,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #eb  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,march #ba1     
#bjai,mr4 ,green of ,tennessee submitted
 the following joint resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        
,proposing an amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states to 
require that the ,supreme ,court of the 
,united ,states be composed of nine     
justices4  ,that the following article  
is proposed as an amendment to the      
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
which shall be valid to all intents and 
purposes as part of the ,constitution   
when ratified by the legislatures of    
three-fourths of the several ,states    
within seven years after the date of its
 submission for ratification3   --  #a4 
,the ,supreme ,court of the ,united     
,states shall be composed of nine       
justices1 though one or more of these   
nine offices may be vacant until filled4
  #b4 ,if the size of the ,supreme      

,court has been increased to more than  
nine justices before this amendment is  
ratified1 upon the ratification of this 
amendment1 those additional offices are 
void4  #c4 ,congress shall have the     
power to enforce this article by        
appropriate legislation4  4