slavery was signed by the President. It is interesting to note in this connection that this is the only proposed amendment to the Constitution ever signed by the President. The President's signature is considered unnecessary because of the constitutional provision that upon the concurrence of two-thirds of both Houses of Congress the proposal shall be submitted to the States and shall be ratified by three-fourths of the 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 THIRTEEN

"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."

The proposed child-labor amendment, which was submitted to the States during the 1st session of the 68th Congress in June 1924, has been ratified by 28 States, to date. The proposed amendment is as follows:

JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution:

ARTICLE

SECTION 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and 'prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age.

SECTION 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of State laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the Congress.

The proposed amendment relative to equal rights for men and women, was proposed by the Ninety-second Congress. It passed the House on October 12, 1971 and the Senate on March 22, 1972. As of the date of the publication of this pamphlet, it has not been ratified by three-fourths of the States. The proposed amendment is as follows: JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES RELATIVE TO EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MEN AND WOMEN Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress:

ARTICLE

SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

SEC. 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

SEC. 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.

INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENTS

Article Section Clause

A

Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States shall not be. [Amendments]____
Absent members, in such manner and under such penalties
as it may provide. Each House is authorized to compel
the attendance of

Accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money
shall be published from time to time. A statement of
the___
Accusation.

In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
be informed of the cause and nature of the. [Amend-
ments]-
Accused shall have a speedy public trial. In all criminal
prosecutions the. [Amendments]--

He shall be tried by an impartial jury of the State and district where the crime was committed. [Amendments]

[Amendments]-

He shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

6

He shall be informed of the nature of the accusation. [Amendments]__.

6

He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him. [Amendments] -

6

He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor.

[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__
Acts. Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such
acts, records, and proceedings.

Adjourn from day to day. A smaller number than a
quorum of each House may

Adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which they shall be sitting. Neither House shall, during the session of Congress, without the consent of the other_.

Adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such
time as he shall think proper. In case of disagreement
between the two Houses as to--

Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power
shall extend to all cases of____
Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no new
States shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction
of any other State. New States may be..

Nor shall any State be formed by the junction of two
or more States, or parts of States, without the con-
sent of the legislatures and of Congress-

Adoption of the Constitution shall be valid. All debts and
engagements contracted by the confederation and before
the__

1 Article of original Constitution or of amendment.

73-309 765

Index to the Constitution—Continued

Advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall have power to make treaties by and with the

To appoint ambassadors or other public ministers and consuls by and with the_- - -

To appoint all other officers of the United States not herein otherwise provided for by and with the.. Affirmation. Senators sitting to try impeachments shall be on oath or.:

To be taken by the President of the United States.
Form of the oath or.

No warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause
and on oath or. [Amendments]-
To support the Constitution.

Senators and Repre

sentatives, members of State legislatures, executive
and judicial officers, both State and Federal, shall
be bound by oath or

Age. No person shall be a Representative who shall not
have attained twenty-five years of..

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have at-
tained thirty years of

Right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of age. [Amendments]-Agreement or compact with another State without the consent of Congress. No State shall enter into any.. Aid and comfort. Treason against the United States shall consist in levying war against them, adhering to their enemies, and giving them..

Alliance or confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty of...

The

Amendments to the Constitution.

Whenever two-thirds

Ambassadors, or other public ministers and consuls.
President may appoint---

of both Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress shall propose

On application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States, Congress shall call a convention to propose. Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures of, or by conventions in, three-fourths of the States... Answer for a capital or infamous crime unless on presentment of a grand jury. No person shall be held to. [Amendments]_ _

Except in cases in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service. [Amendments]___ Appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as Congress shall make. In what cases the Supreme Court shall have. Application of the legislature or the executive of a State.

The United States shall protect each State against invasion and domestic violence on the __

On the

Application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States,
Congress shall call a convention for proposing amend-
ments to the Constitution.
Appointment of officers and authority to train the militia
reserved to the States respectively..

Of such inferior officers as they may think proper in
the President alone. Congress may by law vest
the...

In the courts of law or in the heads of departments.
Congress may by law vest the__

Dis

Of Presidential and Vice-Presidential electors.
trict of Columbia to have power of.

1 Article of original Constitution or of amendment.

Index to the Constitution-Continued

Apportionment of representation and direct taxation
among the several States. Provisions relating to the...
Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on
incomes, from whatever source derived, without
apportionment among the several States..
Of Representatives among the several States. Pro-
visions relating to the. [Amendments]__-
Appropriate legislation. Congress shall have power to
make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into
execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers
vested by the Constitution in the Government of the
United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
Congress shall have power to enforce the thirteenth
article, prohibiting slavery by. [Amendments]- - - -
Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions
of the fourteenth article by.
Congress shall have power to
of the fifteenth article by.
Congress shall have power to
of the twenty-third article
Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of
the twenty-fourth article by. [Amendments]..
Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of
the twenty-sixth article by. [Amendments]--.
Appropriation of money for raising and supporting armies
shall be for a longer term than two years.
Appropriations made by law. No money shall be drawn
from the Treasury but in consequence of..
Approve and sign a bill before it shall become a law. The
President shall...

[Amendments]---enforce the provisions [Amendment]...

enforce the provisions by. [Amendments]_ _ _

But no

He shall return it to the House in which it originated,
with his objections, if he does not. -

Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be for a
longer term than two years. Congress shall have power
to raise and support_
Armies. Congress shall make rules for the government
and regulation of the land and naval forces__
Arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia
being necessary to the security of a free State, the right
of the people to keep and bear. [Amendments]. -
Arrest during their attendance at the session of their re-
spective Houses, and in going to and returning from the
same. Members shall in all cases, except treason, felony,
and breach of the peace, be privileged from__
Arsenals. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over
all places purchased for the erection of__--
Articles exported from any State.

laid on..

No tax or duty shall be

Arts by securing to authors and inventors their patent
rights. Congress may promote the progress of science
and the useful..
Assistance of counsel for his defense. In all criminal prose-
cutions the accused shall have the. [Amendments]-
Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in aid of
rebellion or insurrection against the United States. Pro-
visions against the. [Amendments]..

Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No bill of..
Attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga-
tion 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.
1 Article of original Constitution or of amendment.

Index to the Constitution-Continued

B

Article Section Clause

Bail. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines nor cruel and unusual punishments imposed. [Amendments]-

Ballot for President and Vice President. shall vote by. [Amendment]-.

8

The electors

12

Ballot. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes for President and Vice President, the House of Representatives shall immediately choose the President by. [Amendments] _ _ .

Bankruptcies. Congress shall have power to pass uniform
laws on the subject of..

Basis of representation among the several States. Pro-
visions relating to the. [Amendments]-
Bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia
being necessary to the security of a free State, the right
of the people to keep and. [Amendments]...
Behavior. The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts
shall hold their offices during good....

Bill 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-
Bills of credit. No State shall emit__

9

3

Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of
Representatives. All...

Bills which shall have passed the Senate and House of Representatives shall, before they become laws, be presented to the President__

If he approve, he shall sign them; if he disapprove, he
shall return them, with his objections, to that
House in which they originated..
Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the
President with his objections, if two-thirds of each
House agree to pass the same, it shall become a law.
Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the
President, the question shall be taken by yeas and
nays__

Not returned by the President within ten days (Sun-
days excepted), shall, unless Congress adjourn,
become laws__.

Borrow money on the credit of the United States. Con-
gress shall have power to..
Bounties and pensions, shall not be questioned. The
validity of the public debt incurred in suppressing
insurrection and rebellion against the United States,
including the debt for. [Amendments]--

Breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest while
attending the session, and in going to and returning from
the same. Senators and Representatives, except for
treason, felony, and..

Bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. President, Vice President, and all civil officers shall be removed on impeachment for and conviction of treason

The

C

No

Capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on indictment of a grand jury, except in certain specified cases. person shall be held to answer for a. [Amendments]_ _ _ Capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration.

No..