The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1870-09-03

ernment, until he shall have obtained a dis
charge for the amount of such collections and
for all public moneys with which he may have
been intrusted.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
lSigncd| OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieut.. Gov. and President of the Senate
lsigned) II. c. wARMoTH,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana
A true copy:
GEO. F. BovEE,
Secretary of State.
No. s5] JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the
State.
SECTION /. Be itresolred by the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the State of Lousi-
ana in General d ssenbtg conrened That ut the
this resolution, the following article shall be
proposed to the qualified electors of the State
as an amendment to the constitution of the
State, which, when approved and ratified by o
come part of the constitution, In the place of
the article Numbered ninety. nine.
Sec. q BE it further resolved, ETC., That
said article shall be in words and terms as fol-
lows to-wit:
No person shall hold any Office, or shall be
permitted to vote at any election, or to act as
juror, who, in due course Of law, shall have been
convicted Of treason, perjury, forgery, bribery,
or other crime punishable by imprisonment In
the penitentiary, or who shah be under rinterdic-
ton. H. ...
SEC. 3. Be it further resolved, ETC., That the
tickets of all persons voting upon this proposed
amendment shall have written or printed there
Oh. the words, For the amendment of the
ninety ninth article of the constitution" OF,
against the amendment of the ninety ninth
article of the constitution - and the returning
officers shall make returns of the votes thereon
In the same manner as y prescribed by lag for
shall promulgate the result BY publication three
several times in the official journal.
And if q majority Of the votes cast at said
election shall be-. .'For the Amendment Of the
ninety ninth article of the constitution" then
the article numbered ninety nine, and reading
ARTICLE 90. The following persons shall be
prohibited from voting or holding any office
All persons who shall have been convicted, Of
treason, perjury, forgery, bribery or other crime
punishable 10 the penitsntiary, and persons un-
der interdiction. Ali persons who are estopped
from claiming the right Of suffrage, BY abjuring
their allegiance to the United States Govern
oy s sa
comfort, but who have not expatriated them
selves nor have been convicted of any of the
crimes mentioned in the first paragraph Of this
article, are hereby restored to the said right,
civil or military for one year or more, under the
organization styled the Confederate States of
America those who registered themselves az
enemies OF the United States those who acted
as leaders of guerrilla bands during the late re-
beliion those who in the advocacy Of treason,
wrote or published newspaper articles or preach
ed sermons during the late rebellion; and those
who voted for and signed an ordinance Of seces-
sion in any State No person included in these ex-
ceptions shalt either vote or hold Office until he
shall have relieved himself by voluntarily wri-
ting and signing certificate setting forth that
he acknowledges the late rebellion to have seen
morally and politically wrong, and that be re-
It and Re shall file the certificate in the office Of
the Secretary of State, and it shall be published
in the official journal Proesded, That no person
who, prior to che first Of January. eighteen hun.
dred and sixty eight, fayoEed the execution Of
as the Reconstruction Acts OF Congress, and
openly and actively assisted the loyal men of
the State in their efforts to restore Louisiana to
her position In the Union, ehall be held to be
trars Of voters shall take the oath Of any such
person ms primo faeie evidence Of the fact that
he is entitled to the benefit Of this proviso,"
shall be stricken from the Constitution, and be
null and void, and the article herein set forth
Of the constitution, aud shall be published 10 all
official copies of the same In place of tho article
ninety nine, 10 stricken out and declared null
and void.
Approved February 10, 1870.
No. IT, JOINT RESOLUTION
an amendment to the Constitution
of tha State, to tho effect that Article Fifty
of the Constitution shall be- abregated ana
stricken cut. :; - .-sta .-s.
SECTION l. Be II resoapsd By Ae Sesass ess9
im General 1ssensbsy conGesed, twothirds of the
members elected to each House agreeing there
to, That ct the general election eor members to
the General Assembly, which viii take place in