New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-17
! M. 81.
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to ament
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 be proposed 10 the qualified
electors of the State as an amendment tC
the constitution of the State, which, when
approved and ratified by a majority of the
voters at said election, shall become a part
of the constitution. in the place Of the arti
Gle numbered ninety-nine.
SEC. ,. Be it 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, III due course Of law,
shall have been convicted Of treason, per
Jury. forgery, bribery or other crime punish
able by imprisonment i'll the Penitentiary,
or who shall he under introduction.
SEC. 3. 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 constitution or. Against the amend
ment OF the ninety-Einth article of the con-
stltutlon:' and the returning officers shall
same manner as is prescribed by law for re-
turns Of election, and tie 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 constitutions"
then the article numbered H;nety-nine. 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 punis liable in the Penitentiary.
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 notOriOusly
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:
clvA 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 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 he shall have relieved himself by vol
writing and signing certificate
setting forth that he acknowledges the late
rebellion to have been morally and politi-
cally wrong, and that ne 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 official. journal: provided that no per-
sou who. prior to the tirstW January eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight. favored the exc
cuti0n of the laws of the United States,
known as the reconstruction acts
Of Congress. AID openly and actively assisted
The loyal men OF the State in their efforts to
restore Louisiana to her position in the
Mon, shall he held to be included among
7aose herein excepted. Registrars OF
'cters shall take the oath of any such per-
oia as prima tac6e evidence of the fact that
le Is entitled to the benefit of this
'roVlso, shall be stricken from the
constitution, and lie null and void. and the
rticle herein above set forth and proposed |
S al, amendment, shall be part of the !
constitution, and shall be published in all |
fflcial copies of the same, in place of the |
rucle nlnety-nine. Sc stricken out and de-
Jared null and void.
tSigned) MORTIMER CARR.
peaker of the House OF Representatives.
tSlgned) OSCAR j. DUNN,
lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved February 10. 1870.
tSlgned) II. G. WARMOIH,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. f. RovEE.
Secretary Of State.