The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1870-07-23
IOlNT RESOLUTION

NO. 65.1 JOINI RkoOLUTlON
Proposing to Amend the Constitution OF the State
SECTION l. BE il resalgeR by the Se,lzte and House
1 Representatives. Of the State Of LouisiGa. IN General
assembly convened That ut the general election
next ensuing the passage Of this resolution, the
following article shall be proposed to the quail
fed electors of TIE State as an amendment to the
constitution of the State, which, when approved
by majority Of the voters at said election shall
become part Of the constitution. in the place
of the article numbered uinety nine.
Sec 2. Be Il further resLrea, etc., That said ar
ticle shall be in words aud terms rs follows, to
wit:
No person shall hold any Office. or shall be
permitted to vote ut any election. or act rs ju-
ror, who, in due course Of law, shall have been
convic ted Of treason. purjurv, forgery. bribery.
pessa;,.ry ts MaR T. a Teat tbe siee
cts of all pereous voting upon this proposed
amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the words, For the amendment Of the nine-ninth
article Of the constitution - or. "Against the
amendment Of the ninety-n'nth article o. tne
constitution - and the returning officers shall
make returns Of the votes thereon in the same
manner az is prescribed hy law for returns OF
election aud the Secretary Of State shall promu!'
cate the same three times in the official Journal
And n a majority Of the votes cast at said cleo
tion shall be- -FOr the amendment OF the Ninety
ninth article Of The constitution then the article
numbered ninety y-nine, and reading AS fo'io"s:
ARTICLE %, Tne following persons shall be
prohibited from voting or holding sny o,ce a..
persons who shall have been convicted ottrcasoi,
perjury forgery bribery. or other crime punlsha-
Gl. in The peuitentiary, and persons under inter-
dictiou. All persons who are stopped from
Claiming the right Of suffrage, by aIjuring their
allegiance to the United States Government. or
by notoriously levying war against it, or adher-
ing to its enemies. giving them aid or comfort
but who have not expatriAtcd thelnseivcs' nor
have been convicted of any Of the crimes men
toned in the first paragraph Of this article, are
hereby restored to the said right, except the fol-
lowing: Those who held Office. civil or military.
for one year or more, under the organization
styl.d the Confederate States OF America thOsc
who registered themselves as enemies OF the Uni
|! tcA States, those who acted O. leaders Of guer-
rila bands during the late rebellion; those who,
10 the advocacy Of treason, wrote or puoi'sned
newspaper articles or preached sermons aurlns
the late pbt llion; and those who voted Tor and
signed and ordinance Of secession IN any state
No person included in these exceptions shall
either vote or hold Office until be- sball have re-
leyed himself by voluntarily writing and signing
a certificate setting forth that de acknowledge
the late rebellion to have been morally and -
li,ically wrong. and that he regrets any a'd ant
iconsOrt be may nave given u, "iu ne e""' III
. the certificate in the Office OF the Secretary o
State, aud it shall he published in the ot,cia
. journal: Prcridd; That no person who. prior t
: the first day OF January. eighteen hundred AM
p sixty eight favored the execution Of the laws
J. the Uuited States, properly known az the Recon
structioi Acts Of Congress, and openly and &C
lively assisted The loyal men OF the State IN the'
. efforts to restore Louisiana to her position IN ID
. ! Union. shall BE- held and included among tt'os
!. herein excepted. Registrars of voters shall tax
thc oath Of any such person as priDa face es
dence of the fact that be is entitled to the benei
~ this uroyiso,, shall he stricken from, the Co!
stitution. and be null and void, and the arfic
herein above set set forth and proposed as q
amendment, shall be a part Of The constitution
and shall be published in all official copies OF "
same in place of the article ninety nne, 50 strict
en- ont and declared null and void.
tS;cnedl u- MORTIMER CARR.
Speaker Of the House Of Representative
fS;gnedl OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Govctuor and President Of the Sena
s Approved February 10, 1870.
fSioned) H. c. WARMOTH.
Governor Of the State Of Loalsian'
IA true copy: n
Gro. 4. BovEs,
Secretary Of State.