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Joint Resolution relating to the joint resolution of the Congrss of the United States proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article Fourteen. 1868 138 (1868.07)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0675 and id is 1 raw text is: 1868 188 States composing the United States, are required to Preamble. give assent to the said proposed amendment to the con- stitution of the United States, before it becomes apart thereof-therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of Alabama, That Ratification. we hereby ratify, on behalf of the State of Alabama, the above recited proposed amendment to the constitu- tion of the United States. Besolved, That a certified copy of the foregoing pre- amble and resolution be forwarded by the Governor of Alabama to the President of the United States. Approved, July 13, 186S. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the joint resolution of the Congress of the United States proposing an amendment to the Con- stitution of the United States, known as Article Fourteen. Whereas, The thirty-ninth Congress of the United Preamble. States, at its first session, passed the following propo- sition to amend the Constitution of the United States by a constitutional majority of two-thirds thereof, in the words following, to-wit: Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress Resolution. assembled (two-thirds of both Houses concurring), That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three- fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely- ARTICLE FOURTEEN. SECTION 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein e.t or- they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunites of citi- zens of the United States, nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due pro- cess of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdic- diction the equal protection of the laws.

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