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THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

Resolved--By the Council and General Assembly of this state, that the Amendment to the Constitution of the United, proposed by a resolution of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, passed December the twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, providing "that no part of the Constitution of the United States, ought to be construed, or shall be construed, to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color, into any one of the United States contrary to the laws of such state," be, and the same is hereby disapproved of by the Legislature of this State.

Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing Resolution, to the Executive of each of the United States, to be laid before their respective Legislatures.

[Text is split into 2 sides] [Left side] Council Chamber, Dec. 17, 1824 These Resolutions having been three times read to the Council,

                       Resolved,
                                     That the same do pass.
      By order of the Council
                             P. I. STRYKER
                                         Vice-President

[Right side] HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Dec. 15, 1824. These Resolutions having been read in the House,

             Resolved,
                               That the same do pass.
         By order of the House.
                            DAVID JOHNSTON,
                                                     Speaker.

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                                                    Secretary's Office, Trenton, January 3 S[?] 1825.

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy from the original, on file in my office.

                                                                                      Daniel Coleman