Senate
Concurrent Resolution No. 7
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State
of New Jersey
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CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION ratifying proposed amendment to the Constitution
of the United States relating to the terms of office of the
President. |
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WHEREAS,
By a resolution of Congress entitled “Joint Resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating
to the terms of office of the President” passed during the first
session of the Eightieth Congress of the United States, the
following article was proposed as an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States: |
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“ARTICLE |
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“Section
1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President
more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President,
or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to
which some other person was elected President shall be elected
to the office of the President more than once. But this Article
shall not apply to any person holding the office of President
when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not
prevent any person who may be holding the office of President,
or acting as President, during the term within which this Article
becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting
as President during the remainder of such term. |
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“Sec.
2. This Article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the Legislatures
of [pg. 1]
three-fourths of the several States within seven years from
the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.” |
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therefore, |
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BE
IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of New Jersey (the
House of Assembly concurring): |
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1.
That the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, on behalf of
the State of New Jersey, does hereby ratify the proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the United States, which is set forth
in a resolution of Congress entitled “Joint Resolution Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating
to the terms of office of the President,” passed during the
first session of the Eightieth Congress of the United States,
and which is reproduced in the preamble to this concurrent resolution. |
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2.
That the Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey be and
he is hereby directed to notify the Secretary of State of the
United States of the action taken by the Legislature of the
State of New Jersey with respect to said proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the United States. [pg.
2]
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SENATE No. S.C.R. 7
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SENATE, |
April
1, 1947 |
This
bill having been three times read in the Senate, |
RESOLVED,
That the same do pass. |
By
order of the Senate. |
Charles
K. Barton, President of the Senate |
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HOUSE
OF ASSEMBLY, |
April
15, 1947 |
This
bill having been three times read and compared in the House
of Assembly, |
RESOLVED,
That the same do pass. |
By
order of the House of Assembly. |
Leon
Leonard, Speaker of the House of Assembly [pg.
3] |