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THIRD CONGRESS.Sess. I. Resolutions.1794.
 
June 9, 1794


Copies of the Table of Fees in the State Courts to be sent to the Attorney General.Ⅶ. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the respective clerks of the several district courts in the United States, to return true copies of the tables of fees payable in the supreme or superior courts of the state in which such clerk resides, to the Attorney General of the United States, on or before the fifth day of December next.

Approved, June 9, 1794.


June 9, 1794


Amendment of the Constitution to prevent suits against states.Ⅷ. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, 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 the said legislatures shall be valid as part of the said constitution, viz:

The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.