The fourteenth article was submitted to the legislatures of the several States, there being then thirty-seven States, by a resolution of Congress passed on the 16th of June, 1866, at the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, and was ratified, according to a proclamation of the Secretary of State dated July 28, 1868, by the legislatures of the following States: Connecticut, June 30, 1866. New Hampshire, July 7, 1866. *New Jersey, September 11, 1866. Arkansas, April 6, 1868. $North Carolina, July 4, 1868. Louisiana, July 9, 1868. $South Carolina, July 9, 1868. Alabama, July 13, 1868. SGeorgia, July 21, 1868. *New Jersey withdrew her consent to the ratification in April, 1868. +Oregon withdrew her consent to the ratification October 15, 1868. Ohio withdrew her consent to the ratification in January, 1868. §North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia had previously rejected the amendment. The State of Virginia ratified this amendment on the 8th of October, 1869, subsequent to the date of the proclamation of the Secretary of State. The States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas rejected the amendment. The fifteenth article was submitted to the legislatures of the several States, there being then thirty-seven States, by a resolution of Congress passed on the 27th of February, 1869, at the first session of the Forty-first Congress; and was ratified, according to a proclamation of the Secretary of State dated March 30, 1870, by the legislatures of the following States: Nevada, March 1, 1869. West Virginia, March 3, 1869. Michigan, March 8, 1869. South Carolina, March 16, 1869. +New York, April 14, 1869. Vermont, October 21, 1869. Missouri, January 10, 1870. Rhode Island, January 18, 1870. Kansas, January 19, 1870. Ohio, January 27, 1870. Georgia, February 2, 1870. *Virginia had previously rejected the amendment. +New York withdrew her consent to the ratification January 5, 1870. Ohio had previously rejected the amendment May 4, 1869. Nebraska, February 17, 1870. Texas, February 18, 1870. Minnesota, February 19, 1870. *The State of New Jersey ratified this amendment on the 21st of February, 1871, subsequent to the date of the proclamation of the Secretary of State. The States of California, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Oregon, and Tennessee rejected this amendment. *New Jersey had previously rejected the amendment. INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND AMENDMENTS THERETO. A. Accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money shall Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall be Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the, and Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving same.... Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power shall extend to all cases of... power to make treaties by and with the. To appoint ambassadors or other public ministers and consuls by and with the...... Advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall have To appoint all other officers of the United States not herein otherwise provided for by and with the... . . . . Ambassadors, or other public ministers and consuls. The President may appoint... The judicial power of the United States shall extend to all cases affecting.. Amendments to the Constitution. How proposed and ratified.. Amendments.. Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be for a longer term than two years. Congress shall have power to raise and support and make rules for...... Arsenals. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over all places purchased for the erection of..... Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No bill of .. Attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts. No State shall pass any bill of... . . . . . . . Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted. Authors and inventors the exclusive right to their writings and inventions. Congress shall have power to secure to. 36 |