New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-02

4 voters at said election, shall become part
! OF the constitution, in the place of the artl-
Gle numbered ninety-nine
SIC. =. 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 a 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 Penitentiary,
or who shall be under introduction.
| SEC. B. 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-nnth article OF
| the constitutions" or, Against 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 east at said
| election shall be, ''For the amendment OF
the nlnety-nnth article Of the constitution"
then the article numbered n;nety-nine, and
reading as follows:
| article 49, The following persons shall be
| prohibited from voting or holding any office:
| of treason, perjury, forgery, bribery or
| other crime punishabain the Penitentiary,
| and persons under Introduction. All persons
| who are cstcpped from claiming the right of
| suffrage. by abjuring their allegiance 10 the
United States government, or by VIGOROUSLY
ievylng war against it, or adhering to its
| enemies, giving them aid or comfort. but
who have rot 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. Tor one year or more under
| the organization styleed the Confederate
States of america those who registered
themselves as enemies of the United States.
those who acted as leaders of guerrilla
bands during the late rebellion: those who, il
the advocacy OF treason. wrote or published
| newspaper articles or preached sermons dur
ing the late rebellion. and those who voted
tor and signed an ordinance OF secession.
i'll any State. No person included in these
exceptions shall either vote or hold office
until he shall have relieved himself by vol
unfairly writing and signing a certificate
setting forth that he acknowledges the late
rebellion to have been morally and politi-
cally wrong, and that he regrets any aid
and comfort he may have given it; and he
shall file the certificate i'll 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 January 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 State i'll their efforts to
restore Louisiana 10 her position in the
Union, shall he held 10 be included among
those herein excepted. Registrars of
voters shall take the oath OF any such per-
son as p,inta focie evidence of the fact that
he is entitled to the benefit of this
provi>o.' shall be stricken from the
constitution and be null and void. and the
article herein above set forth and proposed
as an amendment, shall be Il part of the
constitution. and snail be published in all
official copies OF the same. III place OF the
article ninety-nine so stricken out and de-
clared null and void
tSignedl MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker Of the House o. Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR }. DUNN.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved February 10. 1870.
lSigncdl II. G. WARNOTH,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. +. BOAEE.
Secretary Of State.