New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-12
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend
49, the Constitution Of tue State

49,. the Constitution Of tue State.
SECTION L. Be it resolved by the Senat
| and House of Representatives of the Stat
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That at the general election next ensuin,
1 the passage Of this resolution, the following
article shall be proposed to tho qualified
| electors of tho State - an amendment {,
approved and ratified ~ B majority of thu
| voters at said election, ahall become q par
Of the constitution, IN the plate Of the arti
Gle numbered ninety-nine
SEC. 2. Be it further resolved. ETC.. Tha,
said article shall be in words and terms AZ
follows, to wit: a.saa.g a. as'-a
No person shall hold any Office, or shall
be permitted to vote Ut any election, or to
act as 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. 3. Be it further received, 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 constitution" Or, Against the amend
meut of the ninety-ninth article Of the CON
stitution;" and the returning officers shall
make returns of the votes thereon in the
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, Per the amendment of
the ninety ninth article Of the constitution, "
! then the article numbered ninety nine, and
reading as follows: -8-4..J
ARTICLE 80. The following persons shall be
prohibited from voting or holding any Office:
ALI persons who shall have been convicted
Of treason, perjury. forgery, bribery or
and persons under Introduction. All persons
who are est0pped from claiming the right Of
suffrage, by abjuring their allegiance to the
United States government, or by VIGOROUSLY
levying war against it, or adhering to it's
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, are hereby restored to the said right,
except the following: Those who held Office;
civil or military, for one year or more under
tho organization styled the Confederate
States Of America those who registered
themselves az 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
newspaper articles or preached sermons dur
ing the late rebellion, and those who voted
for and signed an ordinance of secession.
exceptions shall either vote or hold Office
until he shall have relieved himself by vol
UNFAIRLY writing and signing 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
shall file the certificate in the Office Of the
Secretary of State, and it shall be published
in the official Journal; provided, that no per-
son who prior to the fret Of January, eighteen
cution Of the laws Of the United States,
known as the reconstruction acts
Of Congress, 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 ps'ima taeie evidence of the fact that
he is entitled to the benefit Of this
proviso," shall be stricken from the
article herein above set forth and proposed
DE- an amendment, shall be part Of the
and shall be published in all
official copies of the same, in place of the
article ninety 90 stricken out and de-
,lared null and void. GOOD stF
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN, -
Governor and President of the /
Senate. a - ,...5.-5....i -
Approved February 10, 1870.
(Signedt II. C. WARMOTH,
o.. Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy: r55.
GEO. E. BOAEE, css
Secretary Of State. sso