President. It is interesting to note in this connection that this is the only proposed amendment to the Constitution ever signed by the President. The President's signature is considered unnecessary because of the constitutional provision that upon the concurrence of two-thirds of both Houses of Congress the proposal shall be submitted to the States and shall be ratified by three-fourths of the States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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 part of the said Constitution, viz:

"ARTICLE THIRTEEN

"No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State."

In recent times the only proposed amendment that has not yet been ratified by three-fourths of the States is the proposed child-labor amendment, which was submitted to the States during the 1st session. of the 68th Congress in June, 1924, as follows:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution:

ARTICLE

SECTION 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age.

SECTION 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of State laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the Congress.

AUTHOR INDEX

[See also, Subject Index beginning on p. 261]

[Note: The numbers in this index do not refer to pages but to the numbered amendments]

1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1822, 1925, 1932, 2002, 2060, 2213

_1557, 1742, 1749, 1752, 1946, 1972, 1988, 1995

1219, 1227, 1279, 1321, 1503, 1646, 1810, 1933, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2199

Bennett, Wallace F. (Utah).
Benson, Elmer A. (Minnesota)
Bentsen, Lloyd M., Jr. (Texas)
Berger, Victor L. (Wisconsin)
Berry, E. Y. (South Dakota)
Betts, Jackson E. (Ohio) –
Bible, Alan (Nevada).
Biermann, Fred (Iowa).
Bigelow, Herbert S. (Ohio).
Bilbo, Theodore G. (Mississippi).
Binderup, C. G. (Nebraska) –.
Bingham, Hiram (Connecticut)
Black, Loring M., Jr. (New York).
Blakley, William A. (Texas).
Blaine, John J. (Wisconsin)
Blease, Cole S. (South Carolina).
Bloom, Sol (New York) __.
Boehne, John W., Jr. (Indiana)
Boggs, Hale (Louisiana) –
Boggs, J. Caleb (Delaware).

Boland, Edward P. (Massachusetts).

Bolton, William (Maryland).

Bone, Homer T. (Washington).
Borah, William E. (Idaho).
Boren, Lyle H. (Oklahoma).
Bow, Frank T. (Ohio)‒‒‒
Boykin, Frank W. (Alabama)
Boylan, John J. (New York).
Brademas, John (Indiana).

Bramblett, Ernest K. (California).

Bratton, Sam G. (New Mexico).

Bray, William G. (Indiana).

Breeding, J. Floyd (Kansas).

Brewster, Daniel B. (Maryland)

Brewster, Ralph O. (Maine).

Bricker, John W. (Ohio)--

Marginal
Number
1972, 1995
419

1280
63

1900, 1912, 2132, 2168, 2186
1916, 2195, 2196
1749, 1972, 1988

447, 578

660

524

476, 636

-90, 155, 156, 161, 162, 165, 173

290
1952

92, 97, 169, 178

21, 80

885, 958

666, 719

1103, 1183, 1880, 2003

1972, 1988

2123

1125

515

517, 521

590, 608, 644

1370, 1474, 1640, 1801, 1834, 2039, 2063

2218, 2294

143

1921

1112

89, 157

2203, 2319

1657, 1870, 2096
1839, 2110

749

1148, 1153, 1241, 1274, 1403, 1545

Bridges, Styles (New Hampshire) -- 702, 988, 989, 1273, 1404, 1424, 1552, 1565,

Broyhill, Joel T. (Virginia). 1499, 1500, 1582, 1583, 1819, 1820, 2097, 2193, 2277
Bruce, Donald C. (Indiana).

2238

Bruce, William Cabell (Maryland).

16

Brunner, William F. (New York).

253, 299

Bryson, Joseph R. (South Carolina) -- 838, 874, 1001, 1045, 1046, 1110, 1186, 1192

850, 1199, 1211, 1213, 1281, 1282, 1442, 1443, 1512, 1584, 1585, 1972

497, 513, 516, 678

2236

2191

1496

239

Butler, Hugh (Nebraska).

Butler, John M. (Maryland).

Byrd, Harry Flood (Virginia)

Marginal
Number

897

1150,

1155, 1252, 1253, 1414, 1416, 1556, 1972, 1988, 1995 531,

1249, 1404, 1417, 1424, 1554, 1585, 1749, 1756, 1757, 1964, 1966 _1747, 1759, 1761, 1972, 1974, 1995, 1996

Byrd, Robert C. (West Virginia)
Byrne, Emmet F. (Illinois) _.
Byrne, James A. (Pennsylvania).
Byrnes, John W. (Wisconsin) –

Cable, John L. (Ohio)‒‒‒

Cahill, William T. (New Jersey).
Campbell, Ed. H. (Iowa).
Canfield, Harry C. (Indiana).

Cannon, Clarence (Missouri)

Cannon, Howard W. (Nevada).

1635

2103

1658, 1778, 1920, 2012, 2013

128, 227, 303

1853, 2014, 2180, 2182

304, 315

285, 300

1078, 1840

1749, 1972, 1995

808, 851, 931

Cannon, Pat (Florida)

Cannon, Raymond J. (Wisconsin).

Capehart, Homer E. (Indiana).

484, 576, 620, 808, 851, 1840 1735, 1749, 1965, 1972, 1988, 1995

Capper, Arthur (Kansas) __17, 26, 84, 91, 96, 153, 327, 328, 333, 401, 405, 410, 506 508, 512, 525, 537, 538, 682, 686, 687, 688, 703, 766, 771, 776, 777, 778, 779, 824, 825, 826, 828, 844, 900, 901, 908, 913, 975, 984, 986, 987, 993, 996.

753, 1058, 1142, 1147, 1268, 1269, 1271, 1738, 1752, 1951, 1968, 1988 2051, 2092

Cederberg, Elford A. (Michigan). Celler, Emanuel (New York) - 125, 190, 215, 294, 384, 385, 434, 435, 494, 543, 560, 656, 673, 704, 754, 889, 921, 1023, 1024, 1047, 1079, 1221, 1338, 1339, 1383, 1435, 1436, 1513, 1544, 1579, 1580, 1581, 1659, 1661, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1815, 1922, 1940, 2015, 2016, 2040, 2041, 2176, 2177.