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.
The Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives for the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress.
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The committee considers H. Res. 43
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of said Constitution, namely:
ARTICLE —.
SECTION 1. Neither Congress nor any State shall ever authorize, provide for, or make payment to any person or persons on account of the emancipation of any slave or slaves in the United States, or as compensation therefor.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation, and the judicial power of the United States shall extend to all cases arising under this article and the laws made in pursuance thereof.