New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-19
No. So.
joint RESOLUTION proposing TO amer
the Constitution of the State.

! JUN RESOLl hun proposing 10 alLtDu
| the Constitution of the 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 lie proposed TO the qualified
| electors of the State as an amendment to
| the constitution OF the State. which. when
| approved and ratified by a 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 il further resolved. etc. That
said article shall be III 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-
iury. forgery, bribery or other crime punish
4 bic by imprisonment III the Penitentiary,
or who shall he under Introduction.
SEC. ,. Be ii further resolved. etc. That
the tickets Of all persons voting upon this
proposed amendment shall have written or
printed thereon tie words. For the
amendment of the Hnety-ninth article OF
the constitutions" or. "A oainst the amend
ment OF the ninety ninth article OF the con
stitution;' and the returning officers shall
make returns Of the votes thereon in the
sane manner as is prescribed by law for re-
turns OF election, and the Secretary of State
shall promulgate the result by 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-ninc, and
reading as follows:
"Article 90. The following persons shall be
rob ed nv of %.
All persons who shall have been convicted
of treason. perjury, forgery. bribery or
other crime punishable i'll the Penltentiarv,
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
leyying war against it, or adhering TO Its
enemies, giving them aid or comfort. but
who have not expatIiated themselves. nor
have been convicted Of any OF the crimes
mentioned in the first para graph OF this
article, are hereby restored 20 the said rie lit,
except the following: Those who held office:
civil or military. Tor one year or more undec
the organization styled the Confederate
States III America; those who registered
themselves as enemies of the United States,
those who acted as leaders of guerrilla
bands during the late rebellion: those Who in
the advocacy of treason. wrote or published
newspaper articles or preached sermons dur
ing the late rebellion and those who voted
for and signed an ordinance of secession.
in any State. No person included in these
exceptions shall either vote or hold office
until be shall have relieved himself by vol
unfairly writing and signing a certificate
setting forth that he acknowledges the late
rebellion 10 have been morally and politi-
cally wrong, and that he regrets any aid
and comfort he may have given it: and he
shall file the certificate in the Office OF the
Secretary OF State, and it shall be published
in the oial journal; provided. that no per
son who, prior to the first of January eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight, favored the exc
cuton Of the laws Of the United States,
popularity 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 IN the
Union shall be held to he included among
those herein excepted. REGISTRARS OF
voters shall take the oath OF any such per-
son as priD'a f0cje 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 above set forth and proposed
as an amendment, shall be a part of the
constitution, and shall be published in all
official copies OF the same, in place Of the
article ninety-nine, SO stricken cut and de
clared null and void.
(Signedl MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate.
Approved February TO- 1870.
(Signed) II. G. WARhOIH,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. Z. BOvEE,
Secretary of State.