New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-10
mo. SIS.

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend
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 to the qualified
electors of the State as an amendment tt
the constitution of the State, which, wheI
approved and ratified by "a majority of the
voters at said election, shall become 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 in words and terms az
follows, to wit:
No person shall hold any Office. or shall
be permitted TO vote at any election. or to
act rs q juror, who, III due course of law,
shall have been convicted of treason. per
Jury, forgery, bribery or other crime punish
able by imprisonment in the Pcnitentiary
or who shall be under Introduction.
Sec. 3. Be il 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 ninetyninth article OF the con-
stitution;' and the returning officers shall
make returns of the votes thereon in the
same manner rs 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 he. ''tor the anne ndment OF
the ninety ninth article of the constitution. y
then the article numbered ninety nine. and
reading as follows:
"1rtic}e 90. The following persons shall be
prohibited from voting or holdin. any office:
All persons Who shall have been convicted
of treason, perjury. forgery. bribery or
other crime punishable in the penitcntiarv,
and persons under Introduction. All person,
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 10 lts
enemies. giving them aid or comfort. but
who have not expatriated 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;
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.
those who acted as leaders of guerrilla
bands during the late re bellon: those who. in
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
unfairly writing and signing certificate
setting forth that he acknowledges the late
rebellion to have been morally and poIitl-
cally wrong. and that he regrets any aid
I,,y,t i,n, hay-n erI- and hs.
shall file the certificate in the office of the
Secretary OF State, and ii shall be published
in the official journal: provided. that no per
son who, prior to the first of January .ei ghteen
hundred and siXty-eight. favored the exc
cution of the laws of the United States,
popularity known as the reconstruction acts
cfCongrcss, and openly and actively assisted
the lcyal men OF the State Ill their efforts 10
restore Louisiana to her position il 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''iD'a tecje evidence Of the fact that
be 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
constitution. and shall be published in all
official copies OF the same, in place OF The
article nnety-nlne. Sc stricken out anu de
clared null and void.
(Si"nedI MORTIMER CARR.
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives..
(SigncdI OSCAR j. DUNN.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate.
Approved February 10. 1879.
(Signcdl Il. G. WARMO,H
Governor of the State o. Louisiana.
4 true copy:
Gao f. BovEB.
Secretary OF State.