ACR
49, resolving to ratify the 23rd Amendment, was passed by
the General Assembly on 12 September 1960 and by the Senate
on 19 December 1960. The signed original was not found amongst
the filings of the Secretary of State. The image and transcription
included here are taken from the copy of the printed resolution
found in the Governor's Counsel's Office bill file.
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Assembly
Concurrent Resolution No. 49
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State
of New Jersey
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INTRODUCED
SEPTEMBER 12, 1960 |
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By
Assemblymen BRADY, HYLAND, HAUSER, MUSTO and DEAMER |
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(Without
Reference) |
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| A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION ratifying proposed amendment to the Constitution
of the United States granting representation in the electoral
college to the District of Columbia. |
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| WHEREAS,
By a resolution in Congress entitled “Joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting
representation in the electoral college to the District of Columbia,”
passed during the second session of the Eighty-Sixth Congress
of the United States, the following article was proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States: |
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“ARTICLE |
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| “Section
1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United
States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: |
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“A number
of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole
number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which
the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no
event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition
to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered,
for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President,
to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in
the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth
article of amendment.[pg.
1]
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| “Sec. 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation”. |
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| therefore, |
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| BE IT RESOLVED
by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey (the Senate
concurring): |
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| 1. That
the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, on behalf of the
State of New Jersey, does hereby ratify the proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the United States, which is set forth
in a resolution of the Congress entitled “Joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting
representation in the electoral college to the District of Columbia,”
passed during the second session of the Eighty-Sixth Congress
of the United States, and which is reproduced in the preamble
to this concurrent resolution. |
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| 2. That
the Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey be and he
is hereby directed to notify the Secretary of State of the United
States of the action taken by the Legislature of the State of
New Jersey with respect to said proposed amendment to the Constitution
of the United States. [pg. 2] |
