The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10
85.
Joint Resolution
Proposing to Amend the Constitution
of the State.

SECTION ]. Be ii Resolved by The
Senate and House Of Representatives, 81
tbs State Of Louisiana, IN General as
sembty conncned, 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 ratifey by a ma
iority of the voters at said election,
shall become a part of the constitution,
in the place of the article numbered
ninetyrnine.
Sec. 2. 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 cleo
ton, or to act as 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 al 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 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
shall be ''For the amendment of the
ninety-ninth article of the constitu-
tion," then the article numbered nine
ty-nine, and reading as follows:
"ART1cLE 80. 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 abiuring
their allegiance to the United States
Government, or by VIGOROUSLY levying
war against it, or adhering to it's enc
mics, 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. underline organi-
cation styled the Confederate States
of American 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
in any State. No person included In
these exceptions shall either vote or
hold office until he shall have relieved
himself by voluntarily writing and
signing certificate setting forth that
he acknowledges the late rebellion to
have been morally and politically
wrong, and that he regrets any aid
and comfort he may have given it;
and he shall file the certificate in the of
flee Of The Secretary Of State, and it
shall be published in the official journal;
Provided, That no person who, prior to
the first day of January. eighteen hun
dred and sixty-eight, favored the exc
eution of the laws Of the United States,
popularity known as the Reconstruction
Acts of Congress, and openly and act