Representative and Floaterial Districts shall be compared at the several places where the votes for members of the General Assembly were compared in the last August election. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to a seat in said Convention who is not twenty-one years of age, and who has not been a citizen of the State for twelve months, and of the county and district from which, he is elected six months immediately preceding the election. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That all laws requiring test-oaths to enable persons to become candidates for office, or requiring Judges and Clerks of elections to take such oaths, shall not apply to the election under this act. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That in case of the death, refusal to serve, resignation or removal from this State of any delegate, the vacancy occasioned thereby shall be filled in the same manner prescribed by law for the filling of vacancies in the representation to the General Assembly. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Registration of each county in the State, immediately after said election, to make a complete return to the Seeretary of State of the votes cast "for Convention" 66 " or no Convention," and for delegates in his county. The certificate of election of the returning officer or officers of the county or districts, shall be prima facie evidence of the right of any delegate to a seat in said Convention, subject, if contested, to be decided in the manner the Convention may prescribe. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor and Secretary of State to compare the returns made by the Commissioners of Registration, and if a majority of those vot- ing be in favor of a Convention, it shall be the duty of the Governor immediately to issue his proclamation announcing the result, . and said Convention shall convene in the city of Nashville, on the second Monday in January, 1870; and when so assembled, said del- egates shall organize themselves into a Constitutional Convention, by the election of a President and such other officers as they may deem necessary. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That said Convention shall adopt such rules and regulations for its government, and the transaction of business as it shall think proper, and that the members and officers of said Convention shall receive the same compensation ast is now allowed by law to the members and officers of the General Assembly of the State, and to be paid in the same manner by the Treasurer. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the Constitution or form of government which said Convention may adopt, shall not be of any binding force or efficacy until the same has been submitted to and ratified by the people of the State, in such manner and at such time as the Convention shall provide. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That should any county have no Commissioner of Registration at the time of said election, or should the Commissioner of Registration fail or refuse to hold said election, then in that event, it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of each county to open and hold such an election, subject to the same rules and regulations as imposed upon Commissioners of Registration by this act. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That in all cases when the Commissioner or Sheriff fails or refuses, or from any other cause, fails to hold said election, it shall be lawful for any freeholder to hold said election, by summoning as many bystanders as may be necessary to hold said election, all of whom shall be freeholders. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. W. O'N. PERKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed Nov. 15, 1869. Speaker of the Senate. INDEX. A ALLEN, JOHN, appointed on Committee on Executive Department. Resolutions by Granted leave of absence. Granted leave to vote.. Motions by... . . Amendments proposed by.. ARLEDGE, JESSE, resolutions by..... Appointed on Committee on Finance, etc. Granted leave of absence.. Granted leave to record vote. Amendment proposed by.... ACT of Assembly Authorizing the Convention........ B PAGE. .42 .47, 347 ..178 .186, 187, 206, 338 194, 278, 374 .21, 48 .42 .80, 168 .244 370 ...447 .14, 90, 94, 100, 103, 109, 110, 120, 171, 200, 218, 224, 300, 302, 316, 343, 352, 364, 373, 386, 390. Amendments proposed by....22, 101, 113, 135, 149, 193, 220, 223, 283, 295, 302, 392. Appointed on Committee on Credentials. Appointed Chairman of Committee on Bill of Rights. 18 41 121 Report by, as Chairman (Bill of Rights)..........59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 80 .202, 203, 204 |