New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-22
mo. IS.
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amen
the Constitution Of the State.

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend
the Constitution of the 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 quallned
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 q part
OF the constitution, in the place OF the artl-
Gle numbered ninety-nine.
Sec 2. Be it further resolved, etc, lhat
said article shall be IN wor0s anu ttrAs 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 he under Introduction.
SEC. 3. Be it further resolved, etc, mat
the tickets of all persons voting upon this
nroposed amendment shall have written or
printed thereon the words, "For the
amendment of the ninety ninth article OF
the constitutions" OF, Against the amend
ment of the ninety-ninth article OF the con,
stitution;p and the returning oihcers Sh;tll
make returns of the votes thereon III the
ssre manner as is prescribed by law for re-
+urns 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 at SAID
election shall be, "FOr the amendment o.
the ninety-ninth article of the constitution,
then the article numbered ninety-nine, and
reading as follows:
"Art;cle 80. The following persons shall be
prohibited from voting or holding any othee;
All persons who shall have been convicted
of treason, perjury, forgery, bribery or
other crime punishable in the Penitentlary,
and persons under introduction. All persons
who are estopped from claiming the rlsht OF
suffrage, by abjuring their allegiance to the
United States government, or by VIGOROUSLY
.. levvinp war against it, or 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 TINS
article, are hereby restored to the sai4 riSna.
exeept the following: Those who held once;
civil or military, for one year or more under
the organization styled the Confederate
States of America; those who registefed
Themselves as enemies of the United States,
those who acted as leaders OF guerrhia
hands during the late rebellion; those who, IN
the advocacy of treason, wrote or puDhshed
newsnaper articles or preached sermons dur
inc the late rebellion, and those who Foteo
for and signed an ordinance OF secession
in any State No person included IN these
executions shall either vote or hold once
until he shall have relieved himself by vol
UNFAIRLY writing and signing a certificate
setting forth that he acknowledges the !aft
rebellion to have been morally and polltl
cally wrong, and that he regrets any alI
and comfort he may have given 1t: ana nt
shall file the certificate in the office OF the
Secretary of State, and it shall be published
in the officialjournal; provided, that no per
con Who .nrior to the first Of January ,eighteeI
hundred and sixty-eight, favored the exc
cntion of the laws Of the United States
popularly known as the reconstruction acts
0fCongress, and openly and actively ASSISTED
the loyal men of the State in their efforts Z
restore Louisiana to her position IN IN
Union. shall he held to be included anon
hose herein excepted. Registrars Q
voters shall take the oath of any such per
son as Drimu facie evidence of the TACT ina
he is entitled to the benefit OF tn'
proviso." shall be stricken from IN
constitution, and be null and void, and Ia
article herein above set forth anu propose
as an amendment, shall be part ci III
constitution, and shall be publishca III d d
official copies of the same, in place OF u
o,+;cIo ninetv-nine, 80 stricken out and IL
ciared null and void.
fSirnedl MORTIMER CARR, (
sneaker of the House of Representatives,.
lSigned) OSCAR J. DUNN, =,
lieutenant Governor and President OF tt
Senate. "a ,o-o
Approved February 10, 1879, &c.,,
fiSS;@ned) H. C. WARMOIH,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
Secretary of State