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Special Sess 1919

Senate Joint Resolution No. 1 by Mrs. Hayward.

"A JOINT RESOLUTION RATIFYING AN AMMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, PROPOSED BY THE JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENATIVES OF
THE UNITED STATES, PROVIDING THAT THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS
TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE DENIED OR ABRIDGED ON ACCOUNT OF SEX"

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE SATE OF UTAH,
two-thirds of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses concurrent therein:

WHEREAS, the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States at the First Session of the Sixty-sixth Congress
of the United States of America, by House Joint Resolution No. 1,
proposed the following amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, to become valid as a part of the Constitution of the United
States when ratified by the Legislature of the several states as
provided by said Constitution:

Article.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United States or by
any State on account
of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation.

WHEREAS, the State of Utah has always favored equal suffrage,
and many of its citizens, both men and women, through personal efforts,
and untiring energy, have labored for the adoption of the suffrage
amendment to the Constitution of the United States:

NOW, THERFORE, IT IS HERBY RESOLVED, that said amendment to
the Constitution of the United States, be and the same is hereby
ratified and adopted by the Legislature of the State of Utah.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary of the State of the
State of Utah, be, and he is hereby instructed to transmit forthwith
to the Secretary of State of the United States of America, a certified
copy of this resolution.