May 3, 1802
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House agree to the report of the committee of conference on the bill, entitled “ An act further to alter and establish certain post roads." They have passed a resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States; in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.
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The resolution was read as follows :
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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 to all intents and purposes as part of the said Constitution, to wit :
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•* That in all future elections of President and Vice President the persons voted for shall be particularly designated, by declaring which is voted for as President and which as Vice President."
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Ordered, That it lie for consideration.
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