t--8.

DIVIDED.--New York and Kansas--2.

SEC. III. Neither the Constitution nor any amendment thereof
shall be construed to give Congress power to regulate,
abolish, or control, within any State, the relation
established or recognized by the laws thereof touching
persons held to labor or involuntary service therein, nor to
interfere with or abolish involuntary service in the
District of Columbia without the consent of Maryland, nor
without the consent of the owners, or making the owners who
do not consent just compensation; nor the power to interfere
with or prohibit representatives and others from bringing
with them to the District of Columbia, retaining, and taking
away, persons so held to labor or service; nor the power to
interfere with, or abolish involuntary service in places
under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States,
within those States and Territories where the same is
established or recognized; nor the power to prohibit the
removal or transportation of persons held to labor or
involuntary service in any State or Territory of the United
States to any other State or Territory thereof where it is
established or recognized by law or usage, and the right
during transportation, by sea or river, of touching at
ports, shores, and landings, and of landing in case of
distress, shall exist; but not the right of transit in, or
through any State or Territory, or of sale or traffic
against the laws thereof; nor shall Congress have power to
authorize any higher rate of taxation on persons held to
labor or service than on land. The bringing into the
District of Columbia of persons held to labor or service for
sale, or placing them in depots to be afterwards transferred
to other places as merchandise, is prohibited.

YEAS.--Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland,
Missouri, New Jersey, North Caroline, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and
Virginia--12.

NAYS.--Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont--7.

DIVIDED.--New York and Kansas--2.

SEC. IV. The third paragraph of the second section of the
fourth article of the Constitution shall not be construed to
prevent any of the States, by appropriate legislation, and