Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates Elected by the People of Tennessee, to Amend, Revise, Or Form and Make a New Constitution, for the StateScholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1870 - 472 páginas |
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... returns made by the Com- missioners of Registration , of the votes cast at the general election held on the 18th day of December , 1869 , for and against the Con- vention therein provided for , and if a majority of JOURNAL ...
... returns made by the Com- missioners of Registration , of the votes cast at the general election held on the 18th day of December , 1869 , for and against the Con- vention therein provided for , and if a majority of JOURNAL ...
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Tennessee. vention therein provided for , and if a majority of those voting be in favor of a Convention , it shall be the duty of the Governor im- mediately to issue his proclamation announcing the result . 66 Now , therefore , be it ...
Tennessee. vention therein provided for , and if a majority of those voting be in favor of a Convention , it shall be the duty of the Governor im- mediately to issue his proclamation announcing the result . 66 Now , therefore , be it ...
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... Provisions . That these Committees shall take into consideration such resolu- tions as shall be submitted to them by ... Provided , That the Delegate offering resolutions , may , at the time of offering the same , make a brief statement 16.
... Provisions . That these Committees shall take into consideration such resolu- tions as shall be submitted to them by ... Provided , That the Delegate offering resolutions , may , at the time of offering the same , make a brief statement 16.
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... Provided , that the Legislature may contract debts by borrowing money to pay any part of the debt of the State , without submitting the question to the people , and without making provision in the act authorizing the same for a tax to ...
... Provided , that the Legislature may contract debts by borrowing money to pay any part of the debt of the State , without submitting the question to the people , and without making provision in the act authorizing the same for a tax to ...
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... provided in Article VII , Section 1 , of the Constitution . Mr. HEISKELL offered the following amendments to the Constitu- tion : Resolved , Article I , Section 4 , ought to be so amended that no religious test shall ever be required as ...
... provided in Article VII , Section 1 , of the Constitution . Mr. HEISKELL offered the following amendments to the Constitu- tion : Resolved , Article I , Section 4 , ought to be so amended that no religious test shall ever be required as ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
adjournment affirmative Allen Arledge Article Assembly Bate Baxter Blackburn Blizard Branson Britton Brooks Brown of Davidson Brown of Henry Burkett Burton Byrne Campbell Carter Chowning Coffin Constitution Cummings Cypert Deaderick Deavenport demanded the yeas Dibbrell Doherty Dromgoole election Fentress Fielder Finley following amendment following in lieu following resolution Fulkerson Garner Gaut Gibbs Gordon Governor Heiskell Henderson Hill of Gibson Hill of Warren House of Davidson House of Montgomery House of Williamson insert Ivie Jones of Giles Jones of Lincoln Judges Kennedy Kirkpatrick Kyle Legislature Mabry Macon county Martin McDougal McNabb Meeks Messrs Morris motion to lay moved to lay negative Netherland Nicholson offered the following Parker Porter of Haywood Porter of Henry qualified voters read and referred Resolved Robertson and Montgomery Sample Seay Section Shelton Shepard Staley Stephens submitted the following Supreme Court Taylor Thompson of Davidson Thompson of Maury tion Turner Walters words yeas and nays
Passagens conhecidas
Página 52 - SECTION 1. A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Página 107 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Página 68 - All impeachments shall be tried by the senate, and, when sitting for that purpose, the senators shall be upon oath...
Página 260 - All property shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the Legislature shall direct, so that taxes shall be equal and uniform throughout the State. No one species of property from which a tax may be collected shall be taxed higher than any other species of property of the same value.
Página 372 - Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Section '2. Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the provisions of this article.
Página 142 - An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public money, shall be attached to, and published with, the laws, at the' rising of each session of the General Assembly.
Página 24 - The general assembly shall never authorize any county, city, town, or township, by vote of its citizens or otherwise, to become a stockholder in any joint stock company, corporation, or association...
Página 60 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Página 39 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the house, the speaker shall, or any member may, call to order, in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the...
Página 181 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.