n so far as they
conflict with its provisions: _Provided_, That no sentence
of death under the provisions of this act shall be carried
into effect without the approval of the President.

"SEC. 5. _And be it further enacted_, That when the people
of any one of said rebel States shall have formed a
constitution of government in conformity with the
Constitution of the United States in all respects, framed by
a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of
said State twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever
race, color, or previous condition, who have been resident
in said State for one year previous to the day of such
election, except such as may be disfranchised for
participation in the rebellion or for felony at common law,
and when such constitution shall provide that the elective
franchise shall be enjoyed by all such persons as have the
qualifications herein stated for electors of delegates, and
when such Constitution shall be ratified by a majority of
the persons voting on the question of ratification who are
qualified as electors for delegates, and when such
constitution shall have been submitted to Congress for
examination and approval, and Congress shall have approved
the same, and when said State, by a vote of its Legislature
elected under said constitution, shall have adopted the
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed
by the Thirty-ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen,
and when said article shall have become a part of the
Constitution of the United States, said State shall be
declared entitled to representation in Congress, and
Senators and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom on
their taking the oath prescribed by law, and then and
thereafter the preceding sections of this act shall be
inoperative in said State: _Provided_, That no person
excluded from the privilege of holding office by said
proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States,
shall be eligible to election as a member of the convention
to frame a constitution for any of said rebel States, nor
shall any such person vote for members of such convention.

"SEC. 6. _And be it further enacted_, That, until the people
of said rebel States shall be by law admitted to
representation in the Con