The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-10-05
No. 3d.
Joint Resolution

Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the State.
SECTION /. Be 1T resozged By tie Senate and House
Representatives. the State Of Louisiana, in General As
Senbly concerned That the general election next en-
suing the passage of this resolution the following arti
Gle shall be proposed to the qualified electors of thu
State amendment to the Constitution of the State
which, when approved and ratified by majority of thu
voters at said election shall become part of the Con
sttution, in the place of the article numbered ninety
nine.
SEC q Be 1T FURTHER resozuea etc., That said article
shall be in words and terms as follows, towit
No person shall hold any Office shall be permitted
to vote at any election, to act juror, who in due
course of law, shall have been convicted of treason
perjury forgery, bribery other crime punishable By
Imprisonment in the penitentiary, who shall be
der Introduction.
SEC. 3. Be it further reso1ged, ETC., That the tickets
of all persons voting upon this proposed amendment
shall have written printed thereon the words For
the amendment of the ninety article of the Con
stituton Against the amendment ofthe ninety
ninth article of the Constitution " and the returning
officers shall make returns of the votes thereon in the
same manner is prescribed by law for returns of
election, and the Secretary of State shall promulgae
the result by publication three several times in the off
cial journal.
And if majority of the votes cast at said election
shall be, For the amendment of the ninety ninth
tcle of the Constitution, then the article numbered
ninety nine, and reading follows
- ARTICLE 80. The following persons shall be pro-
hlblted from voting or holding any office: All persons
who shall have been convicted of treason perjury
gerry, bribery, other crime punishable the peni-
Tertiary and persons under introduction All persons
who estopped from claiming the right of suffrage,
by abjurng their allegiance to the United States Gov
eminent, or by VIGOROUSLY levying against it, or
adherlng to its enemies giving them aid or comfort,
but who have not expatriated themselves, have
been convicted of any of the crimes mentioned in the
first Of this article are hereby restored to
the said right, except the following Those who held
Office civil or military for year more, under the
organization styled the Confederate States of Amer
lea those who registered themselves as enemies of
the United States those who acted leaders of guer
rla bands during the late rebeon those who, in the
advocacy of treason, wrote published newspaper
tices preached during the late rebellion;
and those who voted for and signed ordinance of
secession in any State. No person included in these
exceptions shall either vote hold office until he shall
have relieved himself by voluntarily writing and sign
ing certificate setting forth that he acknowledges the
late rebellion to have been morally and politically
wrong and that 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 pub
lished in the official journal; Ptouadea That no per-
son who prior to the first of January, eighteen hun
bred and sixty eight favored the execution of the laws
of the United States, popularity known the Recon-
structon Acts OF Congress, and openly and actively
assisted the loyal men the State in their efforts
store Louisiana to her position in the Union, shall be
held to be included among those herein excepted Reg
isrars of voters shall take the oath of any such person
praa cie evidence of the fact that he entitled
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 amendment
shall be part of the Constitution and shall be pub
lshed in all official copies of the same in place of the
article ninety nine, stricken out and declared null
and void.
(signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signedj OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved February 10, 1870.
(Signed( FL. G. WARMOTH,
Governor ofthe State of louisiana
A true copy
Secretary of State.