New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-01
NO. SO.l
AN ACT

To ascertain the Eligibility of persons
Elected or Appointed to Office, and to
declare Offices Vacant, when the persons
Elected or Appointed are Ineligible, and
providing how such vacancies shall be
filled, and prescribing a Penalty for False
ly taking the Oath required by this Act.
and also Penalty for Refusing to give up
the Books, Papers, Archives and Property
of such offices to the person Elected or
Appointed to fill the Vacancies, and for
Obstructing or Resisting the Officer ap.
pointed to fill the Vacancy.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That before any person, elected or appointed
toApy Office, State, parish, or municipal, in
thiy State, shall be commissioned by the
Goxernor, with view to testing the eligi-
bilfy of any such person to hold the office
to which ne has been elected or appointed
such person so elected or appointed, shall
take and subscribe the oath or affirmation
prescribed in the third section of this act.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
before any person who has been elected or
appointed to any State, parish or municipal
office in this State, which does not require
the issuance of commission by the Gov.
ernor, shall be sworn into office, or enter
upon the discharge of the duties of any such
office, with view to ascertain the eligibility
of such person to hold office, such person
shall take and subscribe the oath or affirma-
ton prescribed in the third section of this
act.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the oath required to be taken by parties re-
ferred to in sections one and two of this act
be as follows:
J., A. b., do solemnly swear Tor affirm, as
the case may be), that have not been con-
victed of treason, perjury, forgery, bribery,
IL.
tiary; that did not hold Office, civ Il or mill
tary, for one year or more, under the or
ganization styled ''The Confederate States
of America;" that did not register myself
as an enemy to the United States; that did
not act as leader of guerilla bands during
the late rebellion; that in the advocacy Of
treason did not write or publish news
the late rebellion, and that / did not vote
for and sign an ordinance of secession in any
State. q
If the person has relieved himself from
| the disability of holding office by volunta-
tarily writing and signing a certificate set.
| ting forth that he acknowledges the late re-
bellion to have been morally and politically
wrong, and that he regrets any aid and
comfort he may have given il, and shall
have filed certificate in the office of the
Secretary of State, and II shall have been
| published in the official journal Of the
State, as required by article ninety-nine o.
the Constitution, such party, on proof o.
such fact, shall be relieved from taking the
above oath.
But If such person, elected or appointed
to oiiice, claims his disabilities have beer
removed by bic having complied with tht
requirements Of the proviso 70 Dinety-nintl
article Of the Constitution Of 1868, he shall
then be required to take the following oath
], A. B., do solemnly swear Tor affirm, a
the case may BEL that prior TO the first day
Of January, eighteen handrad and sixty
eight, did favor tho execution OF the law,
Of the United States, pupnlarly known a
openly and actively assisted the loyal mel