ee classes. The seats of the judges of the first class shall be
vacated at the expiration of the fourth year from such classification,
of the second class at the expiration of the eighth year, and of the
third class at the expiration of the twelfth year, so that one-third may
be chosen every fourth year thereafter."

The article as amended will read as follows:

Article III.

Sec. I. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one
Supreme Court and such inferior courts as the Congress from time to time
may ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior
courts, shall hold their offices during the term of twelve years, and
shall at stated times receive for their services a compensation which
shall not be diminished during their continuance in office; and it shall
be the duty of the President of the United States, within twelve months
after the ratification of this amendment by three-fourths of all the
States, as provided by the Constitution of the United States, to divide
the whole number of judges, as near as may be practicable, into three
classes. The seats of the judges of the first class shall be vacated at
the expiration of the fourth year from such classification; of the
second class, at the expiration of the eighth year; and of the third
class, at the expiration of the twelfth year, so that one-third may be
chosen every fourth year thereafter.

WASHINGTON, D.C., _July 18, 1868_.

_To the House of Representatives_:

In compliance with the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives
on the 13th instant, requesting "copies of all instructions, records,
and correspondence connected with the commission authorized to negotiate
the late treaty with the Great and Little Osage Indians, and copies of
all propositions made to said commission from railroad corporations or
by individuals," I transmit the accompanying communications from the
Secretary of the Interior, together with the papers to which they have
reference.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, _July 20, 1868_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit to the Senate, in compliance with its resolution of the 9th
instant, a report from the Secretary of State, communicating a copy of
a paper received by me this day, purporting to be a resolution of the
senate and house of representatives of the State of Alabama ratifying
the proposed amendment to the Constitution