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.
Tennessee, July 19, 1866.

*New Jersey, September 11, 1866.
+Oregon, September 19, 1866.
Vermont, November 9, 1866.
New York, January 10, 1867,
Ohio, January 11, 1867.
Illinois, January 15, 1867.
West Virginia, January 16, 1867.
Kansas, January 18, 1867.
Maine, January 19, 1867.
Nevada, January 22, 1867.
Missouri, January 26, 1867.
Indiana, January 29, 1867.
Minnesota, February 1, 1867.
Rhode Island, February 7, 1867.
Wisconsin, February 13, 1867.
Pennsylvania, February 13, 1867.
Michigan, February 15, 1867.
Massachusetts, March 20, 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.

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.
North Carolina, March 5, 1869.
Louisiana, March 5, 1869.
Illinois, March 5, 1869.

Michigan, March 8, 1869.
Wisconsin, March 9, 1869.
Massachusetts, March 12, 1869.
Maine, March 12, 1869.

South Carolina, March 16, 1869.
Pennsylvania, March 26, 1869.
Arkansas, March 30, 1869.

+New York, April 14, 1869.
Indiana, May 14, 1869.
Connecticut, May 19, 1869.
Florida, June 15, 1869.
New Hampshire, July 7, 1869.
Virginia, October 8, 1869.

Vermont, October 21, 1869.
Alabama, November 24, 1869.

Missouri, January 10, 1870.
Mississippi, January 17, 1870.

Rhode Island, January 18, 1870.

Kansas, January 19, 1870.

Ohio, January 27, 1870.

Georgia, February 2, 1870.
Iowa, February 3, 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
be published from time to time......
Accused shall have a speedy public trial in district where the
crime was committed. [Amendments]..

Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall be
tried by jury. [Amendments]...

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.

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