New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-02
No. So.
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing 10 amend
the Constitution OF tie State.

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing 10 amend
the Constitution OF tie State.
SECTION L. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives, OF the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That at the general election next ensuing
the passage of this resolution, the following
article shall be proposed to the qualified
electors Of the State as an Amendment to
the constitution of the State. which. when
approved and ratified by a majority OF the
voters at said election. shall become a part
of the constitution, in the place OF the artl-
Gle numbered ninety nine.
SEC. ,. 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 election. or TO
act as 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 Penltenuary,
or who shall be under interdictlon-
SEC. g. BE it 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 article OF
the constitutions" or. A gainst the amend
ment 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 majority of the votes cast at said
election shall be, For the amendment OF
the ninety -ninth article of the constitution.
then the article numbered ninetynine. and
reading as follows
'.ArticLe 80. The following persons 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 PtIltentiarv.
and persons under introduction. All persons
who are estopped from claiming the right OF
suffrage, by abiuring their allegiance 70 the
United States government, or by n0tOrlously
levying war against 1t, or adLerlng 10 It's
enemies, giving them aid or comfort, but
who have not eXpatriated themselves. nor
have been convicted OF any OF Tire CRIMES
mentioned in the first paragraph OF tins
article are hereby restored to Tie sad right.
except the following: Those Who held office;
cir;l or military, for one year or more under
the organization stvleed the Confederate
States of American those who registered
themselves as enemies Of the United States,
those who acted as leaders OF guelrlIla
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.
in any State. No person included N these
exceptions shall either vote or hold once
until he shall have relieved himself by vol
UNFAIRLY writing and signing a certlncate
setting forth that he acknowledges the late
rebellion to have been morally and pohtl-
| cally wrong, and that he regrets any aid
| and comfort be may have given i: 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 first of Januarv, eighteen
| hundred and sixty-eight, favored the exc
cution of the laws of the United States,
| popularity known as the reconstruction acts
| of Congress- and openly and actively assisted
| the loyal men Of the St9te in their efforts to
| restore Louisiana to ner 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 ,rin,a fgcie evidence OF the fact that
| he is entitled to the benefit of this
| proviso," shall he stricken from the
constitution. and be null and void, and the
article herein above set forth and proposed
as an amendment, shall be part OF the
| constitution, and shall be published III all
official copies of the same. i'll place OF the
article ninety-ninc. SO stricken out ana &c
clared null and void.
Sneaker of the House Of Representatives.
lSioned OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Approved February 10. 1879.
ISi~nedl II. G.. WARMOIH,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
A true copy:
GEO. +. BovEE,
Secretary OF State