The weekly loyal Georgian., 1868-02-15
From the Atlanta New Era.
State constitutional Convention

State Constitutional Convention
ATLANTA, Ca, Feb. 8, 1868.
The Convention met at 81 o'clock
Prayer by the Chaplain.
The journal was read and apnroved.
Mr.. CoNLEY moved to reconsider the vot
on the adoption of the report of the Com
mlttee on the Executive Department.
The yeas and NAYS were ordered. anc
resulted-yeas ga, nays 4s. $50
The motion to reconsider prevailed.
The report was taken up.
MI CoNLEY moved to strike OUT the word
ten IN the third section and insert "six.'
80 that resldency of six years would rem
der citizens eligible to the Office of Governor.
The motion prevailed-yeas II, nays 81.
Un motion the report as amended was
adopted, and referred to the Committee on
Revision.
Mr. SHROPSHIRE, from the Committee
on Finance, reported the following ordi-
nance and resolutions
An ordinance to provide the means of dc. .
fraylng the expenses of this Convention
ana the compensation of officers and
members.
SEC. ]. BE a. ordained by the people of
Georgia, tn Convention assembled, That
an ordinance of this Convention passed on
the Goth day OF December, In he year 1867,
entitled an ordinance to levy and collect
tax to pay the delegates and officers CON
nected with the Convention. as we'll as all
other incidental expenses, except the sec
Ond section thereof, IS hereby rescinded.
and the following is ordained in lieu thereof,
tO-wit
That it shall be the duty of the Conn
troller General OF the State Of Georgia to
levy and assess tax of one-tenth Of one
per cent. on all the taxable property of this
State, as returned upon the digest for the
yeaf 1867, for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of this Convention, and che com
pensation of officers md members. And it
shall be the duty of the Tax Collectors in
the several counties of this State to collect
the tax so assessed. and to pay the same to
the Comptroller General on or beforesthea
hrst day OF May, 1863. And it shall be the
duty OF the several Tax Collectors to issue
executions against all persons subject %
taxation under this ordinance whose tax ia
unpaid after twenty days notice to paw it.
Tor the amount of tax due them, and fiftv
per eentum thereon and all costs: and of
sheritfs and constablesto levy and sell un-
der such executions, and to return the
proceeds to the Tax Collectors, as soon as
the same can be done under the provisions
OF existing laws.
SEC z. BE further Ordained, That any
scrip which may be issued by the authority |
OF this Convention for the purpose aforesaid |
shall be receivable by the Comptroller Gen
eral from the Tax Collectors in payment Of |
the tax aforesaid.
SEC. .. BE IL farther ordained, That the
lax Collectors shall receive the same per
cent. for collecting the tax aforesaid as they
are now allowed by law for collecting the
State tax.
SEC. 4. BE 1t further ordained, That the
Comptroller General shall issue to the tax
collectors all necessary orders for the col
lection and payment of The tax aforesaid,
which orders shall be binding upon said
tax collectors.
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, That the
moneys and scrip received by the Comptrol-
Ter General under the ordinance be paid by
him into the Treasury of the State to be
Dis, DEF as this Convention may direct.
Resolved, That the General Commanding
the Third Military District be requested to
enforce an ordinance Of this Convention,
passed this day, entitled "an ordinance to
provide the means Of defraying the expenses
of this Convention, and the compensation of
officers and members"
ResolUed, That copies of said ordinance
and resolutions be transmitted by the Presi-
dent to Major General Meade, to the Provs-
ional Governor, and Comptroller General of
the State.
On motion, the rules were suspended,
and the report was taken up and adopted,
on division, by more than two thirds vote.
Mr.. MCCAr, from the committee ap-
pointed to investigate the charges against
Mr.. Bradley, made majority report, as
follows
REPORT OF MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE ON THE
CASE OF A. A. BRADLEY.
The undersigned, members of the Com
mitee to investigate and report upon the
charges which have been made against Mr..
A. A. BRADLEY, one of the delegates from
the First District report:
That they have examined the evidences
they have been able to obtain, with the
following result:
1t appears, by certified copy of the
record in the case, that, on the 18th day of
June, 1861, AARON BRADLEY was convicted
before the City Court Of the City Of Brook
lyn, N. Y, of the crime Of seduction, and
Seu(enCcu W tHO years iiuplioOuIl6HL Ill lDe
States Prison.
1t further appears, from what seems to US
toleraby satisfactory testimony, to wit: A
published copy of what purportS to be a
certified copy of record OF the Superior
Court of Suffolk, of the State of Massachu-
setts, that on the 4th day Of October, 1856,
A. BRADLEY, or A. A. BRADLEY, was dis
missed or stricken from the bar, for NAL
practice in the duties of an attorney.
Your committee are satisfied from these
papers, to which Mr.. Bradley's attention has
been called, and which he has not even at
tempted to deny, in any position, nay, that
he is the Identical person alluded to.
We are not prepared to say what should be
the action Of the Convention in this matter.
I, can not be denied that these are very |
grave charges against the person implicated,
but we are not sure that any remedy l. in |
the power of the Convention.
There is no law fixing any qualifications |
for membership in this body, except the act
Of Congress Of I'd March, 1867. That act |
makes but one qualification, conformity to |
the Sd section of the proposed Constitutional
Amendment, Art. XIV. 1t is true that act
prescrbes conviction for felony at common
law as a disqualification of a voter. Seduc-
ton is not felony at common law, nor is SIM
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