The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-08-10
Joint Resolution
No. Sj.l

No. IS. Joint Resolution
Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the State.
SECTION l. Be 1t 7esolued by the Senate and House OF
Representatives ofthe State Of Louisiana, General As
sebly concerned That at the general election next
suing the passage of this resolution, the following arti
Gle 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 majority of the
voters at said election, shall become par. OF the Con-
sttuton in the place of the article numbered ninety
nine.
SEC. @ Be it further resoZyed etc., That said article
shall be in words and terms as follows, towit
No person shall hold any office or shall be permitted
to vote at any election or to act juror who in due
course of law, shall have been convicted OF treason
perjury, forgery bribery, other crime punishable by
Imprisonment in the pententlary, or who shall be I'M
der interdictron
SEC g. Be 1t fuate, resozved etc., That the tickets
of all persons voting upon this proposed amendment
shall have written printed thereon the words For
the amendment of the ninety ninth article of the Con-
stitution 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
manner is prescribed by law for returns of
election and the Secretary of State shall promu gate
the result by publication three several times in the Off
cial journal.
And if 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 80. The following persons shall be pro-
hibed from voting or holding any office All persons
who shall have been convicted of treason perjury, for
gerry, bribery, or other punishable in the peni-
Tertiary, and persons under introduction All persons
who estopped from claiming the right of suffrage,
by aburing their allegiance to the United States Gov
eminent, or by VIGOROUSLY evyng against it,
adhering to its enemies, 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 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 leaders of guer
rlla bands during the late rebelon those who in the
advocacy of treason, wrote published newspaper ar
tices or preached sermons during the late rebellion
and those who voted for and signed 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 politically
wrong and that he regrets any aid and comfort he may
have given and he shall! file the certificate in the
office of the Secretary of State and it shall be pub
shed in the official Journal Povided, That no per-
son who prior to the first of January, eighteen hun
bred and sxyeight 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
Louisiana to her position in the Union shall be
beld to be included among those herein excepted. Reg
strars of shall take the oath of such person
ra ace evidence of the fact that he is entitled to
the benefit of this proviso, shall be stricken from the
Constitution, and be null and void, and the article
herein above set forth and proposed amendment,
shall be part of the Constitution and shall be pub
shed in all official copies of the same, in place of the
article ninety nine stricken out and declared null
and void
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed1 OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieut.. Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved February 10, 1870.
Governor ofthe State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. f. BovEE,
Secretary of State.