New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-18

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend
the Constitution of the State.
SECTION /. 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 to
the constitution of the State, which, when
approved and ratified by majority OF the
voters al said election. shall become a part
of the constitution in the place OF the arti-
Gle numbered ninety-nine.
SEC q Be it further resolved. etc. That
said article shall be in 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 rs a Juror, who in due course OF law,
shall have been convicted of treason, per-
Jury. forgery. bribery or other crime punish
able BY Imprisonment in the Penitentiary,
or who shall be under Introduction.
SEC. g. 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 constitutions" or Against the amend
ment Of the ninety ninth article of the con-
stitution:" 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 a majority of the votes cast 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:
"Aytic!e 90 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 punishable in the Penitentiary.
and persons under Introduction. All persons
who are estopped from claiming the right OF
suffrage, by ;hjuring their allegiance to the
United States government or by VIGOROUSLY
levying war against it, or adhering to its
enemies. giving them aid or comfort. but
who have not eXpatrlatet 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 rebellion; those who, In
the advocacy of treason, wrote or published
| 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-
cally wrong, and that he regrets any aid
and comfort he may have given it: and he
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| Secretary OF State, and it shall be published
! in the official journal; provided, that no per
son who, prior to the first ofJanuary eighteen
| hundred and siXty-eight. favored the exc
cutiou of the laws of the United States,
| popularity known as the reconstruction acts
| OfCongress, and openly and actively assisted
| the loyal men of the State in their efforts to
restore Louisiana to her position IN 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 p1i2na fucie evidence of the TACT that
| he 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 a part OF the
| constitution. and shall be published in ali
| official copies of the same, in place Of the
| article ninety-nine. so stricken out and de
clared null and void.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| (Signedl OSCAR j. DUNN,
| Lieutenant Governor and President of the
| Senate.
Approved February 10. 1879
| {Signed) II. Z. NARMOA
! Governor of the State of Louisiana.
! A true copy:
GEO E. BovEE,
Secretary of State.