The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-10-19

No. $751; Joint Resolution
Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the State
SECTION l. Be it resolved By tie Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES the State Of Loaisaano m General rs
senby eonUened That at the general eiecton next en-
suing the passage of this resolution the following art
Gle shall be proposed to the quaned electors OF Tue
State as an 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. ~
SEc2 Be it further resozoed, etc., That said article
shall be in words and terms as follows, towit
No person shall hold any Office, shall be permitted
to vote at any election 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 penitentary, or who shall De I'M
der Introduction.
of all persons voting upon this proposed amendment
shall have written printed thereon the words, For
the amendment of the ninety article OF the Con
sttutiou or Against the amendment OF the ninety
ninth article of the Constitution and the returning
officers shall make returns of the votes thereon in the
as is ~ law E Tor o
the result by publication three several times In the OIL
cial journal.
And if a majority of the votes cast at said election
shall be- For the amendment of the ninety ninth ar
tice of the Constitution then the article numbered
| ninety nine, and reading as follows:
"ARTIcLE 90. The following persons shall be pro-
hibited from voting or holding any office All persons
who shall have been convicted of treason perjury tor
gerry, bribery, other crime punishable IN the Peni
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who are estopped from claiming the right Of suffrage
by aburng their allegiance to the United States Gov
eminent or by VIGOROUSLY evyng war against It, or
adhering to its enemies giving them AID or comfort
but who have not expatrated 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 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 as leaders OF guer
ra bands during the late rebellion those who, IN the
advocacy of treason wrote published newspaper ar
tcles 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 sign
ing certificate setting forth that he acknowledges the
late rebellion to have been morally and poltlcally
have given it and he shall file the certificate IN the
office of the Secretary of State and it shall be pub
lshed in the official journal; Po0aded, That no per
son who, prior to the first of January, eighteen hun
dred and favored the execution OF the laws
of the United States, popularity known as the Recon
struction Acts of Congress, and openly and actively
assisted the loyal of the State in their efforts to
store Louisiana to her position in the Unon shall be
held to be included among those herein excepted Reg
strars of shall take the oath of such person
as pra acs evidence of the fact that he Is entitled tc
the benefit of this proviso shall be stricken from the
Constitution and be null and void, and the article
herein above forth and proposed as an amendment,
shall be part of the Constitution, and shall be pub
shed in all official copies of the same place OF the
article ninety nine stricken out and declared null
fSigned) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Sioned1 OSCAR j. DUNN
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senate
PPSsionedl H. c. WARMOTH,
| Governor of the State of Louisiana.
GEO. .. BovEE,
Secretary of State.