[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15573-S15574]
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                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-374. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-375. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-376. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-377. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-378. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-379. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-380. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-381. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-382. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-383. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-384. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-385. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-386. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-387. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-388. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-389. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-390. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-391. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-392. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-393. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-394. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-395. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-396. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-397. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-398. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-399. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-400. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-401. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-402. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-403. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-404. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-405. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary. 

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       POM-406. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-407. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-408. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-409. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-410. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-411. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-412. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-413. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-414. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-415. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-416. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-417. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-418. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-419. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-420. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-421. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-422. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-423. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-424. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-425. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-426. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-427. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-428. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-429. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-430. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-431. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-432. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-433. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-434. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-435. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-436. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-437. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-438. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-439. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-440. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-441. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-442. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-443. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-444. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-445. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-446. A petition from a citizen of the State of Kansas 
     for a redress of grievances; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-447. A resolution adopted by the Interstate Oil and Gas 
     Compact Commission relative to the Arctic National Wildlife 
     Refuge; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       POM-448. A resolution adopted by the Southern Governors' 
     Association relative to the Endangered Species Act; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       POM-449. A resolution adopted by the Arkansas Wildlife 
     Federation relative to water resources management; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       POM-450. A resolution adopted by the board of commissioners 
     of Columbus County, NC, relative to welfare reform; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       POM-451. A petition from a citizen of the State of Texas 
     relative to a Constitutional Convention; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
       POM-452. A resolution adopted by the council of the city of 
     Atlanta, GA, relative to drug abuse prevention programs; to 
     the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
       POM-453. A concurrent resolution adopted by the legislature 
     of the State of Mississippi; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

                  Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 547

       A concurrent resolution post-ratifying amendment XIII to 
     the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the 
     practice of slavery within the United States except as 
     punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly 
     convicted; and for related purposes.
       Whereas, the Thirty-Eighth Congress of the United States, 
     on February 1, 1865, by the required vote of two-thirds of 
     the membership of both houses thereof, did propose to the 
     legislatures of the several states an amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States which reads as follows:


                            ``amendment xiii

       ``Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, 
     except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have 
     been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or 
     any place subject to their jurisdiction.
       ``Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this 
     article by appropriate legislation.''; and
       Whereas, Amendment XIII officially became part of the 
     United States Constitution on December 6, 1865, when the 
     General Assembly of the State of Georgia furnished that 
     amendment's pivotal twenty-seventh ratification, there being 
     at the time thirty-six states in the Union; and
       Whereas, it is common for state legislatures to continue to 
     act upon amendments to the U.S. Constitution well after those 
     amendments have already received a sufficient number of 
     ratifications in order to become part of that document; and
       Whereas, with specific regard to Amendment XIII, subsequent 
     to the Georgia General Assembly's approval, that amendment 
     was then post-ratified by the legislatures of eight other 
     states which were part of the Union during that era, 
     including that of Delaware in February of 1901, some 
     thirty-five years after Amendment XIII had already been 
     adopted, and that of Kentucky in March of 1976, well over 
     a full century after Amendment XIII had been established 
     as part of our nation's highest law; and
       Whereas, with respect to Amendment XIII, Mississippi, until 
     now, has been the only state which was part of the Union well 
     before and long after Amendment XIII was proposed and 
     ratified whose legislature has denied approval of that 
     important amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and
       Whereas, the people of present-day Mississippi strongly 
     condemn the unconscionable practice of slavery and firmly 
     believe that it is fitting and proper that official action be 
     taken now to finally place upon Amendment XIII the special 
     approval of the State of Mississippi: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Mississippi State Senate, the House of 
     Representatives concurring therein, That Amendment XIII to 
     the Constitution of the United States, quoted above and 
     transmitted by resolution of the Thirty-Eighth Congress be, 
     and the same hereby is, post-ratified by the Legislature of 
     the State of Mississippi; be it further
       Resolved, That Chapter CVIII, General Laws of 1865, in 
     which the Mississippi Legislature, on December 4, 1865, 
     refused to ratify Amendment XIII, is hereby specifically 
     rescinded; and be it further
       Resolved, That the Secretary of State of the State of 
     Mississippi transmit properly-attested copies of this 
     concurrent resolution to the Archivist of the United States, 
     pursuant to Pub. L. 98-497; to the Vice-President of the 
     United States, as presiding officer of the U.S. Senate; to 
     the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; to both 
     U.S. Senators and to all five U.S. Representatives from 
     Mississippi with the request that this concurrent 
     resolution's text be reproduced in its entirety in the 
     Congressional Record.

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