68 FORTY—-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 19, 20. 1870. be taken and held as conclusive evidence that such oath or afiirmatiou was regularly and lawfully administered by competent authority: dud Neglect for provzdcdjimlzer, 1`hat every such person who shall neglect for the period
- L';YS;l3-l’fh;° of thirty days next after the passage of this act to take, subscribe, and
°yl(h;{° {,,,,,1,;,, tile such oatl1.or ailirmation as aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken, to ollice. all intents and purposes, to hare vacated his office: And provtdedpmhar, F¤_¤§l¤m<‘·{*=¤l That the State of Mississippi is admitted to representation in Congress
M as one of the States of the Union, upon the following fundamental con-
Mississippi to ditions: First, That the constitution of hlississippi shall never be so ¥"P6°’°";;‘l°“ amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens of the l l' . . j • . . uNO°:lliml, or United bmtes of the right to vote who are entitled to vote by the con- °l*>** *0**0 **0- Siitulion herein recognized, except as a punishment for such crimes as l"“`°‘l°mgl‘°t° are nov felonies at common law whereof the slmll have been dui V0lC:CXCOp[,&U· _ \" ’_ y ‘_ ll { '_y convicted under laws equally applicable to all the xulmbitants o said State: Provided, That any alteration of said constitution, prospective in its effects, may be made in regard to the time and place ot res1deuce or to hom of- of voters. Second, That it shall never be lawful for the said State to
deprive- any citisen of the linitcd Stntespon accouutlofipis rucel,)colp]r,
or previous condition of servitude, of the iight to ho< o nee un o1 the cpnlstitution audlaws said Siptc, 43; uppn any Euch ground to Hecpuri o nm any oticr qual cations or 0 icc han suc as are require o a _¤¤‘ ¤Y¤fil¤¤<>l__ other citizens. Third, That the constitution of Mississippi shall never
nm lm"` be so amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens
of the United States of the school rights and privileges secured by the constitution of said State. A1’1’1{OV1£D, February 23, 1870. Feb. 24, 1870. CHAP. XX.-——An Act making Apprgprwiions to sppply Ilzgioenaies in the Appgpriaz """"""‘* tions fw the naval Scrvrce jbr the ’cm· enduzy unc 2/urtzct/z, ezg/ltecn hun r ana sevemy, and fir wher !’u:pos¢s. Bez it enacted by the Senate and Blouse of Represe2ztatires of the United appropriation States of America in (kmgress assembled, That the following sums be, and {g"u_E'l;;f_:T'::r_ the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any inoney in the vm_ treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deiiciencies in the·ap’pr0- priations for the naval service for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, namely: lsnroan or For the bureau of steam cngineeering, five hundred thousand dolsteaun engineer- ]m~s_ mE;·(,O,,,m,c_ For the bureau of construction and repairs, one million five huntioninnirepnirs. dred thousand dollars; and the following amounts of unexpcnded bal- C . nnces are liereby covered into the treasury, viz.: Of the unexpcnded Cfllllll lll10X- . . . • . pexiilerlipniaxiiq-ps balance standing to the credit of the bureau of provisions and clothing,
- ·>j¤r$l;1'··¤¤<>¤l¤¤ one million four hundred thousand dollars; of the balance to the credit
nm *‘ of the bureau of equipment and recruiting, three hundred and ninety- nine thousand dollnrs; of the balance to the credit of the bureau of navigation, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and of the balance to the credit. of the bureau of yards and docks, nine hundred and fifty- one thousand dollars. And these sums shall be covered in and restored to the treasury, whether they stand to the credit of said bureaus in the proper books of the I`rensurer of the United States, or have been placed to any other account, or are under the control of any officer or agent of the Navy Appropriations Department: Provided, That; the money so appropriated shall be ex-
- g;·;3_l’° °"‘ pcuded only for the purpose of providing materials, carrying on the
work,dancl paying the employes of the bureaus for which it is approprime . APPROVED, February 24, 1870.
