The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-03-05
The work of the Convention.

The following are the principal amend
ments prepared by the late Convention, and
which are to be voted upon at the election
on the fourth Saturday in March Restrict
ing the Legislature to seventy-fYe days for
regular and twenty days for a called
session; requiring bills to be passed by a
majority of the members elected to each
house; making all property, real, personal
and mixed, taxable, except $1,000 of person
al property in the hands of each taxpayer,
and such property used for strictly religious,
educational and charitable purposes, as the
Legislature may from time to time direct;
setting apart the revenue derived from the
State tax on polls to purposes of education;
giving to the Governor limited veto power;
taking from the Legislature the power of
passing acts of incorporation, but providing
for general law under which corporations
shall be formed; prohibiting the issuance of
bonds to any railroad which, at the time of
application, may be in default Of payment
of interest on bonds previously issued !;
vacating all judicial Offices upon the ratifca-
ton of the amended Constitution; increasing
the number Of Supreme Judges from three
to live making the franchise universal with
prepayment of poll-tax required; giving the
| Legislature power to establish new counties,
to consist of not less than 275 square miles,
providing old counties shall not be reduced
below 500 square miles, the old Constitution
requiring goo square miles for new counties,
and that old counties should not be reduced
below 625 square miles, consolidating GER
tain elections; providing that the State shall
not become a stockholder with others in
any corporation; requiring a ,two-thirds vote
of counties and towns to loan or give the
credit of the same, and providing that nc
Convention or Legislature shall ratify any
amendment to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, unless such Convention or
General Assembly shall have been elected
after such amendments were proposed.
Subioined is the ordinance prescribing the
method of submitting the New Constitution
to the people for their verdict at the polls
1t was adopted Monday:
l. Belt ordained by the C0nccHtion, Thai
| 1t shall De the duty OF the seEeFat OtnCSfS Vi
the State. authorized by law 90 hold elections
for members of the General Assembly and
other officers, to open and hold an election
at the place of holding said elections in theil
respective counties, on the fourth Saturday
in March. 1870, for the purpose of receiving
the votes of sucn qualified voters as may
desire to vote for the ratification or rejection
of the constitution recommended by thii
convention. And the qualification of voteri
10 said election shall be the same that re
lquired in the election of delegates to th'
f convention.
, >. 1t shall be the duty of said returnin:
officers, in each county in this State, to en-
roll the name Of each voter on the roll book
prepared for said election, and shall depOsi
$ each ballot in the ballot boxes respectively
Each voter who wishes to ratify the New
r Constitution, shall have written or prlnte
{ on his ticket the words New Constitution,