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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



The bill was then passed by the following 

 vote: 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnell, 

 Delos B. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Bailey, Baker, 

 Baldwin, Banks, Beaman, Benjamin, Benton, Bmg- 

 ham, Elaine, Blair, Boutwell, Bromwell, Broomall, 

 Buckland Cake, Churchill, Eeader W. Clarke, Sidney 



Gravely, Griswold, Halsey, Harding, Higby, Hooper, 

 Hopkins, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, 

 Hulburd, Hunter, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Judd, Julian, 

 Kelley, Kelsey, Ketcham, Kitchen, Koontz, William 

 Lawrence, Lincoln, Logan, Loughridge, Marvin, 

 Maynard. McCarthy, McClurg, Mercur, Miller, 

 Moore, Moorhead, Mullms, Myers, Newcomb, Nunn, 

 O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pike, Pile, 

 Plants, Poland, Polsley, Pomeroy, Price, Eaum, Eob- 

 ertson, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Selye, Shanks, 

 Smith, Spalding, Starkweather, Aaron F. Stevens, 

 Thaddeus Stevens, Taylor, Thomas, Trowbridge, 

 Twichell, Upson, Van Aernam,Burt Van Horn, 

 Eobert T. Van Horn, Van Wyck, Ward, Cadwalader 

 C. Washburn, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Wash- 

 burn, Welker, Thomas Williams, William Williams, 

 James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, 

 Windom, and Woodbridge. 



NAYS Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Barnes, 

 Barnum, Beck, Boyer. Brooks, Burr, Cary, Chanler, 

 Eldridge, Fox, Getz, Glossbrenner, Golladay, Grover, 

 Haight, Holman, Hotchkiss, Eichard D. Hubbard, 

 Humphrey, Johnson, Jones, Kerr, Knott, Marshall, 

 McCormick, Morrissey, Mungen, Niblack, Nichol- 

 son, Phelps, Pruyn, Eobinson, Eoss, Sitgreaves, 

 Stewart, Stone, Taber, Lawrence S. Trimble, Van 

 Auken, Van Trump, Wood, and Woodward 45. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Butler, Cornell, Covode, 

 Finney, Hawkins, Hill, Laflin, George V. Lawrence, 

 Loan, Lynch, Mallory, McCullough, Morgan, Mor- 

 rell, Eandall, Shellabarger, Stokes/Taffe, John Trim- 

 ble, and Elihu B. Washburne 20. 



The bill was not taken up in the Senate. 



In the House, on March 26th, Mr. Farnsworth, 

 of Illinois, from the Committee on Reconstruc- 

 tion, reported the following bill for the admis- 

 sion of Alabama to representation in Congress : 



Whereas, the people of Alabama, in pursuance of 

 the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act 

 for the more efficient government of the rebel States," 

 passed March 2, 1867, and the acts supplementary 

 thereto, have framed a constitution of State govern- 

 ment which is republican in form ; and whereas, at 

 an election commencing on the 4th day of February, 

 A. D. 1868, a large majority of the legal voters of said 

 State ; voting at said election, voted for the adoption 

 of said constitution : Therefore, 

 ^ Be it enacted^ by the Senate and House of Representa- 

 tives of the United States of America in Congress assem- 

 bled, That the said State of Alabama shall 'be entitled 

 to representation in Congress as soon as the Legisla- 

 ture of said state, the members of which were elected 

 at the election mentioned in the preamble of this act, 

 shall have duly ratified the amendment to the Con- 

 stitution of the United States proposed by the Thirty- 

 ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen. 



SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the 

 duty of the commanding general of the military dis- 

 trict in which Alabama is included to notify the 

 members of the Legislature of said State, chosen at 

 the election held in February, 1868, to assemble at 

 the capital of said State within thirty days after the 

 passage of this act. 



SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said State of 

 Alabama shall be entitled to representation in Con- 

 gress and reorganized as a State of the Union upon 



the following fundamental conditions : that the con- 

 stitution of Alabama shall never be so amended or 

 changed as to deprive any citizen or any class of cit- 

 izens of the United States of the right to vote, who are 

 entitled to vote by the constitution herein recognized, 

 nor so amended or changed as to allow any person 

 to vote who is excluded from office by the third sec- 

 tion of the fourteenth article of the amendment to 

 the Constitution of the United States, until the dis- 

 abilities imposed by said section shall have been 

 removed in the manner therein provided ; and Con- 

 gress shall have power to annul any amendment to 

 the constitution ot Alabama or any act of the Legis- 

 lature of said State contrary to the provisions of this 

 section. 



Mr. Spalding, of Ohio, offered the following, 

 as an amendment to the bill : 



That the constitution framed by the convention of 

 Alabama, which was submitted for ratification by the 

 people at an election commencing on the 4th day of 

 February, 1868, is hereby declared to be the funda- 

 mental and organic law for a provisional government 

 for the people of Alabama, so far as the same is not 

 in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the Uni- 

 ted States. And the officers elected at said election 

 shall, on the 1st day of May, 1868 ? qualify as provided 

 in said constitution and the ordinances of said con- 

 vention, and immediately thereafter enter upon the 

 discharge of the duties of their respective offices. 



SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Governor, 

 at any tune after he shall have qualified and entered 

 upon the discharge of the duties of his office, may, by 

 proclamation, convene the Legislature chosen at said 

 election. The Legislature, when so convened, shall 

 possess all the power conferred by said constitution 

 which may not be in conflict with the Constitution 

 and laws of the United States. And the Legislature 

 is hereby further empowered to submit said consti- 

 tution to the qualified electors of Alabama for ratifi- 

 cation at such time or times as it may designate. 

 And said Legislature is also empowered, by a ma- 

 jority vote of each House, to submit the said consti- 

 tution, as framed by the convention, with or without 

 amendments proposed by the Legislature. And if 

 amendments be proposed by the Legislature, they 

 shall be voted upon separately, and not in connec- 

 tion with the constitution as it came from the conven- 

 tion. 



SEC. 3. And be it farther enacted, That whenever the 

 people by a majority vote of the qualified electors 

 of Alabama, qualified under the act of Congress of 

 March 23, 1867, to vote for delegates to frame a con- 

 stitution, and actually voting upon such ratification, 

 shall have ratified a constitution submitted as afore- 

 said, and the Legislature of the proposed State or- 

 ganization shall have adopted the amendment to the 

 Constitution of the United States proposed by the 

 Thirty-ninth Congress, and known as article four- 

 teen, the constitution of Alabama may be presented 

 to Congress for its approval. 



SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the district 

 commanders shall furnish all necessary aid in en- 

 forcing this act, and the act of March, 2, 1867, entitled 

 "An act to provide for a more efficient government 

 for the rebel States," and the acts supplemental to 

 and amendatory thereof shall remain in full force in 

 Alabama, except as modified by this act, until Ala- 

 bama shall be restored to representation in Congress.' 



The substitute was agreed to by the follow- 

 ing vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Ames, Anderson, Delos E. Ashley, 

 James M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Beatty, 

 Benjamin, Bromwell, Broomall, Churchill, Sidney 



a erry, iiaisey, nawjons, mil, nopKins, numer, J.E 

 gerspll, Judd, Julian, Kelsey, Ketcham, Koontz, 

 Laflin, William Lawrence, Loan, Loughridge, May- 



