New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-14
mo. SIS.
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing 10 amen

! JOINT RESOLUTION proposing 10 amend
| the Constitution OF tle State.
SECTION l. Be it resolved by the Senate
| and House of Representatives OF the State
| of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
| That at the general election next ensuing
| the passage of 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 majority OF the
voters at said election, shall become part
of the constitution, in the place Of the art
Gle numbered ninety nine.
SEC. ,. Be it further resolved etc, That
said article shall be in words and terms as
follows. to wit:
No person shall hold any Office. or shall
be permitted to vote at any election. or to
act as a juror, who, in due course of law.
shall have been convicted OF treason, per-
Jury. forgery, bribery or other crime punish
able by imprisonment in the Penitentiary
or who shall be under Introduction.
SEC. 8. BE it further resolved, etc, That
the tickets of all persons voting upon this
proposed amendment shall have written or
printed thereon the words. For the
amendment of the ninety ninth article OF
the constitutions" or. against the amend
ment of the ninety-ninth article of the con-
stitutioQ:" and the returning officers shall
make returns of the votes thereon in the
same manner as is prescribed by law for re-
turns OF election, and the Secretary of State
shall promulgate the result ny publication
three several times in the official journal.
And if a 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 rs follows:
"Artc}e %. The following persons shall be
!,
All persons who shall have been convicted
of treason, perjury. .orgerv. bribery or
other crime punishable in the Pentcntiarv.
and persons under Introduction. All persons
who are estopped from claiming the right Of
suffrage. by ahjuring their allegiance to the
United States government. or by VIGOROUSLY
levying war against 1t. OF adhering 10 its
enemies. giving them aid or comfort. but
who have not eXpat-iated themselves nor
have been convicted of any OF the crimes
mentioned in the first paragraph of this
article. are hereby restored to the said right
except the following: Those who held office:
evil or military, Tor one year or more under
the organization styled the Confederate
States of America; those who registered
themselves as enemies of the United States,
those who acted as leaders of guerrilla
bands during the late rebcllion those who. in
the advocacy OF treason, wrote or published
ing the late rebellion. and those who voted
for and signed an ordinance of secession.
Ii any State. No person included III these
exceptions shall either vote or hold Office
until he shall have relieved himself by vol
unfairly writing and signing a certificate
setting forth that he acknowledges the late
rebellion to have been morally ami politi-
cally wrong, and that he regrets any aid
and comfort he may have given il: and he
shall file the certificate in the office of the
Secretary OF State. and it shall be published
IN the official Journal; provided. that no per-
son who. prior to the first OF january e yhtecn
hundred and siXty-eight, favored the exc
cution OF the laws of the United States,
known 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 III the |
Union. shall be held to be included among
those herein excepted. Registrars of |
voters shall take the oath of any such per- |
son as p,'in'a tocie evidence of the fact that |
ne is entitled to the benefit of this |
proviso." shall be- stricken from the
constitution. and be null and void, and the !
article herein above set forth and proposed |
as an amendment shall be part of the
and shall be published in all |
official copies of the same, IL place OF the
article ninetynine. SO stricken out and de
;lared null and void
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR.
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
(Signedt OSCAR J. DUNN.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved February 10, 1879.
tSigncdl H. G. WARMOTT
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. E. BovEE.
Secretary Of State