The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-04-02
Joint Resolution
Proposing to amend the Constitu-
ton OF the state.

Section |. Be itreSOlved by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives OF the State of Louisiana, in
General Assembly convened, That
at the general election next ensu-
ing the passage of this resolution,
the following article shall be pro-
posed to the qualified electors of
the State as an amendment 10 the
constitution of the State, which,
when ratified by a majority of the
voters at said election, shall be-
come part OF the constitution, in
the place oGthe article numbered
80.
Sec. 2. BE il 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 III
any election, or to act as a juror
who shall in due course of law
have been convicted of treason,
perjury, forgery, bribery, or other
crime punishable by Imprisonment
in the Penitentiary, or who shall
be under n.terdictiOn.
Sec. 3. Be it further resolved
etc, That the tickets of i'll per
sons voting upon this proposed
amendment shall have written OF
printed thereon the words, go
the amendment Oi the goth article
OF the c0IttlGutlon;7 CT. "Aga!ns'
the amendment oil the 99th article
oil the constitutions" and the re-
turning officers shall make returns
OF the votes thereon in the same
manner as is prescribed 9y law tor
returns of election, and the Spcrt
tary Of State shall promulgate the
result 10y publication three sever
times i'll the official journal.
i If majority of the votes cast
at said ELECTION shall be. "For the
amendment Of the Goth article OF
the constitution" then the article
numbered so, and reading as ful
lows:
"ARTIcLE 80. The following
persons Snail Ice prohibited from
voting or holding any Office: All
persons who shall have been con.
victed OF treason, perjury, forgery
+ bribery, or other crime punishable
in the Penitentiary, and persons
under interdiction. All persons
who are estopped from claiming
the right of suffrage, by abjuring
their allegiance to the United
States Government, or by notori
onsly levying war against it, OF
adherlng 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 ofthis article, are here
by restored to said right, except
the following: Those who held
office, civil or military, for one
year or more, under the organiza.
ton styled ''the Confederate States
! OF America;" those who registered
themselves lis enemies of the
United States; those who acted as
leaders of guerrilla bands during
the late rebellion; those who, il
III the advocacy OF treason, wrote
! or published newspaper articles OF
! preached sermons during the late
rebellion; and those who voted fol
and signed an ordinance of seces
sion in any State. No person in
; Guided in these exceptions shall
either vote or hold Office until ht
shall have relieved himself b,
/, voluntarily writing and signing {
certificate setting forth that h,
acknowledges the late rebellion t.
! have been morally and POLITICAL,
/, wrong, and that he regrets any
aid and comfort he may have civ
Ell it; and he shall file the certifi
cate i'll the Office of the Secretar,
o; State, and it shall be published
. III the official journal. Provided
That no person who prior to th,
first OF January, 1868, favored th,
execution of the laws ofthe Unitet
States, popularity AS the recon
! struetion acts Of Congress, an,
openly and actively assisted th,
loyal men 0f the State in their et
forts to restore Louisiana to he
position in the Union, shall b,
: held to be included among thos,
herein excepted. Registrars o
voters shall take the oath of an,
such persons as pyimG Jacie eyi
dence of the fact that be is entitled
to the benefit of this proyiso.
shall be stricked from the constj
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