The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-08-31
Joint Resolution
No. S.. |

No. s.. Joint Resolution
Proposing to Amend the Constitution of the State.
SECTION l. Be 1t resozuea By the Senate and House
Representatives Of the State Of Louisiana. in General is
sebiy conoened, That at the general election next en-
suing the passage of this resolution the following arti
Gle shall be proposed to the qualified electors of thu
State as amendment to the Constitution of the State
which, when approved and ratified by majority of thu
voters at said election shall become part of the Con
stituton, in the place of the article numbered ninety
nine.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further reSOlged etc., That said article
shall be in words and terms as follows to-wit
No person shall hold any Office or shall be permitted
TO vote at any election, or to act uror who due
course OF law, shall nave been convicted of treason
perjury forgery, bribery other crime punishable by
Imprisonment in the penitentary, who shall be I'M
der Introduction.
Sec 3. BE it t1tder resolued 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-
stltution; 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 as 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
cal journal.
And if majority of the votes cast at said election
shall be- For the amendment of the ninety ninth ar
tice of the Constitution" then the article numbered
ninety-nine and reading as follows:
ARTICLE 90. The following persons shall be pro-
hloted from voting or holding any Office All persons
VINO shall have been convicted of treason perjury, for
gerry, bribery, or other crime punishable in the peni
Tertiary, and persons under introduction All persons
who are estopped from claiming the right of suffrage
by aburlng their allegiance to the United States Gov
ernment or by VIGOROUSLY levying against it, or
adherlng to its enemies, giving them aid comfort,
but who have not expatriated themselves, 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 or military, for year more under the
organization styled the Confederate States of Amer
lca; those who registered themselves enemies of
the United States; those who acted leaders of guer
rla bands during the late rebellion those who in the
advocacy of treason, wrote published newspaper ar
hcles preached during the late rebellion
and those who voted for and signed ordinance of
exceptions shall either 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 and he shall file the certificate in the
office of the Secretary of State. and it shall be pub
lished in the official journal; Pooided That no per-
who, prior to the first of January eighteen hun
bred and sixty favored the execution of the laws
of the United States, popularity known as the Recon-
sructon Acts of Congress, and openly and actively
assisted the loyal men the State in their efforts
store Louisiana to her position in the Union shall be
held to De included among those herein excepted. Reg
isrars of voters shall take the oath of any such
pr9G ce 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 set 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 ninety nine stricken and declared null
and void.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved February 10, 1870.
(Signed) He. WARMOTH,
Governor ofthe State of Louisiana.
A true copy: II
GEO E. BovEE,
Secretary of State.