* New Jersey, September 11, 1866. West Virginia, January 16, 1867. Kansas, January 18, 1867. Maine, January 19, 1867. Nevada, January 22, 1867. Indiana, January 29, 1867. Michigan, February 15, 1867. Nebraska, June 15, 1867. Iowa, April 3, 1868. Arkansas, April 6, 1868. Florida, June 9, 1868. § North Carolina, July 4, 1868. Louisiana, July 9, 1868. § South Carolina, July 9, 1868. Alabama, July 13, 1868. § Georgia, July 21, 1868. § The State of Virginia ratified this amendment on the 8th of Octo *New Jersey withdrew her consent to the ratification in April, 1868. Oregon withdrew her consent to the ratification October 15, 1868. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia had previously rejected the amendment. ber, 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. Wisconsin, March 9, 1869. South Carolina, March 16, 1869. New York, April 14, 1869. Indiana, May 14, 1869. Florida, June 15, 1869. New Hampshire, July 7, 1869. Virginia, October 8, 1869. Vermont, October 21, 1869. Alabama, November 24, 1869. *New York withdrew her consent to the ratification January 5, 1870. Missouri, January 10, 1870. Ohio, January 27, 1870. Georgia, February 2, 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. * Ohio had previously rejected the amendment May 4, 1869. † New Jersey had previously rejected the amendment. ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE AMENDMENTS THERETO. A. Art Sec. I Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens of the cutions the. [Amendments] He shall be tried by an impartial jury of the State and dis- I I 9 7 II 6 He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him. He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses He shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense. Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall be Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State. Full Acts. Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such Adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than Adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such time Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no new State Nor shall any State be formed by the junction of two or Adoption of the Constitution shall be valid. All debts and en- Advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall have To appoint ambassadors or other public ministers and con- To appoint all other officers of the United States not herein Affirmation. Senators sitting to try impeachments shall be on oath or. I 3 6 4 To be taken by the President of the United States. Form No warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause and To support the Constitution. Senators and Represent- atives, members of State legislatures, executive and Age. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained |