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Sec. 3. No person shall be Senator or Repre-
sentative in Congress, or elector of President and
Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military,
under the United States, or under any State, who,
having previously taken an oath, as a member of
Congress, or as an officer of the United Slates, or
as a member of any State Legislature, or as
an Executive or Judicial officer of any State, to
support the Constitution of the United States, shall
have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against
the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-
thirds of each House, remove House disability.
Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt of the
United States, authorized by law, including debts
incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for
services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion,
shall not be questioned. But neither the United
States nor any State shall assume to pay any debt
or obligation in aid of insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, or any claim for the
loss or the emancipation of any slave, but all such
debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal
and void.
Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to en-
force by appropriate legislation, the provisions of
this article.
CIRCULAR.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, June 16,1866,
To His Excellency.
The Governor of the State of Maryland,
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