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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Página 22
... insert the following : Sec . 4. That no religious or political test , other than an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and of this State , shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under ...
... insert the following : Sec . 4. That no religious or political test , other than an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and of this State , shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under ...
Página 26
... insert the words " of the entire number , " between " two - thirds " and " expel . " Mr. MCDOUGAL offered the following resolution : Resolved , That the Committee on the Legislative Department in- quire into the expediency of striking ...
... insert the words " of the entire number , " between " two - thirds " and " expel . " Mr. MCDOUGAL offered the following resolution : Resolved , That the Committee on the Legislative Department in- quire into the expediency of striking ...
Página 45
... insert : " That the Gene- ral Assembly shall have power to provide by law that all voters shall be required to vote within the Civil Districts or Wards in which they reside ; and shall have power also to pass laws to pro- tect all ...
... insert : " That the Gene- ral Assembly shall have power to provide by law that all voters shall be required to vote within the Civil Districts or Wards in which they reside ; and shall have power also to pass laws to pro- tect all ...
Página 46
... insert : and shall have no power to grant charters of in- corporation , either municipal or private , but may pass laws author- izing the Chancery , Circuit , or County Courts to grant all such charters , under such rules and ...
... insert : and shall have no power to grant charters of in- corporation , either municipal or private , but may pass laws author- izing the Chancery , Circuit , or County Courts to grant all such charters , under such rules and ...
Página 52
... insert in lieu thereof the following : " shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime . " In said section strike out also the words " free and insert in lieu thereof the word " person " so as to make said section ...
... insert in lieu thereof the following : " shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime . " In said section strike out also the words " free and insert in lieu thereof the word " person " so as to make said section ...
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.