United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866

An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.

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The members of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction are appointed; resolutions are offered in memory of Senator Jacob Collamer and the House adjourns to show respect

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Resolutions on the Death of Jacob Collamer

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Resolved, That the House of Representatives of the United States has received with the deepest sensibility the intelligence of the death of Jacob Collamer, late a senator in Congress from the State of Vermont.

Resolved, That the members and officers of this house, as a proper mark of respect for the personal character and long and valuable services of Hon. Jacob Collamer, will go into mourning by wearing crape on the left arm for a period of thirty days.

Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, this house do now adjourn.

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