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670 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, 1924. . JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Am dm t Resolved by the Senate and House 1,% Representatives 0 the United posmkxiiengucemiii; Sta/tes of America in Congress asse Zed (two-thirds 0 each House “°“· concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by the legislatures of three·fourths of the several States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution: UARTICLE —. m¤2t'Q¢i°ci'fiiai§'i,1i,flY` "SEoT10N 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, mm St tc I and Sprohibit the labor of persons imder eig teen years of e. °° “ °`"' " nc. 2. The power of the several States is unimpairgd b this article except that the operation of State laws shall be suspended to gis extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the ngrees. F H GHLETT . Speaker of the Home of Representatives. Annnm B. Commvs President pro tempore of the Senate. I certify that this Joint Resolution originated in the House of ` Representatives. - Wu. TYLER PAGE _ _ Clerk. Deposited in the Department of State, June 4, 1924.