The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-09-14
Joint Resolution

No. $751; Joint Resolution
Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the State.
SECTION l. Be it resolved By the Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES State Of louisiana in General As
seaby concerned That at the general election next en-
suing the passage of this resolution the following art
Gle shall be proposed to the qualified electors of the
State amendment to the Constitution the State
which, when approved and ratified by majority of the
voters at said election, shall become part of the Con-
sttuton in the place of the article numbered ninety
nine.
SEC @ Be 1t FURTHER aesoJoed etc., That said article
shall be in words and terms as follows, to-wt:
No person shall hold any office, shall be permitted
vote any election to act juror who, in due
of law, shall have been convicted of treason,
perjury forgery, bribery other crime punishable by
Imprisonment in the penitentary, who shall be
der Introduction.
Sec. g. Be 1T further resOlued, 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 article of the Con-
sttuton or, Against the amendment of the ninety
ninth article of the Constitution and the returning
officers shall make returns of the votes thereon in the
same is prescribed by law for returns of
election, and the Secretary of State shall promu gate
the result by publication three several times IN the ot
cial journal.
And if q majority of the votes cast at said election
shall be, For the amendment Of the ninety ninth ar
ninety nine, and reading as follows
"ARTICLE 90. The following persons shall be pro-
hibted from voting holding any Office: All persons
who shall have been convicted of treason perjury for
gerry, bribery, other crime punishable n 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
ernment or by VIGOROUSLY levying war against it, or
adherng 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, 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 as enemies of
the United States those who acted leaders of guer
ra bands during the late rebellion those who in the
of treason, wrote or published newspaper ar
tices or preached 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 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; Prooaded That no per-
who prior to the first of January, eighteen hun
dred and sxtyegh favored the execution of the laws
of the United States, popularity known as the Recon
struction Acts of Congress- and openly and actively
assisted the loyal of the State in their efforts to re-
store Louisiana to her position in the Union, shall be
held to be included among those herein excepted Reg
srars of voters shall take the oath of any such person
pra ace evidence of the fact that he is entitled to
the benefit of this proviso shall be stricken from the
Constitution, and be null and void, and the article
herein above forth and proposed amendment,
shall be part of the Constitution, and shall be pub
lshed in all official copies of the same in place of the
article nnetynine, so stricken out and declared null
and void.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Siguedj OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieut.. Governor and President of the Senate.
fsigned1 H. c. WARMoTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
Gro f E. BovEr,
Secretary of State.