The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-09-28
" Eo- H. hof hEJ
Secretary of State.
No. So. Joint Resolution
Promising to Amend the Constitution of the State.

No. 3d. Joint Resolution
Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the State.
SECTION l. Be it reSo19ed By the Senate and House OF
Representatives. Of The State Of Louisiana, in General As
Seably c0pcene 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 amendment to the Constitution of the State
which, when approved and ratified by majority of the
voters said election, shall become part of the Con-
stituton in the place of the article numbered ninety
nine.
SEC q Be it FURTHER reso5gea, etc., That said article
shall be in words and terms follows, to-wit:
No person shall hold office, shall be permitted
to vote at any election or to act as juror IN due
course of law shall have been convicted of treason
perjury, forgery bribery, other crime punishable by
imprisonment in the pententiary, or who shall be
der Introduction.
SEC g. Be it fusthe, reSozoed 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 ofthe ninety
ninth article of the Constitution )" and the returning
officers shall make returns of the votes thereon in the
same manner is prescribed by law for returns of
election and the Secretary of State shall promugate
the result by publication three several times in the Off
cial journal. -...==- =z- =--=-.=
And if a majority of the votes cast at said election
shall be, For the amendment of the ninety ninth
tcle of the Constitution then the article numbered
ninety mine, and reading follows =z.-
ARTICLE SO. The following persons shall be pro-
hbited from voting or holding any office: All persons
who shall have been convicted of treason, perjury for
gerry, bribery other crime punishable in the peni-
Tertiary, and persons under introduction All persons
who estopped from claiming the right of suffrage,
by aburng their allegiance to the United States Gov
eminent, or by VIGOROUSLY levying war against it, or
adherng to its enemies, giving them aid OF comfort
but who have not eIpatrlated 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 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
ra bands during the late rebellion those who in the
advocacy of treason, wrote published newspaper
tcles 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 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 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 Rr00aded That no per
son who prior to the first of January, eighteen hun
bred and favored the execution OF the laws
of the United States, popularity known as the Recon
structon Acts of Congress, and openly and actively
assisted the loyal ofthe State in their efforts to
store Louisiana to her position IN the Union, shall be
held be included among those herein excepted. Reg
srars of voters shalltake the oath of any such person
as pr5u ace evidence of the fact that he is entitled to
the benefit of this proviso shall be stricken from the
Constitution, and be null ana Vold, ana the afcie
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 so stricken out and declared null
and void.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signedj OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved February 10, 1870.
(Signed) I'll. Z. WARMoIH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
Atrue copy:
GEO f. BovEE,
Secretary of State.