Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-10-10

OF the third section of the second Ar.
ticle Of the Constitution of the Stat.
Of Missouri. adopted in the wear
eighteen hundred and sixty-tive, and
have carefully considered Tia. sane
that ! have never. directly or indi.
rcctlv. done any of the acts in said
.cc,ion specified thu, have always
been truly aud loyaAv on the side %,
til. | nIted States against all enemies
thereof, foreign and domestic; that
will bear true firth and allegiance 10
til" United States. and will su,,per,
the Constitution and laws thereof. n,
the supreme law of the land. any law
,rarv Notwithstanding that | will
to the best Of my ability, pro,ec, and
defend the Union o. til. United
States and not allow the same 10 l..
broken up and dissolved. or the Gov
ernlnrnt thereof to be destroyed or
overthrow, under any circumstances.
ii III my power TO prevent it; that
will support the Constitution of III"
State OF Missouri and that l make
va'ioA or evasion. and hold il 70 be
binding on me.
SEC. 7. Within sixty days after
this Constitution takes effect. every
person in this State, holding any of.
flee "i honor. trust, or profit under
the Cons titution or laws thereof, or
under any municipal corporation, or
any Of the other utiiceS, Positions, or
trtis,s mentioned in til. third section
of this Article, shall tax. and sub
scribe the said oath. If any officer
or person referred to in thi- section
shall fail to comply with the require
Irrnts thereof. his office. position, or
t,ns, shall. 'tso t;leto, bcroln" vacant.
and the vacancy shall be filled ac-
corlins to the law governing the
case.
Sec. :. No vot. in any election
by the people shall b.. cast up for.
nor shall any certificate of "lrctlon ho
Srantcdto TO, any person, VIII" shall not,
within fifteen days next pr,ce,.ing
such election, hav"ttken. subscribed,
and filed SAID oath.
Sec. =. No person shall ..Sscmc
the duties of any STATE, county. city.
town. or thor office, to which he
may b" appointed. otherwise thsn by
Il vote of The people; nor shall any
person, after the expiration OF sixty
days after thi, Constitution takes eli
iect, br permitted to practice "a an
attorney or counselor at law: nor,
after that time, shall any person be
competent rs IA bishop, priest. Gca-
con, minister, elder, or other clergy
mnn of any religious persuasion.
sect, or denomination, TO teach, or
preach. or sOl.nuiZc marriages. UNI
less such person slnll have first la
ken, subscribed. and til,d SAID oath.
Sec. H. Whoever shall, after the
times limited in the seventh and
ninth sections OF this Article, hnld or
exercise any OF the Offices, positions,
trusts, prut-ssi"!-, or functions there
in specified, without having taken,
subscribed, and fled said oath OF inv-
atty shall, "n conviction thereof. bv
punished by fine, not les than five
hHnarcd dollars. or by imprisonment
III the county Jail not les than ~jx
mouths, or by both such fac aud i'm
pgioouInrmt !; and whoever shall take
said oath falsely, by swearing ~ 10y
affirmation. shall, on conviction there
OF, be adiud ged guilty of perjury,
and be- punished by imprisonment in
TIA" p"niteniiary not less than two
arr.
And section 81, o, Ar. lst, de-