The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-10-29
Joint Resolution
Proposing to Amend the Constitution
of the State.
mo. S..

Proposing to Amend the Constitution
of the State.
SECTION /. Be ii ResoIued 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 ratifey 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 resoIped, 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 a juror, who in due
course of law, shall have been CON
vioted 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 resoEred, 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 eonstitu-
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:
ARTICLE 80. The following per-
sons shall be prohibited from voting OF
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 levyine
war againstit, or adhering to its 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 t.
the said right, except the following
Those who held Office, civil or military
for enc year or more. under the organi
2ation styled the Confederate State.
Of America those who registered
themselves as enemies Of the United
States, those who acted as leaders o
guerrilla bands during the late rebel
lion; those who. in the advocacy of trea
son, wrote or published any newspape
articles or preached sermons during
the late rebellion; and those who votet
for and signed an ordinance of secession
in any State. No person included il
/ these exceptions shall either vote o
hold Office until he shall have relieve,
himself by voluntarily writing an,
signing certificate setting forth tina
he acknowledges the late rebellion t
have been morally and POLITICAL,
wrong. and that he regrets any al,
and comfort he may have given il
and he shall file the certificate in the of
fee of the Secretary Of State, and i
shall be published in the oficialjournal
Provided, That no person who, prior t
the first day of January. eighteen hun
dred and sixty-eight, favored the exc
cution of the laws of the United States
popularity known as the Reconstructio
Aess OF Congress, and openly and ae.