The south-western., 1870-10-12
ecretary Of State.
Joint Resolution

No. .s5.I Joint Resolution
Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the State.
SECTION l. Be 1t rsSo1oea By tie Senate and House Of
Representatives, othe State Of Louisiana, IN General As
suing the passage of this resolution the following arti
Gle shall be proposed to the qualified electors of the
State 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 Con-
sttuton in the place of the article numbered ninety
nine.
SEC g. Be 1T tgRer 9esotged etc., That said article
shall be in words and terms as follows, to-wt:
No person shall hold any office, shall be permitted
to vote at election or to act as juror who, IN due
of law, shall have been convicted of treason,
perjury forgery, bribery other crime punishable by
Imprisonment IN the penltenary or who shall be un-
der interdietion.
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 Con-
stitution = or Against the amendment ofthe ninety
ninth article of the Constitution; and the returning
officers shall make returns of the votes thereon in the
as is prescribed by law for returns of
election and the Secretary of State shall promuIgae
the result by publication three several times in the Off
eial journal.
And if majority of the votes cast at said election
shall be- For the amendment of the ninety ninth ar
tcle of the Constitution" then the article numbered
ninety mine, and reading as follows:
"ARTIcLE 99 The following persons shall be pro-
hibited from voting or holding any office All persons
who shall have been convicted of treason perjury, for
gerry, bribery, other crime punishable in the peni
va n.
who esopped from claiming the right of suffrage,
by aburng their allegiance to the United States Gov
ernment or by notorously levying against it,
adherng to its 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 hereby restored
the said right, except the following: Those who held
Office civil military fer year more under the
organization styled the Confederate States of Amer
lea; those who registered themselves enemies of
the United States those who acted leaders of guer
hapd tba af raha thpSa WIN inf thp
advocacy of treason, wrote or published newspaper
ticles 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 or 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; Pooidea, That per-
who, prior to the first of January, eighteen hun
dred and sixtyeght favored the execution of the laws
of the United States, popularity known the Recon
struction Acts of Congress, and openly and actively
assisted the loyal ofthe State in their efforts to
Louisiana to her position in the Union, shall be
held be included among those herein excepted Reg
trars of voters shall take the oath of such person
pa ace evidence of the fact that he is entitled to
the benefit of this proyso 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
shed 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.
(Sgned) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senate.
fSigned) H. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
true copy:
GEO. L. BovEE,
Secretary of State.