The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1870-09-03
JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the State
SECTION l. Bet resalrM Ly tie Senate and H,us
Of Representatives. Of the State Of Louisiana in Genera
-l&scntay conrened. That at the general election
| next ensuing the passage of this resolution til,
following article shall be proposed to the quail
fl eleciOr Of the State an amendment to the
| constitution of the State. which. when approved
by majority If the voters at said election shall
become part OF the constitution. in the place
Of the article numbered ninety-nine
SIC z. BE tnrtte. rcsoired, etc., That said ar
tic!e shall bc in words and terms as follows, to
wit:
No person shall hold any office. or shall be
permitted to vote at any election. or act as .ju-
ror, who. in due course Of law. shall have been
S2HKif Hifd tfd qf trfah9na RurgrE feEgery bribery,
penitcntary. or who shall be under Introduction.
SEC g. BE il further resolred, etc., That the tick
cts Of all persons 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-ninth article OF the
constitution - and the returning officers shall
make returns Of the votes thereon in the same
manner as is prescribed by law for returns OF
election. and the Secretary Of STATE shall promu-
gate the same three times in the official journal.
And If a majority of the votes castht said cleo
tion shall be, For the amendment Of the ninety
ninth article OF the constitution, then the article
numbered ninety-ninc, and reading as follows:
"Arr1cLE 90. The following persons shall be
prohibited from voting or holding any Office All
persons who shall have been convicted OF treason,
perjury. forgery bribery. or other crime punisl'a-
hlc in the pcnitentiary, and persons under inter-
dicion. All persons who are stopped from
claiming the right Of suffrage, by abjurng 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 themselves. 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
STYLED the Confederate States of America those
who registered themselves a. enemies Of the Uni
ted States, those who acted as leaders Of guer-
rilla bands during the late rebellion /; those who.
in the advocacy Of treason. wrote or Published
, newspaper articles or preached sermons during
the late rebellion; and those who voted for and
| signed and ordinance Of secession in any State:
| No person included in these exceptions shail
either vUte or bold Office until he shall have re-
lievcd himself by voluntarily writing and signing
a certificate setting forth that he acknowledges
the late rebellion to have been morally and po
litically 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 ol
State. and it shall be published in the official
journal Iroridtd; That no person who. prior tc
The frs: day Of January. eighteen hundred and
sixty-eight. favored the execution Of the laws Of
the United States, properly known as the Recon
struction Acts OF Congress, and openly and &C
lively assisted the loyal men Of the State in theil
efforts t. restore Louisiana to her position in the
Union, shall be held and included among those
herein excepted. Registrars of voters shall take
the oath of any such person as Prinsa tdcie evi
dncc of the fact that he is entitled to the benefit
of this provisO" shall be stricken from the Con
stitution, aud he null and void. and the article
herein above set set forth and proposed as al
amendment, shall be part Of the constitution
and shall he published in all Official copies OF tn
same in place of the article ninety nine, 80 strick
en- out and declared null and void.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
(Signed) OSCAR }. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the Senat
Approved February ~, 1870.
tSigneO He. WARMOTH,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana
A true copy:
GEO. Z. BOvEE,
| Secretary Of State.