Assembly
Joint Resolution, No. 5
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State
of New Jersey
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Joint
Resolution ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, in relation to the election of United
States Senators by the people of the several States. |
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WHEREAS,
At the second session of the sixty-second Congress it was 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 in lieu of the first paragraph of section three
of article one of the Constitution of the United States, and
in lieu of so much of paragraph two of the same section as relates
to the filling of vacancies, the following be proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution, which shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the
Legislatures of three-fourths of the States: |
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“The
senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators
from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years;
and each senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state
shall have the qualifications requisite for election of the
most numerous branch of the state legislatures. |
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“Whenever
vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the senate,
the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election
to fill such vacancies; provided, that the legislature of any
state may empower the execu- [pg. 1]
tive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people
fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. |
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“This
amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election
or term of any senator chosen before it becomes valid as part
of the constitution.” Therefore, |
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RESOLVED
(if the Senate concur), That the Legislature of the
State of New Jersey does hereby ratify the above recited proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |
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And
be it further resolved (if the Senate concur), That the
Governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions
and preamble to the Secretary of State of the United States
of America. |
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Approved |
March
18 1913 |
James
F. Fielder, President of the Senate, Acting Governor [pg.
2]
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HOUSE
OF ASSEMBLY No. ___ |
HOUSE
OF ASSEMBLY, |
2/13
1913 |
This
bill having been three times read in the House of Assembly, |
RESOLVED,
That the same do pass. |
By
order of the House of Assembly. |
Leon
R. Taylor, Speaker of the House of Assembly |
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SENATE, |
March
17 1913 |
This
bill having been three times read and compared in the Senate, |
RESOLVED,
That the same do pass. |
By
order of the Senate. |
James
A.C. Johnson, President of the Senate [pg. 3] |