Title of Nobility or Honor; or shall without the consent of Congress accept and retain any present, pension Office or emolument of any kind whatever from any Emperor, King, Prince or Foreign Power, such person shall cease to be a Citizen of the U. S. and shall be incapable of holding any Office of Trust or profit under them or either of them".

Resolved that his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward Copies of the above resolution rejecting on the part of and in behalf of the State of S° C the amendment proposed by the Congress of the U. S. & passed on the day of to the President of the Senate & the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the U. S. and to each and all of the Governors of the several States" BENJAMIN HUGER Chairman

Whereupon

Ordered, that the report be taken into consideration on Thursday next

I Certify the foregoing to be a true Extract from the Journal

Recd in Governor Alston's letter of 27th Oct. 1814.

4 AP-13.

Sir;

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Providence Sept 21. 1814.

I have the honour to transmit to you enclosed, a copy of the Resolution passed by the General Assembly of this State on the 15th Instant, relative to the proposed amendment of the Constitution of the United States

I have the Honour to be sir;

Very respectfully your Obed' Serv

WM JANES

Governor of said State,

Honble. James Munro

Secretary of the U. States,

[ADDRESS.]

[Postmark:] Providence R. I. Sep 23

Hon'ble James Monroe

Secretary of the U. States

Free

Washington

[INDORSEMENT.]

Dept of State

Rhode Island rejects 13th Art. of Amdts to Const" of U. S.

State of Rhode Island

In General Assembly

& Providence Plantations

Resolved, That the amendment to the Constitution of the

September, 15th 1814.

United States, proposed at the Second Session of the Eleventh Congress, in the following words, viz. "If any Citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office or emolument, of any kind whatever, from any Emperor, King, Prince or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them," be and the same is hereby disapproved of—

A true Copy.

Witness SAMUEL EDDY Secry.

on Monday the third day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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, to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution, viz:

Article XIII. No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic

institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor

or service by the laws of said State.

WM PENNINGTON

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JOHN C BRECKINRIDGE

Vice President of the United States,

Approved March 2. 1861.

JAMES BUCHANAN

& President of the Senate.

[INDORSEMENT.]

I certify that this Joint Resolution originated in the House of

Representatives.

Attest.

J. W. FORNEY

Clerk.