The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-09-21

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Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved February Ii, 1870
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy
GEO E. BovEE, -E1.-
Secretary of State
No. So. Joint Resolution =z
Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the State
SECTION l. Be it resozuea 5y tie Senate and House o.
Representatives Of the State of louisiana IN General As
Semy concerned That at the general election next en-
suing the passage of this resolution the following
Gle shall be proposed to the qualified electors of the
State as an to the of State
which, when approved and ratified by majority of the
voters at said election shall become part of the Con
stitution, in the place of the article numbered ninety
nine
SEC. 2 Be 1T lrtde, resolued, etc., That said article
shall be in words and terms follows, to-wt:
No person shall hold any Office, shall be permitted
to vote ct 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 penitentary, or who shall be
der Introduction. .r-
of all persons voting upon this proposed amendment
shall have written printed thereon the words For
the amend ment of the ninety ninth article of the Con
stltutlon or, Against the amendment of the ninety
ninth article of the Constitution " and the returning
officers shall make returns of the thereon in the
same manner as IS prescribed by law for returns of
the result by publication three several times in the off
cia journal
And if a majority of the votes cast at said election
shall be, For the amendment of the ninety ninth ar
tcle of the Constitution then the article numbered
ninety mine, and reading as follows
ARTICLE SO. The following persons shall be pro-
hibited from voting or holding any office: All persons
who shall have been convicted of treason perjury
gerry bribery, other crime punishable in the peni-
tentiary and persons under Introduction All persons
who are estopped from claiming the right of suffrage,
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eminent, or by VIGOROUSLY levying 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 this article hereby restored TO
the said right, exceAhthe following Those who held
office, civil or military for one year more, under the
organization styled the Confederate States of Amer
lea; those who registered themselves as enemies of
the United States those who acted leaders of guer-
rila bands during the late rebeon those who the
advocacy of treason wrote published newspaper ar.
tcles 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 it and he shall file the certificate in the
office of the Secretary of State and it shall be pub
lished in the official journal; Posided That per-
who, prior to the first of January, eighteen hun
bred and eight favored the execution of the laws
of the United States, popularity known the Recon-
struction Acts of Congress, and openly and actively
assisted the loyal the State in their efforts
store Louisiana to her position in the Union, shall be
held to be included among those herein excepted Reg
strars of voters shall take the oath of any such person
prla tacie evidence of the fact that he is entitled
the benefit of this proviso, shall be stricken from the
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 whine, stricken out and declared null
and void
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN, .a.
Lieut.. Governor and President of the Senate. |
Approved February 10 1870.
(Sgned) &c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
true copy:
Gao. E. BovEE,
If State