Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-30
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following resolutions reported by thu
committee were adopted
Section l. The powers of the Govern
ment shall be divided into three distinc
departments the legislative. Executive
and Judicial
| Sec. 2. No person or persons belonging
to one of these departments shall exercise
any of the powers properly belonging tc
either OF the others, except in the case:
herein directed or permitted.
Sec. 8. The legislative authority Of
this State shall be vested in a Genera
Assembly, which shall consist of Senate
and House of Representatives, both de,
pendent on the people, aOhO shall hold
their Offices for ta0o gears from the dag
Of the general election.
Sec. 4. An enumeration of the quail.
fed voters and an apportionment of the
Representatives in the General Assembly
shall be made in the year one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, and with.
in every subsequent term of ten years.
The hour of recess having arrived, a
motion to adjourn till Monday morning
was made by Mr. Kennedy, which was
lost by vote of SO to 33.
Afternoon Session.
The Convention met at q P. NJ. and
proceeded to business.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
The Convention proceeded to the con-
sideration of section of the report of the
committee, which reads as follows:
Sec. 8. The number of Representa-
tives shall, at the several periods of MAX
ing the enumeration, be apportiOned
among the several counties of districts,
according to the number of qualified vo-
tiers in each; and shall not exceed seventy
five, until the population of the State shall
be one million and half, and shall never
thereafter exceed ninety -nine; provided,
that any county having two-thirds of the
ratio shall be entitled to one member.
Mr.. Garner proposed to make the num-
Der of representatives fifty, instead of
seventy five, and to strike out ali after the
words Seventy five" to the word ''pro-
vided. He wanted to reduce the num-
Der of legislators and thus reduce the
amount of legislation.
He thought the great evil they labored
under was excessive legislation.
Mr.. Brown, of Madison, moved to lay
the amendment on the table. The ayes
and noes were called for, resulting in
ayes, At; noes, .. ---.-- ....
Mr.. Davenport offered an amendment
that those counties which are allowed one
Representative by the appointment of
1872 shall never be deprived of that
representation. Laid on the table.
Mr.. Dibrell proposed to strike out
two-thirds" and insert 81, 800 voting
population. Laid on the table-syes, 80;
noes, %.
The fifth section as read was then
adopted.
Section 6, as reported by the Com
mittee, was read and adopted, as follows:
Sec. 6. The number of Senators shall,
at the several periods of making the
enumeration, be apportiOned among the
several counties or districts, according to
the number of qualified electors in each,
and shall not exceed one-third the number
of Representatives. In apportioning the
Senators among the different counties, the
fraction that may be lost by any county or
counties, in the apportionment of members
to the House of Representatives, shall be
made up to such county or counties in
the Senate, as near as may be practicable.
When a district is composed of two or
more counties they shall be adjoining, and
no county shall be divided in forming a
district.
Sections seven and eight having been
of, section nine was read, as fol-
lows:
Sec. 9. No person shall be Repre-
sentative unless he shall be citizen of
the United States of the age of twenty
one years, and shall have been a citizen
of this State for three years, and resi-
dent in the county he represents ore year
preceding the election.
Mr.. Garner proposed to amend by max
ing the required age twenty-five years.
Lost.
The section was then adopted.
Section 10 was read as follows:
Sec. 10. No person shall be Senator
unless he shall be citizen of the United
States, of the age of thirty years, and
shall have resided three years in this State,
and one year in the county or district, i'm
preceding the election. No
Senator or Representative shall. during
the time for which he was elected, be
eligible to any Office or place of trust, the
to which is vested in the
Executive or the General Assembly, ex-
cept to the Office of trustee of literary
institution.
Mr.. Thompson moved to strike out
thirty years and insert ''twenty-One
years. Lost.
Mr.. Dibrell proposed TO make the re-
luired age twenty-five years. Lost.
The section was then adopted.
Section II as reported by the commit
zee was read and adopted as follows, the
words in italics being the amendments
by the committee:
Sec. II. The Senate and House of
when assembled, shall
zach choose a Speaker and its other Off
,ers, be judges of the qualifications and
elections of its members, and sit upon its
from day to day. Not less |
han t1Oo-thirds Of all the members to |
Uhich each house shall be entitled, |
'idU constitute q quorum to do bust |
1eSS;; but smaller number may adjourn |
rom day to day, and may be authorized
~ law to compel the attendance of alb
Ient members.
Section II was read as follows
Sec. II. Each house may determine the |
'ules of the proceedings, punish its mem
)eTs for disorderly behavior, and with the |
of two-thirds, expel men,
Der, but not second time for the same |
)ffense and shall have all other powers
for a branch of the Legislature |
If free State.
Mr.. Warner proposed to insert after the
words "two-thirds" the words ''of the |
entire number" Rejected. The section
was then adopted.
Sections 13, II, Is and 16 were adopt
ID as follows:
Sec IS. Senators and Representatives
3hall in all cases, except treason, felony, |
)r breach of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during the session of the General
Assembly, and in going to or returning
from the same; and for any speech or de-
pate in either house, they shall not be
questioned in any other place.
Sec. IA. Each house may punish by |
during its session, any
person not member, who shall be guilty |
IF disrespect to the house by any disor-
lerly or any contemptuous behavior in its
Sec. Is. When vacancies happen in
either house, the Governor for the time
leinr shall issue Writs of election to fill |