THIRTY—NIN'l`H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 4%, 49. 1866. 359 the numher of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. Sec. 3. No person shall be a senator, or representative in Congress, Qertain persons or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or mil- g$£‘:E';gc*;'°'“ itary, under the United States, or under any State, who having previously ° ° taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereofl But Congress may How disability by a vote of two thirds of each house remove such disability. '“"Yb°’°‘“°'°d‘ Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, author- Thevtylidityof ized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and boun- l’:l’):°qg‘;sf ties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not he ques- tamed. tioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay Certain debts any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against ;‘;€t;b\¥‘;;f’“‘ the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; gumed or paid. but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void. _ Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legis- mghljetjgulgw lation, the provisions of this article. by{°gm,_t,,,,,_ SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER, President of the Senate pro tempore. Attcst: Enw. lliCPHERSON, Clerk of the House of Representatives. J. W. Former, Secretary of the Senate. Received at Department of State June 16, 1866. [No. 49.] Joint Resolution relative m Appgimmms za the Military Academy ty the United J¤¤¤ 16. 1Q9g_ tutes. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uizited _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the age for the admission of Siotgfrfzggiglf cadets to the United States Military Academy shall hereafter be between Umm gmc, ° seventeen and twenty-two years; but any person who has served honorably Milimy Awaud faithfully not less than one year as an oillcer or enlisted man in the d°mY‘ army of the United States, either as a volunteer or in the regular service, in the late war for the suppression of the rebellion, and who possesses the other qualifications prescribed by law, shall be eligible to appointment up to the age of twenty-four years. Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That cadets at the Military Acade- 0¤d¤¤S to bc my shall hereafter be appointed one year in advance of the time of their ’;QQ;"Q;‘f,;’;‘§c° admission, except in cases where, by reason of death or other cause, a of their admis» vacancy occurs which cannot be thus provided for by such appointment in Sl°1§·‘*X°°P*» &°· advance; but no pay or allowance shall be made to any such appointee ,,,9,;),; tf3Q2m` until he shall be regularly admitted on examination as now provided by admissio¤._ law; nor shall this provision apply to appointments to be made in the m1;;;;};?';:;'!?.;,? present year. And in addition to the requirements necessary for admis· QOH_ sion as provided by the third section of the “Act making further provisions for the corps of engineers," approved April twenty-nine, eighteen 1812_,_ch. 72. hundred and twelve, candidates shall be required to have a knowledge of V°l· “· P· 72°* the elements ol' English grammar, of descriptive geography, particularly of our own country, and of the history of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further resolved, That, in all appointments of cadets Mod, of ,1,. to the military academy after those who enter the present year, the per- 1>0i¤¤¤\¤¤¤· son authorized to nominate shall nominate not less than five candidates 1Sg5°5f“}Ed‘ _ , . 10, § 3. for each vacancy, all of whom shall be actual residents of the Con- Post, p. 4s?.]
