AMENDMENT [XXIV]

SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

SECTION 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

The twenty-fourth amendment 18 was ratified by the several State legislatures on the following dates: Illinois, November 14, 1962; New Jersey, December 3, 1962; Oregon, January 25, 1963; Montana, January 28, 1963; West Virginia, February 1, 1963; New York, February 4, 1963; Maryland, February 6, 1963; California, February 7, 1963; Alaska, February 11, 1963; Rhode Island, February 14, 1963; Indiana, February 19, 1963; Utah, February 20, 1963; Michigan, February 20, 1963; Colorado, February 21, 1963; Ohio, February 27, 1963; Minnesota, February 27, 1963; New Mexico, March 5, 1963; Hawaii, March 6, 1963; North Dakota, March 7, 1963; Idaho, March 8, 1963; Washington, March 14, 1963; Vermont, March 15, 1963; Nevada, March 19, 1963; Connecticut, March 20, 1963; Tennessee, March 21, 1963; Pennsylvania, March 25, 1963; Wisconsin, March 26, 1963; Kansas, March 28, 1963; Massachusetts, March 28, 1963; Nebraska, April 4, 1963; Florida, April 18, 1963; Iowa, April 24, 1963; Delaware, May 1, 1963; Missouri, May 13, 1963; New Hampshire, June 12, 1963; Kentucky, June 27, 1963; Maine, January 16, 1964; South Dakota, January 23, 1964. Mississippi rejected the proposal on December 20, 1962. No information from other States is in official files.

18 The twenty-fourth amendment was proposed by Congress on August 27, 1962, when it passed the House [108 Cong. Rec. (87th Cong., 2d sess.) 17671, having previously passed the Senate on March 27, 1962 | Id., 5105]. It appears officially in 76 Stat. 1259 under date of August 29, 1962. Ratification was completed on January 23, 1964, when the legislature of the thirtyeighth State (South Dakota) approved the amendment, there being then fifty States in the Union. On February 4, 1964, the Administrator of General Services, Bernard L. Boutin, certified that this amendment had become a part of the Constitution (29 F.R. 1715).

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RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

The Constitution was adopted by a convention of the States September 17, 1787, and was subsequently ratified by the several States, in the following order, viz:

Delaware, December 7, 1787, yeas, 30 (unanimous).
Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787, yeas, 46; nays, 23.
New Jersey, December 18, 1787, yeas, 38 (unanimous).
Georgia, January 2, 1788, yeas, 26 (unanimous).
Connecticut, January 9, 1788, yeas, 128; nays, 40.
Massachusetts, February 6, 1788, yeas, 187; nays, 168.
Maryland, April 28, 1788, yeas, 63; nays, 11.

South Carolina, May 23, 1788, yeas, 149; nays, 73.
New Hampshire, June 21, 1788, yeas, 57; nays, 46.
Virginia, June 25, 1788, yeas, 89; nays, 79.

New York, July 26, 1788, yeas, 30; nays, 27.

North Carolina, November 21, 1789, yeas, 184; nays, 77.
Rhode Island, May 29, 1790, yeas, 34; nays, 32.

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INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND AMENDMENTS THERETO

Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens
of the United States shall not be------
Absent members, in such manner and under such
penalties as it may provide. Each House is
authorized to compel the attendance of---. 1
Accounts of receipts and expenditures of public
money shall be published from time to time.
A statement of the____.

Accusation.

In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall be informed of the cause and nature of the ___.

Accused shall have a speedy public trial. In all

criminal prosecutions the----

He shall be tried by an impartial jury of the
State and district where the crime was com-
mitted____

He shall be informed of the nature of the ac-
cusation....

He shall be confronted with the witnesses
against him.___.

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He shall have compulsory process for obtain-
ing witnesses in his favor_____

He shall have the assistance of counsel for his
defense..

Actions at common law involving over twenty dol-
lars shall be tried by jury.---.

Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the....

Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts, records, and proceedings.. Adjourn from day to day. A smaller number than a quorum of each House may..

Adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other
place than that in which they shall be sit-
ting. Neither House shall, during the ses-
sion of Congress, without the consent of the
other....

Adjournment, the President may adjourn them to
such time as he shall think proper. In case
of disagreement between the two Houses as
to...
Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial
power shall extend to all cases of ----
Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no
new State shall be formed or erected within
the jurisdiction of any other State. New
States may be....

Nor shall any State be formed by the junction
of two or more States, or parts of States,
without the consent of the legislatures and
of Congress...

Adoption of the Constitution shall be valid. All
debts and engagements contracted by the
Confederation and before the___.

Advice and consent of the Senate. The President
shall have power to make treaties by and
with the...

To appoint ambassadors or other public min-
isters and consuls by and with the--------
To appoint all other officers of the United
States not herein otherwise provided for by
and with the___.

Affirmation.

Senators sitting to try impeachments
shall be on oath or

To be taken by the President of the United
States. Form of the oath or-----

No warrants shall be issued but upon probable
cause and on oath or

To support the Constitution. Senators and
Representatives, members of State legisla-
tures, executive and judicial officers, both
State and Federal, shall be bound by oath

or

Age. No person shall be a Representative who
shall not have attained twenty-five years of.
No person shall be a Senator who shall not
have attained thirty years of.......
Agreement or compact with another State without
the consent of Congress. No State shall
enter into any.

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Aid and comfort. Treason against the United States
shall consist in levying war against them, ad-
hering to their enemies, and giving them... 3
Alliance or confederation. No State shall enter into
any treaty of..................

Ambassadors, or other public ministers and consuls.
The President may appoint..

The judicial power of the United States shall
extend to all cases affecting..

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Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures
of, or by conventions in, three-fourths of the
States...

Answer for a capital or infamous crime unless on pre-
sentment of a grand jury. No person shall
be held to_____.

Except in cases in the land or naval forces, or in
the militia when in actual service.............

Appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with
such exceptions and under such regulations
as Congress shall make. In what cases the
Supreme Court shall have.___

Application of the legislature or the executive of a
State. The United States shall protect each
State against invasion and domestic violence
on the....