The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-05-14

duties of his office he shall take and subsc, ibe and file in the office of the secretary of state of Texas, for permanent preser vetion, an oath or affirmation in the form following II
 -, do soemniy swear Cor affirm that have never taken an oath as d member of Con. gress, or as all officer of the United States, or as member of any State legislature. or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and stterward engaged in insurrection or re- bellion against the same, or given aid or com fort to the enemies thereof, so help me God ;" or under the pains and penalties of perjury, las the case may be;( or such person shall in like, subscribe, and file the following oath or affirmation: II do solemn ly swear Cor afirm) that have, by act of Congress of the United States, been relieved from the disabilities imposed upon me by the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, so help me God" or under the pains and penalties of perjury, Gas the case may be;) which oaths or atfirml tions shall be taken before, and certified by, any officer lawfully authorized to administer oaths
 And any person who shall knowingly swear or affirm falsely in taking either of such
 oaths or affirmAtions, shall be deemed guilty of perjury and shall be punished therefor by imprisonment not less than one year, and not more than ten years, and shall be fined not
 less than one thousand dollars, and not more than ten thousand dollars And in all trials
 for any violation of this act, the certificate of the taking of either of ssid oaths or atirma- tion, with proof of the signature of the party accused shall be taken and held as conclusive evidence that such baths or affirmation was re eguarly and lawfully administered by com petant authority: Aud prOEided turthcr, That every snch person who shall neglect fer the period of thirty days nsxt after the passage of this act to take, subscribe, and fife such oath or affirmation as aforesaid, shall be deemed aud taken to all inteDts and purposes to have vacated hls office Aud pr0Cided further, That the State of Texas Is admitted to repre- . sentation iE, Congress one ot ths States ot the Union, upon the following fundamental conditions First That the constitution of Texas shall never be so amended or changed
 as to deprive any citizens of the United States of tue right to vote who are entitled tC vote by the cOnsti tuition herein recognized, except as a punishment for such crimes as aIe TOW iel- Onies at common law, whereof they shall have
 been duly convicted under laws equally appii- cable to all the inhabitants of said State: Pros uided, That any alteration of said c0nSti- tuition, prospective in is effects, may be made in regard to the time and place of residence of voters. Second. That 1t shall never be lawful for the said State to deprive any citizens of the United States on account of his race, color or previous condition ofscrvitude, of the right ohold office under the constitution and laws of said State, or upon any such ground to re- quire of him any other qualifications for office than supn as are reouired of all other citizen Third That tle constitution of Texas shall never be so amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens of the United States of the school rights and privi- legaG secured by the constitution of sad State.
 Approved, March 30, 1870.