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Session 14091: 1867-07-19 00:00:00

The committee receives S. 137

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S. 137

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For the further security of equal rights in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the word “white,” wherever it occurs in the laws relating to the District of Columbia or in the charter or ordinances of the city of Washington or Georgetown, and operates as a limitation on the right of any elector of said District or either of said cities to hold any office or to be selected and to serve as a juror, be and the same is hereby repealed; and it shall be unlawful for any person or officer to enforce or attempt to enforce said limitation after the passage of this act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the supreme court of the District of Columbia sitting for the trial of crimes and misdemeanors be, and is hereby, authorized to order drawn from the jury-box provided for that purpose, and in the manner provided by law, the necessary, grand and petit jurors for the June term of the criminal court for the year 1867.

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S. 137 (introduced on 1867-07-19 00:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e869044) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1867-07-20 00:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e869045) [view current proposal at this moment]

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