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. SEYENTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIYE ASSEMBLY,

CONVENED ON TilE SECO::"D DAY OF DECEllBEIl:, A. D. le"7.

ALSO, THl;

ACTS OF A PUBLIC NATCRE PASSED AT THE SAME SES·

SION, AND TllE PRIOR LA-WS STILI. IN FORCE.

TOOXTttER WITH

THE DECLA1U.TION OF INDEPENDE:SCE, TIlE CONSTITUTION OF TIrE

UNITED STATES, Till: ORGANIC ACT, AND THE
A.MEXDMEXTS TIIERETO.

PUBLISHED BY .A. UTHORITY.

CENTRAL CITY:
PRINTED sr DA YID C. COLLIE!: • .I.T rns REGISTER OFFICE.

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'I'EHHITORY OF COLORA.DO, l55

BECRETARY'S OFFICE, f'
I, FUANK Il!.LL, Secretary of Colorado 'I'crr itory, do hereby
certify that I have delivered to D_'!"VID C. COLLIER, Public
N OTE.- TIlt: within compilation is believed to contain (Ill of the Printer, true nod correct copies of nil LA ws, JOI:-iT RKSOLU-

SIIIIItII':) (1/ 1I1f~ Tcrritonj, of (I general anil public 1wtl1re, now TIONS, and MEMORIALS, together with the Revised and Consol-
idatcd Statutes, now on file in my office, passed at the SEV!l:NTlI
1'(')1/11 iJlill!Jil! [orcc; except those enumerated in the notes at th~ foot
SESSIOK of the Legislative Asscrnhly of tlie Territory of Colo-
Il O"rr}JI''i" XI-f. Those Statutes wMch were passed at the seventh
rado, begun at Golden City on tho 2d Jay of December, A. D. OJ
"'S'/")I (II 11,,' [.e:;isllllivc Asse1llvly, ill addition Iq the Revised
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1807, and adjourned to Denver on the Dth day of December,
;/ldicaler! the title the e1wcting clause prefixul o
,'l"II/IIIe's, I/}'I: [,!) ({lIIl
. .A. D. 1867 . ~
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IIIlTeI", u n.! irill Lc fouiul under the appropriau cluipters oj tile '-' .
In testimony whereof, I_have hereunto set my hand and c,'l
Tt'"/s,',,I/, II)' 11I!d~I' tlie title of Miscellaneou« Laws.

E. T.WELL/:). [L.8.]
affixed the great seal of the 'l'cr ritory of Colorado.
Done at Denver, this 22d day of January, in
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Jill!) ISI", 18G8. the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun- p:
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dred and sixty-eight. ct
FHANK HALL, \
.Secr~i(tr!J of Colortul« Tcrritor f.
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SECRETARY,
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, ..............••••••.•••••.••
FnANK HALL. OON8TITUTION OF THE tJHITED STATES ••••••••.•..•••.•••.... 1
.AMENDMENTS TO TDE OONSTITUTION •..••••..•..•••••••••.•.... ~
OIlGA.}I1O ACT 0 •• TRill TERRITORY OF COLORADO ••.......... '2'
J.MENDMENT8 TO TIlE ORGANIO ACT ••••.••.••..•••••••..•...... 3
.JUllrn:,') Of' 1'118 SlII'HJ;~IE COURT. I. ADATItMENT ••..•.••........•.............••••.•.••.••.......•.••••..... I
II. A OVERTISEMENT8,.............. .•.••. •••••••.•• •••..•• ••••••.•••...• •
(;IIIEf JUST/rE. III. ALIEN!!, •.........•.•.......•.•......•.... " ... , .. , ..•..•.•.•..•....•.•••••
IV. AMENDMENTS
MOSES HlI:LLETT AND .JEOFAILS •.•..••....•......•.••••....••..•..•.••
V • AllnlTRATlONS J.ND AWARDS •.....•.••......•••.•..•.••..•........ (,
\.vILL.IA~( n, GOnSLINE, Asso~IAT"
•J lJSTICE, VI. ATTACHMENTS ••..•.....•.•••.............•..•• " ...•.............. ,.,
LllnlSTIA N S. EYS'l'EH, /I /I VII. ATTOItNEYS AT LAW." , .. ,., ............•••••• , .
VIII. J. I:C1'IONS......... ......•..•.• •••••• •••••.•..•.........•••••..•......•... r-
An Rot to compot tbo Koopeu of Auction BlAntla Rnd Com.
mtsston Stablea or Stand s, to kcep a rccord or their pro-
ATTORNEY GENEItAL, ocedmg.,..... ...................................••......••••.. ... 1
IX . t.UDITOR AND TREASURER, .••......••. " ...•••••.••. ...••••.... 7
.GEO. W. CUA~mEnLAIN. .An B<ltconcerntng rcpcrts or Torrltorll\l 0111001'8,.••..•.... ,.. F
X. DILLS OF EXOHANGE AND rRO~"8S0RY NOTES, ..•...••••••••. p.
XI. nUTCREcS ••..........................•....•••........•.........•....... f>
XII. Ot.PITAI" : , , ,............ (\
UARSIIAI" XlII. CllANCERY, .........••............... " .. II
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XIV. CllAT1'Et, MORTGt.UES , 10-
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~1. A. SIIA FFENDUllG, xv. CHUIlCllES ••............•..•...•............. 10 , .........•..•.•.••.........
XVI. COMMON-LAW, .....................................•••.•......•.•••....
10.
XVII. CONVEYA.NCE8, •....••...•...•......•....•......••..•.••.•.............
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XVIII. CORPORATIONS, " .. II·
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.\s:·;'1' Tla:ASUHEfl, A:iD SUI"l' U. S. ~II'\'I'
. , An tlot relatln,! to nallrol\de. Wngon·!tonds, Bnd MinIng Com.
Rnlne, Bubacrlptfooo to Stacie. 1s~\lO or Bonda to pn y In-
GEOHGE W. LANE. f
er".t ••nd Principal by Count.tea, CILlcs or Town •• nuJ for •
othor pu.rp<>80.. .... .... . .•....••••. ... .•••..•..... ...••••. ..••••. I.,
An IWt to amend .An act to nnl\b!t It cud, DtLoh, Ml\nnfnetnr·
Inll' and olbor Oompnntos to bccnrn o Dodlce Cor porut e, an.I
the aCToral 8.018amendatory tbcrct o•....... , ••..•......•...... Il
RlJflVEYOR GENERAL, An act cnnoolJlng County Donda, ....................•........ , ... 14,
An act amondatory or nn act cntltlcd An act to amonn nn
W. II. LESSIG. act to ennblo Road, Ditch Manufacturlllg
pautca to become Ilodtea Corporate, .. , .............•.•........
and other Corn-
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.\n act conoernlng tuo Incorporatton or tho Nortb .Amerlcnn
Turner UnIon •...•....•........................................... 11
An act conoernlng tbe Incorporation or Ma8onlo ADd Od d-
Fellows' Boclet leg•..... ,...................................... H
XIX. COST8 ••.••• : , ........•••......••........•..•...•............... ,. I~.
x r. COUNTIE~., , ••.•...............••.....•...... I:.
An act to nmoml ecctton thtr ty-two or An net to donno
Cou n t y Boundmlcs, and locnto Couut y-Bes ta In Colorado
Tcrrllof}' •.•.•••..•.................. , ••••....••......•.•••••. , .. ,' Ie:
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J... '12 DECLARATION OF' INDEPENDENCE,

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,~ the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usur pntious,
which would inevitably interrupt our connections and corres-
pondence. Thoy too have been deaf to the voice of justice and
consanguinity. Wo must, thereforel acquiesce ill tho necessity
which denounces our scpuration, and hold them, ns we hold the
res; of mankind, enemies in war, in ponce friends.
'Ve, therefore, tho representati Y09 of tho U ni ted States of
America, in general congress assembled, appealing to tho Suo .~
preme Judge of tho world, for the rectitude of our intentions,
do, in tho name, and by the authority of the good people of theso
eolonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colo- CONSTITUTIO~ OF I'll E u~r\'lm STATES.
nics are, nnd or right ought to be free and independent atates i
that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown,
and thst all political cenneotion between thorn and tbo state of
Grunt Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved j and that ,
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as Iree and indepeudent states, they have full power to lery
,,"r, conclude penco, contract alliances, establish commerce, and
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We, tho peoplo of the United Stntcs, ill order to Ior m :1 more
perfect UIlIOn, establish justice, insure do mcst ic tr:ul'l"illity,
to do all otbor acts nnd things which independent states may of > provide for the common defence, promote the general wclfar e,
right do. AntI for the support of this declaration, with n firm
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nnd Recuro the blossings of liberty to o u r sul v cs :lnd our poster·
re linnce on tho protection of Divino Providence, we mutually ity, do onhin":\Ud cglablisu this C0I1Stitll.i')1\ for t lic IJnited
pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred States of America.
honor.
ARTICLE 1.

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~1 1. All legislative
SECTION L

powers herein granted, shall be vested in 1\

~ cougress of the United States, which shall consist of :I senato
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and house of representnti v es.

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SECTION 11.

CO i; '1. The house of ropresontatives shall bo composed or m ern-

bers chosen every second yenr, by the peoplo of tho sev er al
eate3 i and the eloctors in ench state shnll have the q unlifica-
tiona requisite for elcctora of tho most numerous branch of the
atate log18lnture.
2, No person shall be n r epresentative who shnl! not have
attained to tho age of twenty.five yenrs, aud been scvsu yenTs Il
citizen of the United States, nnd who ahnll not, when elected,
b. an inhabitant oC that alnto in which he shnl l be chosen.

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3. Reprelent.ativ(ls

union, according
and direct taxes
among the sovernl states which may be included
to their respective
shall be npportionod
within this
numbers, which shall be
determined by adding to the whole Dumber of free rersons, in-
cluding those bound to service for a term oryears, nne excluding
Indians not taxed, three fifths of all otber persons, 'l'hc actual
enumeration ahall be made within three years after the first
meeting of congres~ of tho United Slates, and within every
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CONSTITUTION.
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person be eligible to that office who sbnll not hnvo nttained to

the age of tiJirty.fil'c years, and been fourteen years II resident
;'r th state of the
m~~1l 8u~h measures
union, nnd recommend
as he shall judge necessary
to the co
and ex
"Within tbo United States. '6nt. Ile mny, on extrnordinary occa~ioD9, convene both ho
C. In case of tbc removal of tbe president from office, or or Q't elther of them, and in CMe of disagreement bet~een t
his .death, rcsigll~tion, or inability to diacharge the powers and with respect to the tirno of adjournment, he mny ndJou~ll I
dutlcs. of t lic said office, the sa me sha ll devolve
presidonr, nnd the congress may, by law, provide for tho case of
all the vice.
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to lue h time as h e ahall think proper . He ahs l l k
basaadors and other public ministers.
receive
ITe shall ~a .e c!!Te.
romoval, dcnt h, resignation, or inability, both of tho president tho l~\ts be faith~ul1y executed; null shall comrm ssto n al:
~nd viceJHcsitlcllt, declaring what officer shall then act as pres. .m(ltifO of tho United States.
ideut, all such officer shall act nccordinl~ly, until the uis:lbility
bo removed, or a prcsiucnt shall be clected. 8~CTlON IV.

7, The prosident abn ll, I\t staled tirnes, receivc for hi~l scr vicea 1. Tho president, vice.preaidcnt, and all ci\:il officers of
:\ COIJIPCIlS:lliulI, w b~kJllleithcr
ich be increased or duuinisucd

Urliicd States, shall be removed from office 011 lr:'peach,1l101l

uuring the pcr icd for which lie shall have been elected and he and conviction of treason, bribery, or other IlIgh cr irues
alinl l n~t rccci vo, during that Ileriod, any othcr cmollllll~lItrrom tnlsdemeanora.
tlie UlIItCt! States, or any of t rem, i
B, Beforo lie enters on the execution of Ili8 office, hc shall AHTICLE III.
take the followillg oath or affirmation:
9. "I do so le mu ly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully exc- BECTION I.
cute the oflice of 'l~Tesiueul of the United States, and ";ill, to t 'I'he Judicial power of the l!nite~ States shall he v este
the. best ,of Illy a?1 Ity, preserve, protect, and defend tho conati- one tiuproIno court, and in su?h inferior ~ourt&: as the COllf
t uti on of the United States." '
UlaYi from time to time, ordain find eJtablls!1. .
SECTION II. 2. 'l'he judges, both of the 8upreJn? and infcr ior courts, f
hold their office during good bobnvior ; ~nd 6ha.II, at 8~
1. The president shali be commander.in.ehief of the arm'y timea reeelvo for their aorv ices 8 co mpcnsnt.re n, w hicb shill
nnd n:wy of tlill United Stutes, and of the militia of the several be di~inished during their continuance in office.
Btutes w hcn e:t11cd into the nctual service of the Unitcd Stutes.
Il c may require tho ~pinion ill writing of tho principal officer SECTION II.
IQ each oft lio executive departments, upon any subject relating
to the dutles.of their rcspective offices; and be shall have power 'L,Tbe judicial power. sbnll o.xte~d 10 nil cases in la\~'
equity,llri!!ing under this eonntrtuuon, tlic ln ws of tho L II
to grant repncl'Cs and pardons for oficnces ngninllt tho United
States, except in cases of impeachment. States, and treaties made, or which shall be mrulc, under t
authority i to nil cases affecting !\mh:\ss:ld(~rs, or other P,u
2. Ho shall have power, ~j' and w!tb tho ndYice and consent
of tho seuntc, to mnk o treaties, provided two tuirJs of the sen- ministcts and consuls ; to nil cases of :lllll1lr;d~y nl~~l m a rit
at or a present conour; al1~ he shall nominate, nnd b)' and with jurisdiction; to contr ovcrsiea to which t lrc l In it cd otatcs S
t h e advlCo .a nu
.c~nsent of the sennto, shall arpoiutallJbass:tdors, .; be a party; to coutroversiea between two or more ~t~le~,
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tween a state and citizens of another stntc ; Sctwcell cruze n:
othor IJULlrc 1Illl,IIsters and cOlIs~ds, j~ldges 0 the supremo court,
.i different statss ; between c it izcus of the srune state, chi!"
and nl otbe: officers ~f tho UUlted States, W}J0ge appointments
'!, lands under grants of d iffcrcnt ~tatc~, ~lnd bet\T(;clI. a state or
lI.ro not heroin ot hcr w iso provided for, and which shall be estab.
citizens thereof, BIllI foreign states, cIlIZCII:i or SII~)JCC~s.~
lished u~ la\~. The cougress may by law, vest the appointment
2. In nil cases alfecting ambassadors, or pu b l ic nn u istcr s
or auc~ Infenor oHicera as they thin k proper, in tbe presiden t
eoneuln.nnd those in which u state shall be a parly, tire SUI'T(
alone',ln the c?urts of law, or in the bends of departments.
3. 'I ho president shall havo power to fill up all vacnncies that
court ahall have original jurisdiction. 10 all the other ?
before mentioned, the supreme court shall have ~ppe)late JU
m~y.happc.11 ,duTing the r~eeli9 of tbo senate, by granting com.
11ll3S101lS, w 11Ich shall expire at the end of their next session. diotion, both 8S to law and fact, with such excepuons, and un
ouch rcgulationa as the congress shall make.
SF.CTION III.
-t~tlt{.1l0" br .lrUoI.n of .t.",toda,.olt.
1. LIe shall from time to tirne gl've t th .
o e congress informa
 ARTICLE VII.
1. Tile ratification of the con rentiona of nine statea sh&ll' bo
suflici e nt for t lro cstnblishment of this constitution between tho
st.ues so ratifying the sa me.

DOlle in convention, by the unnnimoua consent of tho statea

prcseur, the seventeenth day of September, Inthe ::rear'of
our Lord, one thousand se r en hundred and oigbtJ-sovonth,
ant! of the independence of tho United StatelJ of .A.:meti~dl0 AMENDMENTS TO TIlE CONSTITUTION.
t wclft h.
In wit n css whereof we havo herounto subscr ibed our names,
G EO. W ASllINGTON, President,
and Deputy from Virginia.
.ARTICLE 1.
lluo Ila 1II1"h ire. .MauG(lAlI",ur.
JOlIN LAN(JDON, NATIIA.NIEL GORMAN, 1. Congrcs~ ahul l ma ke no law respec.till!; au estl\blishn~ent
NICHOLAS UlL?tIAN. RUFUS KfNO of r rli ••ion or prohibiting the free excrctso thereof; or abridg-
JOHN DrcKIN80~J.... ing th~ fre~doll\ of speech, or of tho press; or the right of the
Connecticut. RICHA.RD BABBEn,
JACOB BROOl!.
people peaceably to assemble and petition tho government for 8
WM. SAlIUEL JOIIN80N, redress of grievances.
HOGEH SLlEHhl6..N. Ha~ZOnd.
New rork. JAMES M'IlElfRY AR'l'ICLE II.
JENlFlm.
ALEXANDEH lIAhlILTON.
DAN'L OF ST. TIlo.
DANIEL OARROLL.· 1. A well-regulated milit!u being necessary to the security or
a free state, t lio right of the people to keep and bear arms shall
.New Jerui/. Virginia. Hot be iufringeJ.
.:::L lYlLLJAU LIVINGSTON, JOlIN DIJAIR
a nxv l\) UBEAHLY. JAMES MADISON, Jn, A-H.'l'ICLE Ill.
WII.LIAM I'ATE:ltSON,
a JON_\TIIAN DAYTON. North Carolina, 1. !\u soklicr shall, in timu of peaco, be q un rtcrcd in any
CO house wit lrout the consent of tile owner; nor in time of WilT,
WILLIAM ilLOUNT
mClIARD nonns SPAWIlT, hut in a run n ncr to be prescribed by law.
IlI:N.I'\~IIN FIL\NlCLlN, HUOlI WILLIA1l60N.
TIIO",\S ~IIFFI.\N,
1\0111:1(1' MOltltl8. South Oarottno, AH'l'ICLE IV.
OEUlttJI; CI.Y~IEH,
TJI<BI.\S IrJTZtiHDION:3 JOHN RUTLEOE 1. '1'11\; right of the people to be secure ill their persoos,
J A HEll IN(;EHSULL, ' c. COTESWOHTIi PINCKNEY. houses, 1';J[!t!r~ and against
cflcets, unreasonable searches nod
J.HIE:i WILSON, CIlAHLE8 PINCKNEY,
OUVEIlNEUl~ ]lUIIlW!. PIEHCE BUTLER.
soizurcs, !illall not be violated, and no war runt shall issue but
UPOII 11I'<Jballlc cause, supported by oath or affirmation, nod
Delatcare. Georgia. particularly describing tile place to be searched, and the persons
cuoncn HEED WILLIAM FEW or tllillg:l to be seized.
GUNNING ilEDFURD, In.. ABRAIIAM llALDwm.
AR'rICLE V.
ATTEST: WILLIAM JACKSON, S~crcta.r!l'
.1. ~o person ••.hall be held to nnswer for a capital or other.
WillI! Crime, unless on a presentment
IIIL~11I0U:l or iudictmeut of
a grantl Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces
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or ill tho m i li tiu, when in actual service, in time of war or pub.
lic dangcr ; liar shall any person be subject for the Barno ollence AR'rICLE XII.
t o 11.: twice put ill jeopardy of life or limb j nor shall be com-
1. 'I'ho electors shu ll meet in thcir res/)actiyc states and vote
l,dle,l, ill :lu)' cr i in iuul case, to be a 'fitness a~aiD!!t himsolf;
by ba llo t (or prcsiJ~nt u.uJ vice-presi. cnt, o n e of whom, fit
nor be .lcpri vcd of life, liberty, or property, without duo pro-
Icast, slial l not bo an inhabitant of the snrn e state as themselvcs.;
c ess of law : II or !;ball pr ivute properly be taken for public use
they shall uarue in their ballots tho pcrson voted for.as prcs~-
wi t hout just corupcusntiun.
dent and ill distinct ballots the person voted for as vlce·presl-
A n'l'ICLE VI. dent'; and they shall make distinct lists of nil p'ersons ~oted
for as president, and of all pcraoas voted for ns vice-president,
1. III :III c ri tu inul prosccut ions, thc accused shall enjoy tho and of tho number of votes for each, which lists they sua II sign
rif:ht to :1 !I,ecdy aut) public trial, by an impartial jury of the and ccrt.ify, ant) transmit scaled to tlie float of government of
st at o nnd district wherein tlie crime shall have been committed, tho United States, directed to the prcaidcnt of tho seuatc ; the
wlii,'h d ist.rict sllall 11:lvO been previo ualj ascertained by law, president of tho senate shall, in the presence of the eenat o and
1n1 I o be iulo rrucd of the nature and cause of the necusation ; house of represeutati vea, open all tLe cert.iflcares, and the vo\es
to IJ1J ccnfr cntcil with tile witnesses against him, to have com- sha]] then be counted; the person haviog the gre:\tcst number
"" pulsory process lor outailJillg witnesses in his favor; and to of votes for president shul l be the president, if such number be
W
Cl have till! nssistnucc of counsel for his defence. a mnjor itv of the whole number of electors appointed; nnd if
I1Ol'erSOll have such majority, then from the persons LaTing
,l) AR'l'ICLE; VII. the lJigllcst numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those
voted for as president, the house of representatives shall choose
<n 1. J II Sll its at co nunoula w, w here the val ue ill controversy shall iuunediatcly, by ballot, the president. But in choosing the pres-
'~'ij exceed t\\'ell~y d o llars, the right of trial by jury shall be pre-
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L idcnr, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation
sc r vcd ; and no fact tried by a jury shal l be otherwise re-ex- Ir oru each state having ono vote i a quorum for this purpose
amincd ill any court of the United States, than according to the or
al
ahull consist of 1\ member members from two thirds of the
r u leu of the com m ou-Iaw.
stute.r, und n mujor ity of all the states shnl l be nccessary to a
An'rrCLE VIII. choice. And if tho house of representatives shall not cliooso n
pr~HiJcllt whenever tho right ef choice shall clevo lve upon thsru,
.sx: l. Excessi ve bui I shall not be req uired, nor excessive fines befor-e the fourth lhy of March following, t lren tLe v ica-presi-
a imposed, nor cr u cl n nd unusual punishments inflicted. dent shall act :\:3 president.cas in tho case of the dcut h or other
o con st i t u t ioun] disability of the president.
L!.J AHTICLE IX. 2,. 'I'he penon having tho greatest number of votes as vice-
pr csideut, shall be vice'preiiidcot, if such number be a majority
1. Tile cuuuier at ion in the constitution, of certain rights,
of tile wll<~le,lJumber ot electors ap~oiuted j and if no person
sh a l] not be coustrued to deny or disparage otlrers retained by
have a majorrtj-, then from the two hIghest numbers in the list
tlle people.
tile senate shal l ehoose the v ice-president j a quorum for th~
ARTICLE X. purpose uhal l consist of two thirds of the wholo number of
Bcnut()r~! and a mnjority of the whole number shall be necesiary
1. Tho powcrs not delegated to the United States by tho con- to a choice.
st itutiou, nor prohibited by it to these states, are reserved to 3., But no pcrsoa C?n.stitlltionnlly ineligible to the office of
the states respectively, or to the people. prc?ldellt, shall be elig ible to that of vice-president of the
Ulllted Slates.
AH'l'ICLE XI.
/ ARTICLE XIII.
I. Tho judicial power of tho United States ahall not be con-

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str ued to c xtcml to nny suit in law or equity commenced or 1. If nny~citizen of the United States shall acceptvc laim, reo
prosecuted a~:(illst one of the United States by citizens of coive, or retain, any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without
nuo t lre r state, or by ci ri ze na or subjects of any foreign stale. tLo COD3cnt of congress, 'accept and retain finJ present, pension,
office or emolument of nny kind wha;cvcr, from any emperor,
king, pr incc, or foicign power, such per!ion shall ~easo to bo a - I

ci~lL..DLlhc __ Llnitcd, States, and shall be incapable of holding

•.oy oilico of trust or pr oflt under thom, or either of them.;-~ .

.ARTICLE XIV.
1. Neither slavery or involuntary servitude, except at a pun·
ishmenl for cr irnc whereof the party shall have been duly con-
victed, sh al l exist within tlre Uuited States, or any place sub-
ject to their jurisdiction.
2_ Congress shall have powcr to enforce this article by appro-
priate legislation.

l :tur t. -The t Ilb arUc1e or tbe amead miD" t. 'be 'QDtt1tultoa W&I propo •• d a' tb, lecoad ItUIOIl
or ttc 1I,ltJ ec c e r •• , : lh.l~lh e r ttete. at the I!"l •••• leD of lh, .I,h&h CODIU" i an4lb. Ulb at. A II ~\Cl to p r ov l.t c u T'c m po ru r y Govcr nru cu t (or t uc Territory or Cotornuo.
\.let.. &1 tl. •• e c cu d •• ~.IOQ 'Ir tilt thUQlh (ODlrtU.l
(.fVJ)rvl'I.tl J'(bnwru zs, 1661. J

It« it enuctu] I,!! tli» ,\'oJ((/e and ] Iouse If lI'l'l)r~sml(lI"vcs (f II/(:

lj"iled St.ucs of A tncricu ill Om:;rlss (tssw",ft'd, 'I'hat nil that
p:-.rt or the territory of the United Statcg included within the
following limits, viz.: couuneucing on the thirtyscveuth pnral-
le l uf north lutitudc, where the twenty-fifth meridian of Iongi-
tudc west from Washington crosses the snmc ; thence north 011
said mcridinn to the Iorty-first parallel of north latitude i thence
along sa id parallel west to the tb irty-sccond m er id inu of leu-
gituJe west from Washington ; thence south 011 said meridian
to the northern line of New Mexico; thcuce along the thirty.
se vcnth parallel or
north latitude to the place of beginning; bo
uud tho same is hereby erected into a tempornry government by
the n arno of the territory of Colorado: Prooidc.], 'l'\lat uot hing
ill thi::! act contained sll:tll be e.Ot.lxtrllcll 10 imp.air t)IO ri.~I't;j o.r
l't:r!lIJIIS or property llUW pcr tn un ug to the Lnd iaus III said tcrrr-
lory, so lung as such rights shall rerun in u nc xting n ishe.l by
treaty betwceu the United Statcsuntl such Indians, or to include
I\I~y territory which, by treaty with nny Indian trihe, iH not,
wit.ho nt tho conseut of !;aill tribe, to be included within the ter-
r it or ia] limits or jurisdiction of UlIY state or tcrritory ; but nil
III1.CItlerritory shal l bo excepted out of the bou ndar ics and con-
BtlLute 110 part of tho territory of Colorado, iuui l said tribe
IILnlllligllify their assent to the president of the United Slates
to Lc included within till! said territory, or to nflcct the authority
o.r t h o govermuent of the United States to make any regula.
tl.on~ rC!lpocting such Iud iaus, their lauds, property, or other
Tlght_~, Ly treaty, law or otherwise, which it would have been
COIIl)".;tclll for the gover nmcnt to nruke, if this act had never
passcd : j'rOV1uc!Ii, lurtl/cr, 'I'hat nothing in tlris act coutuincd
Hlla\\ 1,1.) conllLrueJ to inhibit the uo vcrumcut of the United
?tall':i frolll dividing said territory i~to two at' more territories,
III such uranncr n nd at such times as congress shall deem eon.
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ASSEVERATION OF FACT AS TO THE ORIGINATL XIII ARTICLE

IN fu~ENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES
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I assever that I have examined exce np.ts f ron- .•the Revised

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Statutes of Colorado as passed at the'Seventh session of the

Legislative Assembly Convened on the 2nd day of Decmember A.D.
1867 and Frank Hall, secretary of Colorado Territory in
certified delivery to David C. Collier, Public P~inter at
Denver, Colorado the 22nd day of January, 1886.

The excerpts are marked by #'s 1 thru 8, particularly I

want to point out that the original XIII article in amendment
to the U.S. Constitution is not the present XIII amendment and
is prohibitory to Titles of Nobility and Honor. The Revised
Statutes supra confirm that this is a valid article in amend-
ment.

I have examined the excerpts and state that they are true and
correct. I assever to that fact and I subscribe my signature
to the asseveration of fact in Adams County, Colorado on the
14th. day of November 1994 A.D .. I live and exist in Colorado.
I witness pursuant to Deuteronomy 19:15. Each of us as witnesses
are witnesses to the others signatures hereof.

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