.
Michigan, March 8, 1869.
Wisconsin, March 9, 1869.
Massachusetts, March 12, 1869.
Maine, March 12, 1869.

South Carolina, March 16, 1869.
Pennsylvania, March 26, 1869.
Arkansas, March 30, 1869.
*New York, April 14, 1869.
Indiana, May 14, 1869.
Connecticut, May 19, 1869.
Florida, June 15, 1869.
New Hampshire, July 7, 1869.
Virginia, October 8, 1869.
Vermont, October 21, 1869.
Alabama, November 24, 1869.
Missouri, January 10, 1870.
Mississippi, January 17, 1870.
Rhode Island, January 18, 1870.
Kansas, January 19, 1870.
Ohio, January 27, 1870.
Georgia, February 2, 1870.
Iowa, February 3, 1870.
Nebraska, February 17, 1870.
Texas, February 18, 1870.

Minnesota, February 19, 1870.

The State of New Jersey ratified this amendment on the 21st of February, 1871, subsequent to the date of the procla mation of the Secretary of State.

The States of California, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Oregon, and Tennessee rejected this amendment.

*New York withdrew her consent to the ratification January 5, 1870. Ohio had previously rejected the amendment May 4, 1869.

New Jersey had previously rejected the amendment.

ANALYTICAL INDEX

TO THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

AND THE

AMENDMENTS THERETO.

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Art. Sec. Cl. Page.

Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States shall not be. [Amendments].............. 14 1
Absent members, in such manner and under such penalties
as it may provide. Each House is authorized to
compel the attendance of..

Accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money
shall be published from time to time. A statement
of the.....

Accusation. In all criminal prosecutions the accused
shall be informed of the cause and nature of the.
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Accused shall have a speedy public trial. In all criminal
prosecutions the. [Amendments].

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Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars
shall be tried by jury. [Amendments]............................
Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State.
Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to
the.....

Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such
acts, records, and proceedings..

Adjourn from day to day. A smaller number than a
quorum of each House may..

Adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place
than that in which they shall be sitting. Neither
House shall, during the session of Congress, with-
out the consent of the other...

Adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such
time as he shall think proper. In case of disagree-
ment between the two Houses as to....
Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power
shall extend to all cases of
Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no new
State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdic-
tion of any other State. New States may be...............
Nor shall any State be formed by the junction of two
or more States, or parts of States, without the con-
sent of the legislatures and of Congress.
Adoption of the Constitution shall be valid. All debts
and engagements contracted by the Confederation
and before the.....

Advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall
have power to make treaties by and with the.....
To appoint ambassadors or other public ministers and
consuls by and with the......

To appoint all other officers of the United States not
herein otherwise provided for by and with the........
Affirmation. Senators sitting to try impeachments shall
be on oath or..

To be taken by the President of the United States.
Form of the oath or

No warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause
and on oath or. [Amendments]

To support the Constitution. Senators and Repre-
sentatives, members of State legislatures, executive
and judicial officers, both State and Federal, shall
be bound by oath or

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