The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-08-17
Joint Resolution
No. 49,. |

Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the State.
SECTION l. Be 1t rss0Ioed by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. oe State Of Louisand an General As
sDa5 conyened That at the general election next en-
suing the passage of this resolution the following art
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
stitution in the place of the article numbered ninety
nine
SEC Be 1t further resoLged etc., That said article
shall be in words and terms follows, towlt
No person shall hold any office, or shall be permitted
vote at any election or to act as juror who IN due
course of law shall have been convicted OF treason
perjury forgery bribery, other crime punishable by
Imprisonment in the pententlary, or who shall DC IN
der Introduction.
SEC 3 Be 1t FURTHER reS0LUed 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 ninth article of the Con-
stitution =; or Against the amendment ofthe ninety
ninth article of the Constitutions" and the returning
officers shall make returns of the votes thereon in the
same manner as 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
cia 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 nine, and reading as follows:
"ARTICLE SO. The following persons shall be pro-
hbited from voting holding any office All persons
who shall have been convicted of treason perjury for
gerry bribery other crime punishable in the peni
Tertiary, and persons under Introduction All persons
who are estopped from claiming the right OF Suffrage
by aburng their allegiance to the United States Gov
ernment or by VIGOROUSLY levying against it, or
adhering 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 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 enemies OF
the United States those who acted leaders OF guer
rla bands during the late rebellion those who in the
advocacy of treason, wrote published newspaper ar
tices or preached sermons during 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 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 Ho0adsd, That no per
son who prior to the first OF January, eighteen nun
dred and sixtyegh favored the execution OF the laws
of the United States, popularity known as the Recon
structon Acts of Congress, and openly and actively
assisted the loyal State in their efforts to re-
store Louisiana to her position In the Union, snail be
held to be included among those herein excepted Reg
strars of shall take the oath OF any such person
as pria ace evidence of the fact 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 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.
(SignedI OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved February 10, 1870.
(Signed) H. =. NAKMoiH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true COPY:
GEO E. BovEE,
Serretarv of State