On the 25th of May, 1888, Senator H. W. Blair, of New Hampshire, introduced into the Senate the following “joint resolution,” which was read twice and order to lie on the table:—BEA 2.1

“Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States be, and hereby is, proposed to the States, to become valid when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, as provided in the Constitution:—BEA 2.2