In compliance with and execution of the act of Congress before mentioned, do issue this my proclamation, announcing the fact of the ratification of the said amendment by the legislature of the State of Louisiana.
Proclamation 172—Announcing Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution by the State of Louisiana
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