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Tn. Const. art. VII, § 2 — Article VII / Section 2
TN Const., Article VII, Section 2
Status: in_force

Vacancies. [ edit ] Vacancies in county offices shall be filled by the county legislative body, and any person so appointed shall serve until a successor is elected at the next election occurring after the vacancy and is qualified. HISTORY: [As amended: Adopted in Convention December 6, 1977, Approved at general election March 7, 1978, Proclaimed by Governor, March 31, 1978.]
Tn. Const. art. I, § 12 — Article I / Section 12
TN Const., Article I, Section 12
Status: in_force

No corruption of blood or forfeiture of estates. [ edit ] That no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate. The estate of such persons as shall destroy their own lives shall descend or vest as in case of natural death. If any person be killed by casualty, there shall be no forfeiture in consequence thereof.
Tn. Const. art. VI, § 7 — Article VI / Section 7
TN Const., Article VI, Section 7
Status: in_force

Compensation of judges. [ edit ] The Judges of the Supreme or Inferior Courts, shall, at stated times, receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during the time for which they are elected. They shall not be allowed any fees or perquisites of office nor hold any other office of trust or profit under this State or the United States.
Tn. Const. art. V, § 2 — Article V / Section 2
TN Const., Article V, Section 2
Status: in_force

Trial of impeachments. [ edit ] All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate. When sitting for that purpose the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or if he be on trial, the Senior Associate Judge, shall preside over them. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators sworn to try the officer impeached.
Tn. Const. art. IV, § 3 — Article IV / Section 3
TN Const., Article IV, Section 3
Status: in_force

Privileges of voters. [ edit ] Electors shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest or summons, during their attendance at elections, and in going to and returning from them.
Tn. Const. art. XI, § 1 — Article XI / Section 1
TN Const., Article XI, Section 1
Status: in_force

Slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, are hereby forever abolished and prohibited throughout the state. Note. The section above referred to is omitted from the Constitution of 1870.
Tn. Const. art. II, § 21 — Article II / Section 21
TN Const., Article II, Section 21
Status: in_force

Journal of proceedings. [ edit ] Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish it, except such parts as the welfare of the State may require to be kept secret; the ayes and noes shall be taken in each House upon the final passage of every bill of a general character, and bills making appropriations of public moneys; and the ayes and noes of the members on any question, shall, at the request of any five of them, be entered on the journal.
Tn. Const. art. VIII, § 1 — Article VIII / Section 1
TN Const., Article VIII, Section 1
Status: in_force

Militia officers to be elected. [ edit ] All militia officers shall be elected by persons subject to military duty, within the bounds of their several companies, battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, under such rules and regulations as the Legislature may from time to time direct and establish.
Tn. Const. art. I, § 15 — Article I / Section 15
TN Const., Article I, Section 15
Status: in_force

Bailable offenses -- Habeas corpus. [ edit ] That all prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, when the proof is evident, or the presumption great. And the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in case of rebellion or invasion, the General Assembly shall declare the public safety requires it.
Tn. Const. art. XI, § 15 — Article XI / Section 15
TN Const., Article XI, Section 15
Status: in_force

Religious holidays. [ edit ] No person shall in time of peace be required to perform any service to the public on any day set apart by his religion as a day of rest.
Tn. Const. art. VI, § 3 — Article VI / Section 3
TN Const., Article VI, Section 3
Status: in_force

Supreme court judges. [ edit ] The Judges of the Supreme Court shall be elected by the qualified voters of the State. The Legislature shall have power to prescribe such rules as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of section two of this article. Every Judge of the Supreme Court shall be thirty-five years of age, and shall before his election have been a resident of the State for five years. His term of service shall be eight years.
Tn. Const. art. I, § 27 — Article I / Section 27
TN Const., Article I, Section 27
Status: in_force

Quartering soldiers. [ edit ] That no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner prescribed by law.
Tn. Const. art. VI, § 4 — Article VI / Section 4
TN Const., Article VI, Section 4
Status: in_force

Judges of inferior courts. [ edit ] The Judges of the Circuit and Chancery Courts, and of other inferior Courts, shall be elected by the qualified voters of the district or circuit to which they are to be assigned. Every Judge of such Courts shall be thirty years of age, and shall before his election, have been a resident of the State for five years and of the circuit or district one year. His term of service shall be eight years.
Tn. Const. art. XI, § 17 — Article XI / Section 17
TN Const., Article XI, Section 17
Status: in_force

County offices. [ edit ] No County office created by the Legislature shall be filled otherwise than by the people or the County Court.
Tn. Const. art. I, § 4 — Article I / Section 4
TN Const., Article I, Section 4
Status: in_force

No religious or political test. [ edit ] That no political or religious 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 this State.
Tn. Const. art. V, § 3 — Article V / Section 3
TN Const., Article V, Section 3
Status: in_force

How prosecuted. [ edit ] The House of Representatives shall elect from their own body three members, whose duty it shall be to prosecute impeachments. No impeachment shall be tried until the Legislature shall have adjourned sine die, when the Senate shall proceed to try such impeachment.
Tn. Const. art. VI, § 2 — Article VI / Section 2
TN Const., Article VI, Section 2
Status: in_force

Supreme court. [ edit ] The Supreme Court shall consist of five Judges, of whom not more than two shall reside in any one of the grand divisions of the State. The Judges shall designate one of their own number who shall preside as Chief Justice. The concurrence of three of the Judges shall in every case be necessary to a decision. The jurisdiction of this Court shall be appellate only, under such restrictions and regulations as may from time to time be prescribed by law; but it may possess such other jurisdiction as is now conferred by law on the present Supreme Court. Said Court shall be held at Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson.
Tn. Const. art. XI, § 5 — Article XI / Section 5
TN Const., Article XI, Section 5
Status: in_force

All laws, ordinances, and resolutions, as well as all acts done in pursuance thereof, under the authority of the usurped state government after the declared independence of the State of Tennessee, on or after the 6th day of May, 1861, were unconstitutional, null and void from the beginning: Provided, That this section shall not be construed as to affect any judicial decisions made by the state courts held at times differing from those provided by law prior to May 6th, 1861; said judicial decisions being made pursuant to the laws of the State of Tennessee enacted previous to said date, and between parties present in court and litigating their rights.
Tn. Const. art. III, § 16 — Article III / Section 16
TN Const., Article III, Section 16
Status: in_force

Grants and commissions to be sealed and signed by the governor. [ edit ] All grants and commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the State of Tennessee, be sealed with the State Seal, and signed by the Governor.
Tn. Const. art. III, § 2 — Article III / Section 2
TN Const., Article III, Section 2
Status: in_force

Election of Governor. [ edit ] The Governor shall be chosen by the electors of the members of the General Assembly, at the time and places where they shall respectively vote for the members thereof. The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up, and transmitted to the seat of Government, by the returning officers, directed to the Speaker of the Senate, who shall open and publish them in the presence of a majority of the members of each House of the General Assembly. The person having the highest number of votes shall be Governor; but if two or more shall be equal and highest in votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor by joint vote of both Houses of the General Assembly. Contested elections for governor shall be determined by both Houses of the General Assembly, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.