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THE FOLLOWING IS PREFIXED TO THE ELEVENTH OF THE PRECEDING AMENDMENTS.

THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,

AT THE FIRST SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON MONDAY, THE SECOND OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which, when ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures, shall be valid as part of the said Constitution, viz. :

THE FOLLOWING IS PREFIXED TO THE TWELFTH OF THE PRECEDING AMENDMENTS.

EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,

AT THE FIRST SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, IN THE TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA, ON MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH OF OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THREE.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That in lieu of the third paragraph of the first session of the Second Article of the Constitution of the United States, the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which, when ratified by three-fourths of the Legislatures of the several States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution, to wit:

The ten first of the preceding amendments were proposed at the first session of the First Congress of the United States, September 25, 1789, and were finally ratified by the constitutional number of States, December 15, 1791. The eleventh amendment was proposed at the first session of the Third Congress, March 5, 1794, and was declared, in a message from the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, dated January 8, 1798, to have been adopted by the constitutional number of States. The twelfth amendment was proposed at the first session of the Eighth Congress, December 12, 1803, and was adopted by the constitutional number of States in 1804, according to a public notice thereof by the Secretary of State, dated September 25 of the same year.

THE FOLLOWING IS PREFIXED TO THE THIRTEENTH OF THE PRECEDING AMENDMENTS.

THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,

AT THE SECOND SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ON THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of said Constitution. namely:

This amendment was declared adopted on the 18th day of December, 1865, at which time it had been duly ratified by the Legislatures of the States of Illinois, Rhode Island, Michigan, Maryland, New York, West Virginia, Maine, Kansas, Massachusetts, Penn

sylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Nevada, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont, Tennessee, Arkansas, Connecticut, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia-in all, 27 States.

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THE SEAT OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

The Act of Congress, locating the seat of the General Government on the river Potomac, was approved by President Washington, July 16, 1790; the Commissioners who decided that it should bear the name of the Father of his Country, were Thomas Johnson, David Stuart, and Daniel Carroll; the public offices were removed from Philadelphia in June, 1800; the first meeting of Congress took place here on the third Monday of November of that year; and the Act assuming jurisdiction was approved by President John Adams, February 27, 1801. The name of the spot once occupied by the Manahoac and Monacan Indians, and now by the Federal city, was Conococheague, meaning Roaring Waters, from the number of brooks in the vicinity. The site of the National Capitol was once owned by a man named Pope, who gave it the name of Rome, and thus became the Pope of Rome; and the chief owners of the surrounding lands were D. Carroll, N. Young, and D. Burns, who cultivated corn, tobacco, and wheat where the city now stands. The place was incorporated as a city May 3, 1802, and was visited and partly destroyed by British troops in 1814. The Public Buildings, as they at present exist, are the Capitol; the Executive Mansion; the Treasury Building, a part of which it is understood will hereafter be assigned to the Department of State; the War and Navy Departments; the Interior Department, in which is located the Patent Office; and the General Post Office. In addition to the above, the National Metropolis also contains a Navy Yard, a National Observatory, a National Printing Office, an Armory, an Arsenal, a Penitentiary, a Military Asylum, the Columbian Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, a Hospital for the Insane, the Smithsonian Institution, a City Hall, Columbian College, an Infirmary, a National Cemetery, as well as a plentiful supply of Churches, Hotels, Libraries, and Charitable Establishments. The parks or open grounds of the city are spacious, generally kept with care, and to some extent interspersed with fountains and statues; and the place is amply supplied with pure water, brought about twelve miles, by an extensive aqueduct, from the Great Falls of the Potomac. The City of Georgetown, though a separate corporation, is in reality a part of Washington City, lies at the head of navigation, is the outlet for the Ohio and Chesapeake Canal, and contains, among other attractions, a Roman Catholic College, a Convent, an extensive Cemetery, and many handsome private residences.

As Washington is the home of the General Government, in which the people, throughout the country are interested, the subjoined table has been prepared from official

Sources:

TABLE OF DISTANCES, BY THE SHORTEST MAIL ROUTES, FROM WASHINGTON TO THE RESPECTIVE CAPITALS AND LEADING CITIES OF THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES.

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ORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

STATE DEPARTMENT.

This Department is managed by the Secretary of State, and two Assistant Secretaries.

DIPLOMATIC BRANCH.

This branch has charge of all correspondence between the Department and other diplomatic agents of the United States, abroad, and those of foreign powers accredited to this Government. In it all diplomatic instructions sent from the Department, and communications to Commissioners under treaties of boundaries, etc., are prepared, copied, and recorded; and all of like character received are registered and filed, their contents being first entered in an analytic table or index.

CONSULAR BRANCH.

This branch has charge of the correspondence, etc., between the Department and the Consuls and Commercial Agents of the United States. In it instructions to those officers, and answers to their despatches and to letters from other persons asking for consular agency, or relating to consular affairs, are prepared and recorded.

THE DISBURSING AGENT.

He has charge of all correspondence and other matters connected with accounts relating to any fund with the disbursement of which the Department is charged.

THE TRANSLATOR.

His duties are to furnish such translations as the Department may require. He also records the commissions of Consuls and Vice-Consuls, when not in English, upon which exequaturs are issued.

CLERK OF APPOINTMENTS AND COMMISSIONS.

He makes out and records commissions, letters of appointment, and nominations to the Senate; makes out and records exequaturs, and records, when in English, the commissions on which they are issued. Has charge of the library.

CLERK OF THE ROLLS AND ARCHIVES.

He takes charge of the rolls, or enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress, as they are received at the Department from the President; prepares the authenticated copies thereof which are called for; prepares for and superintends their publication, and that of treaties, in the newspapers and in book form; attends to their distribution throughout the United States, and that of all documents and publications in regard to which this duty is assigned to the Department; writing and answering all letters connected therewith. Has charge of all Indian treaties, and business relating thereto.

CLERK OF TERRITORIAL BUSINESS-THE SEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT.

He has charge of the seals of the United States and of the Department, and prepares and attaches certificates to papers presented for authentication; has charge of the territorial business; immigration and registered seamen; records all letters from the Department other than the diplomatic and consular.

CLERK OF PARDONS AND PASSPORTS.

He prepares and records pardons and remissions, and registers and files the petitions and papers on which they are founded. Makes out and records passports; keeps a

daily register of all letters, other than diplomatic and consular, received, and of the disposition made of them; prepares letters relating to this business.

SUPERINTENDENT OF STATISTICS.

He superintends the preparation of the "Annual Report of the Secretary of State on Foreign Commerce," as required by the Acts of 1842 and 1856.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OFFICE.

The Attorney-General of the United States is at the head of this office, and has an Assistant Attorney-General. Its ordinary business may be classified under the following heads:

1. Official opinions on the current business of the Government, as called for by the President, by any head of Department, or by the Solicitor of the Treasury.

2. Examination of the titles of all land purchased, as the sites of arsenals, customhouses, light-houses, and all other public works of the United States.

3. Applications for pardons in all cases of conviction in the courts of the United States.

4. Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal business of the Government.

5. The conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Government is concerned.

6. The supervision of all other suits arising in any of the Departments, when referred by the head thereof to the Attorney-General.

To these ordinary heads of the business of the office has been added the direction of all appeals on land claims in California.

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

This Department is in charge of the Secretary of the Interior, and one Assistant Secretary, who have the supervision and management of the following branches of the public service:

THE PUBLIC LANDS.

The chief of this office is called the Commissioner of the General Land Office. It is charged with the survey, management, and sale of the public domain, and the issuing of titles therefor, whether derived from confirmation of grants made by former governments, by sales, donations, of grants for schools, military bounties, or public improvements, and likewise the revision of Virginia military bounty land claims, and the issuing of scrip in lieu thereof. The Land Office, also, audits its own ac

counts.

PENSIONS.

The Commissioner of this bureau is charged with the examination and adjudication of all claims arising under the various and numerous laws passed by Congress, granting bounty-land or pensions for the military or naval service in the Revolutionary and subsequent wars in which the United States have been engaged.

INDIANS.

This bureau is in charge of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who has control of all business connected with the Indian tribes.

PATENT OFFICE.

To this bureau, whose head is called a Commissioner, is committed the execution and performance of all "acts and things touching and respecting the granting and issuing of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, and improvements;" and the collection of statistics.

An Act of Congress provided that all books, maps, charts, and other publications

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