...on the 12th of December, 1803, in lieu of the original third paragraph of Section I. of Article II., and was declared in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 25th of September, 1804, to have been ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the States....

...amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the fortieth Congress, on the zyth of February, 1869, and was declared, in a proclamation...legislatures of twenty-nine of the thirty-seven States. ARTICLE THE FIFTEENTH. SECT. I. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied...

...legislation. •Tho flfteenth amendment to tho Constitution of the United States wns proposed to the Legislatures of the several States by the Fortieth Congress, on the 27th of February, 1809, snd wai declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated March SO, 1870, to have...

...President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. The twelfth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Eighth Congress, on the 1 2th of December, 1803, in lieu of the original third...

...amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several states by the fortieth congress on February 27, 1869, and was declared, in a proclamation of the secretary of state, dated March 30f 1870, to have been ratified by the constitutional number of states and to have " become valid to...

...Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, 1865, and was declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the i8th of December, 1865, to have been ratified by the legislatures of twenty-seven of the thirty-six...

...on the rath of December, 1803, in lieu of the original third paragraph of Section I. of Article II., and was declared in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 25th of September, 1804, to have been ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the States....

...the thirty-six States. 2 !I2 US 214. 642 ; 110 US, 651. The l-ifteenth Amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Fortieth...declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, daled March 30. 1870, to have been ratified by the legislatures of twimty-uine of the thirty-seven...

...parte Yarborongh, 1 10 US, 651. on the 27th of February, 1869, and was declared, in a pioclamation of the Secretary of State, dated March 30, 1870, to...legislatures of twenty-nine of the thirty-seven States. The dates of these ratifications (arranged in the order of their reception at the Department of State)...

...Cases, 114 US, 270; Hagood v. Southern, 117 US, 52; In re Ayres, 123 US, 443. The eleventh amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Third (.'ongres-. on the 5th September, 1794; and was declared in a message from...