Joint
Resolution No. 2
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State
of New Jersey
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Joint
Resolution ratifying the amendment to the constitution
of the United States, known as the Fifteenth Amendment.
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1. Be
it resolved by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
of New Jersey. That the legislature of this State do hereby
ratify the amendment to the constitution of the United States,
proposed at the third session of the fortieth congress by resolution
of the Senate and house of representatives of the United States
of America in congress assembled, to the Several State legislatures;
Said amendment [pg. 1] |
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being in the following words to wit: |
| Article
XV. |
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1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote Shall
not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State
on account of race, color or previous condition of Servitude. |
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2. The congress Shall have power to enforce this article
by appropriate legislation. |
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| Approved |
| Feby
21 1871 |
Theodore
F. Randolph, Governor [pg.
2]
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| House
of Assembly |
| February
8th 1871 |
| This
Joint Resolution having been three times read and compared in
the House of Assembly, |
| Resolved
that the Same do pass. |
| By
order of the House of Assembly |
| Albert
P. Condit, Speaker of the House of Assembly |
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| In
Senate |
| February
15 1871 |
| This
Joint Resolution having been three times read in the Senate |
| RESOLVED,
That the same do pass. |
| By
order of the General Assembly. |
| Marion
West Higgins, Speaker of the General Assembly [pg. 3] |
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