Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-24


counties or districts according to the nun
Der of qualified electors in each, and sha
not exceed one third the number 0
Representatives. In apportiOning tn
Senators among the different counties, th
fraction that may be lost by any county o
counties, in the apportionment of mem
bers to the House of Representatives
shall be made up to such county or coun
Ties IN The Senate as near as may b.
practicable. When adistrict is composed
OF two or more counties, they shall be ad
joining; and no county shall be divided
in forming q district
Sec. Z. The first election for Senators
and Representatives shall be held on the
second Tuesday in November, one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy and for
ever thereafter elections for members OF
the General Assembly shall be held once
in two years, on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November. Said elections
shall terminate the same day.
Sec. s. The first session of the Gen
eral Assembly shall commence on the
first Monday in October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, at
which time the term of service of the
members shall commence, and expire on
the first Tuesday of November, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
two, at which session the Gov
| ernor elected on the second Tues
day in November one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy, shall be inaugurated;
and, forever thereafter General Assem-
blies shall meet on the first Monday in
January next ensuing the election at
which session thereof the Governor shall
be inaugurated.
Sec. 8. No person shall be Represen-
tative unless he shall be citizen of the
United States of the age of twenty-one
years, and shall have been a citizen of
tfis State for three years, and resident
In the county he represents one year i'm
mediately preceding the election.
Sec. 10. No person shall be a Senator
unless he shall be a 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 dis
trict, Immediately preceding the election.
No Senator or Representative shall, dur
ing the time for which he was elected, be
eligible to any Office or place of trust, the
appointment to which is vested in the
Executive or the General Assembly, ex-
cept to the Office of trustee of a literary
institution.
Sec. II. The Senate and House of
Representatives, when assembled, shall
each choose a Speaker and its other Off
GERS, be judges of the qualifications and
election of its members, and sit upon its
own adjOurnments from day to day. Not
less than twO-thirls of all the members
TO which each house shall be entitled
shall constitute a quorum TO do business; |
but smaller number may adjourn from |
day TO day, and may be authorized by |
law to compel the attendance of absent |
members.
Sec. II. Each House may determine |
the rules of its proceedings, punish its
for disorderly behavior, and, |
with the concurrence of two-thirds, cxpel
4 member, but not a second time for the
same Offense; and shall have all other
powers necessary for a branch Of the
Legislature of free State.
Sec. 10. Senators and Representatives
shall in all cases, except treason, felony,
Dr. breach of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during the session Of the General
Assembly, and in going TO returning
from the same; and for any speech or
lebate in either House, they shall not be
Questioned in any other place.
Sec. IA. Each House may punish by
during its session, any per
son not a member, who shall be guilty of
lisrespect to the House, by any disorder
y or any cOntemptuOus behavior in its 1
Sec. Is. When vacancies happen in
either House, the Governor for the time
being shall issue writs Of election to fill
such vacancies.
Sec. 16. Neither House shall, during its
session, adjourn without the consent of
he other, for more than three days, nor to
my other place than that in which the
wO Houses shall be sitting.
Sec. II. Bills may originate in either
House; but may be amended, altered, or
elected by the other. No bill shall become
/ law which embraces more than one sub
ect; that subjecttO be expressed in the title.
All acts which repeal, revive, or amend for
ner laws, shall recite in their caption or
otherwise, the title or substance of the
aw repealed, revived or amended.
Sec. IS. Every bill shall be read once
N three different days, and be passed
ZACH time in the House whereit originated,
before transmission to the other. No bill |
hall become a law until it shall have
)eGn read and passed on three different |
~, rha1 |
'eiyed, on its final passage in each House,
he assent of the majority of all the men,
Jers to which that House shall be en-
tiled under this Constitution, and shall |
nave been signed by the respective Speak
RS, in open scssiOn-thc fact of such
signing to be noted on the journal; and |
hall have received the approval of the
Governor, or shall have been otherwise
passed under the provisions Of this Con-
;titutiOn.
Sec. 10. After a bill mas been rejected,
10 bill containing thesame substance shall
,e passed into a law during the same
session.
Sec. 90 The style of the laws of this
State shall be, ''Be it enacted by the Gen
raj Assembly of the State of Tennessee"
No law Of a general nature shall
axe effect until forty days after its pass
lge, unless the same or the caption there
Of shall state that the public welfare re-
Iuircs that it should take effect sooner.
Sec q. Each House shall keep jour
nal of its proceedings, and publish it, cx-
,cpt 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
of public moneys; and
he ayes and noes of the members on any
question, shall, at the request of any five
IF them, be entered on the journal.
Sec. %. The doors of each House and
Of Committees of the Whole shall be
Kept open, unless when the business shall
be such as ought TO be kept secret.
Sec. %. The sum of four dollars per
lay, and four dollars for every twenty
five miles travelling to and from the seat
Of Government, shall be allowed to the
Of each General Assembly
elected after the ratification of this Con
5titutiOn, as a compensation for their
services. But no member shall be paid
for more than seyenty-five days of
regular session, or for more than twenty
days of any cxtra'or called session; or for
any day when absent from his seat in the
unless physically unable to at
tend. The Senators when sitting as a court
of impeachment shall each receive four
dollars per day of actual attendance.
Sec. 81. No money shall be drawn
from the Treasury hut in CONSEQUENCE of |