New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-30
mo. SJ.

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend
the Constitution OF the State
SECTION 1. Be it resolved BIZ 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 arti-
Gle numbered ninety nine.
SEC. 2. 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. g. 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-
stitution:" 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 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-nin and
reading as follows
article SO. 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 in the Penitentiary,
and persons under Introduction. All persons
who are estOpped from claiming the right of
suffrage, by abjuring their allegiance to the
United States government. or by VIGOROUSLY
levying war against it, or adhering to its
enemies, giving them aid or comfort, but
who have not expatriated themselves, nor
have been convicted of any of the crimes
mentioned i'll the first paragraph of this
article, are hereby restored to the said right,
except the following: Those who held office;
civil or military. for one year or more under |
the organization styled the Confederate |
States Of America: those who registered |
themselves as enemies of the United States, |
hose who acted as leaders of guerrilla |
bands during the late rebellion; those who, in |
he advocacy OF treason, wrote or published |
newspaper articles or preached sermons dur
ng the late rebellion, and those who voted |
or and signed an ordinance of secession. |
n any State. No person included in these
exceptions shall either vote or hold Office
Until be shall have relieved himself by vol
lntarily writing and signing certificate
citing forth that he acknowledges the late
ebelliOn to have been morally and politi-
ally wrong, and that he regrets any aid
md comfort he may have given it: and he
hall file the certificate in the Office of the
of State, and it shall be published
n the official journal; provided, that no per-
on who. prior to the first of January eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight, favored the exc
utiOn of the laws of the United States,
Opularly known as the reconstruct ton acts
f Congress, and openly and actively assisted
he loyal men of the State in their efforts to
estOre Louisiana to her position in the |
jniOn, shall be held to be included among
hose herein excepted. Registrars of
Oters shall take the oath of any such per-
g is entitled to the benefit of this
rOvisO.' shall be stricken from the
DnStitutiOn, and be null and void and the
rticle herein above set forth and proposed
) an amendment, shall be part of the |
institution, and shall be published in all
ficial copies of the same. in place of the
rticle ninety-nine. so stricken out and de-
ared null and void.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR.
peaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Governor and President of the
a.. Senate. .
Approved February 10. 1879.
lSigned) II. G. WARMOIH.
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. 4. BOvEE,
Secretary of State. g