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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  2. Full Record: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1866-01-30 12:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

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 House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress

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Session 5527: 1866-01-30 12:00:00

Mr. Delano submits a resolution for William Byers, G. H. Kyle and James M. Johnson to occupy the vacant Arkansas seats; House resumes consideration of H. Res. 51

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Resolution to Submit Propositions to the Rebellious States

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Resolved, That the joint committee of fifteen on reconstruction consider the expediency of proposing the following several propositions to each of the States lately in rebellion, for adoption by the Legislatures or conventions thereof, as a fundamental compact between each of said States and the United States, irrepealable without mutual consent:

First. No ordinance, regulation, or law shall ever be adopted by or have force within said State, which shall cause, intend, or permit the secession or withdrawal of said State, or of the citizens thereof, from the Union of these States; or the release of the officers or people of said State from their obedience to the Constitution of the United States of America; or from their allegiance to the constitutional Government thereof.

Second. The right to bring and defend suits in all the courts of said State, and to give testimony therein, according to the usual course of law, shall be enjoyed on equal terms by all persons resident therein, irrespective of race or color; and all forfeitures, penalties, and liabilities under any law, in any criminal or other proceeding, for the punishment of any crime or misdemeanor, shall be applied to and shall bear upon all persons equally, without any distinction of race or color.

Third. The right to acquire, hold, and dispose of property, real, personal, and mixed, shall, in said State, be enjoyed on equal terms by all naturalized citizens and by all persons native-born, without distinction of race or color.

Fourth. No law, ordinance, or regulation shall be adopted in said State, recognizing or creating any debt or liability on the part of said State, or of any municipal or corporate authority within the jurisdiction thereof, on account of credit, money, material, supplies, personal services, or other consideration whatsoever, taken by or furnished to or for the aid of any government or authority, or pretended government or authority, or military or naval force, or military or naval or civil officer, or pretended officer, heretofore set up, or acting in hostility to the Government of the United States, or so to be set up hereafter; but all such liabilities shall be void; and no tax shall ever be imposed, assessed, or collected by any authority within said State on account thereof.

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