The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-10-15
mo. IS.
Joint Resolution
Proposing to Amend the Constitution
Of the State.
Secretary of State.

Proposing to Amend the Constitution
Of the State.
SECTION !. Be IL RESOLVED By The
Senate and House Of Representatives ef
tbs State Of Louisiana, in General as
sembLy commenced, That at the general
election next ensuing the passage of
this resolution, the following article
shall be proposed to the qualified cleo
tors of the State as an amendment to
the constitution of the State, which,
when approved and ratifiey by a ma
jority of the voters at said election,
shall become a part of the constitution,
in the place of the article numbered
ninety-nine.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further resolved, ETC..
That said article shall be in words and
terms as follows, to-wit:
No pereon shall hold any office. or
shall be permitted to vote at any cleo
ton, or to act as a juror, who in due
course of law, shall have been con-
victed of treason, perjury. forgery.
bribery, or other crime punishable by
Imprisonment in the penitentiary, or
who shall.be under Introduction.
Sec. 3. Be 1t 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 constitu-
tion;" or Against the amendment of
!! the goth article of the constitution"
and returning officers shall make re-
turns of the votes thereon in the same
manner as is prescribed by law for re
turns If election, and the Secretary of
State shall promuigate the result by
publication three several times in the
official journal.
And if a majority of the votes cast
shall be ''For the amendment of the
ninety ninth article of the constitu-
ton" then the article numbered nine
ty-uine, and reading as follows:
"ARTIcLE so. The following per-
sons 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 claim
ing the right of suffrage. by abjuring
their allegiance to the United States
Government, or by VIGOROUSLY levying
war against it, or adhering to its enc
mics, giving them aid or comfort, but
who have not expstriated 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. underline organi-
cation 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 rebel
lion; those who, in the advocacy of trea-
son, wrote or published any newspaper
articles or preached sermons during
the late rebellion; and those who voted
for and signed an ordinance of secession
many State. No person included in
these exceptions shall either vote or
hold Office until he shall have relieved
himself by voluntarily writing and
signing a certificate setting forth that
he acknowledges the late rebellion to
have been morally and politically
wrong, and that be regrets any aid
and comfort be may have given it;
and he shall file the certificate in the Of
fice of the Secretary of State, and it
shall be published in the oficialjournal;
Provided. That no person who, prior to
the first day Of January, eighteen hun.
dred and sixty-eight, favored che exc
cution Of the laws Of the United States,
popularity known as the Reconstruction
Acts Of Congress. and openly aud act