New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-10
mo. SIS.
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amen,
the Constitution of the State .

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amen,
.-. the Constitution Of the State >
SECTION /. Be it resolved by the Senat,
and House of Representatives of the Stat,
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 t.
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 in words and terms as
follows. to wit: ...- r a.l.
No person shall hold any Office. or shall
he 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. briberyOr other crime punish
able by imprisonment in the Penitentiarv.
Or who shall be under introduction.
SEC. s. 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-ninth article of the con-
st1tutiOn:" and the returning officers shall
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 majority of the votes east at said
election shall be, "For the amendment of
the ninety-ninth article of the constitution
then the article numbered ninety-nine. and
reading as follows: .tr =
article SO. The following persons shall be
faA
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
levylng war against it, or adhering to its
enemies, giving them aid or comfort. but 4
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,
those who acted as leaders of guerrilla |
bands during the late rebellion: those who. in |
the advocacy of treason, wrote or published |
1
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 a certificate
setting forth that he acknowledges the late
rebellion to have been morally and politi-
ally wrong, and that he regrets any aid
md comfort he may have given it: and he |
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secretary of State, and it shall i.,e published
N the official Journal; provided. that no per.
on who. prior to the first of January. eighteen
aundred and sixty>eight, favored the exc
'utlon OF the laws OF the United States,
popularity known as the reconstruction acts
# Congress, and openly and actively assisted
he loyal men OF the State in their efforts to
estere 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-
On as prime fGcie evidence of the fact that
e Is entitled to the benefit of this |
'royiso," shall be stricken from the
constitution, and be null and void. and the
rticle herein above set forth and proposed
s an amendment, shall be part Of the
constitution, and shall be published in all
ffieial copies of the same, in place OF the
rticle ninety-nine. so stricken out and de-
Jared null and void. .... ,r. Il
tSignedl . MORTIMER CARR.
peaker OF the House of Representatives
(Signedt go OSCAR J. DUNN,
lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate. .I' fa4.. -.-r /
Approved February 10. 1870. n.
tSigned, II. c. WARMOTH,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana
A true copy: -..1 ..l .5l.u.
.. GEO. f. BoAEE,
'...'.' Secretary Of State. 5000,