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Show I Text of Proclamation Making W Suffrage Part of Constitution 1 WASHINGTON. The full text of the proclamation signed by Balnbrldge I Colby as secretarv of state, this morning, certifying that the 39th amendment II granting women the right of ruffrege throughout the I'nltod Sates, had be-1 be-1 come a valid pari of the constitution of the United States follows: J "Balnbrldge Colby. secr;nry of state of Ihe United States of America. 1 To all to whom these presents shall firac, greeting. I "Know ye- that the Congress of the I nlted States it the first session, f 661 h Congress, begun at Washington cn the 13th dnv of May, to the oar I one thousa&d nine hundred and nineteen passed a resolution as follows J "Joint resolution I J! "Proposir.fr an amendment to the constitution extending the right of I I BOffragfl lo women " 1 ''Resolved by tbe Senate r.nd House of Representatives Of the United J States of America in Congress ncrembld (two-thirds of each house 1 j! concurring therein), that Ihe following ar.lcle is proposed ns an amend J menl to the COlfBtllutlon, which thrill be valid to all intents and purposes I as part of the eonstitutl 11 when ratified by the legislatures of three- l fourths of the . pveral states- , Article. ml The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall net he denied or abridged h 'he United Stntez or by any state on account of sex. BaV " 'Con.sTess shall have th power to enforce this article by appropriate ' Bi log station.' mmW And. further, that It appears from official documents on filp in the department of state that the amendment 10 the constitution of th United v Stahftf proposed as aforesaid has been ratified by the legislatures of the ' states of A rlzona. Arkcuisa?. California, Colorado. Idaho. Illinois. Indiana, f j !owa. Kthneas, Kentucky, afaine, Massachusetts, Michigan Minnesota Mis- Bv j sourl. Mem ana; Nebraska. Nevada New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania , Rhode Island, South Dakota Tennessee, Texas, Utah. Washington, v. . tt iTi Irir. ia. Wisconsin and Wyoming. And further. th:-( the stittes whose legislatures have r-o ratified the said proposed amendment constitute three fourths of the whole number of states in the United States. "Now. therefore be it known that I, Balnbrldge Colb. secretary of 'jMK tate of the United Stairs. bj virtue and In pursuance of section 205 of fbo revised r.tatutes of tbe United Stntes, do hereby cerilf.' that the NfjB amendment aforesaid bas become valid to all intents and purposes as a fifjV P&rt of the constitution of the United State.-; HBF 'In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and c-.used the seal of the department of state to be affixed "Done at the city 01 Washington, this 2Cth day of August In the year Ji of our Ixird one thousand nine hundred and twenty "BAINBRIDGC COLBY. |