Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-30

| hdce been read and passed, on three dij
terent days IN each house, and shall hdC
receiUed, on its final passage IN each hous.
the assent Of al the members, to aclich the
house shall be entitled under this C0astital
tt0n;' and shall hdre been signed BIZ til
7cSpectiUe Speakers in open sessioa-tA
fact Of such signing to be noted on tn
Journal; and shall hace rseeiued the an
proCGI Of the G0Cernor, or shall haze bee
otheTloEse passed undsr the provisions 0
this Constitution.
Section 19 was read, as follows:
Sec. 10. After bill has been rejected
no bill containing the same substanc
shall he passed into law during the sam
session.
Mr.. Warner proposed to amend b,
making the resolution read CATER q bill
shall have been considered and registered
in both Houses" etc. The amendmen
was laid on the table, after which the sec
ton was adopted.
Sections 90, q, % were adopted, a.
follows:
Sec. 20. The style of the laws of THU
State shall be, "Be it enacted By the
General assembly Of the State Of Ten
neSsee.n
Sec. 81. Each House shall keep Jour.
nal OF the 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 general character, and bills max
ing appropriations of public moneys;
and the ayes and noes of the members on
any question, shall, at the request of any
tJUc of 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.
Section 20 was read as follows:
Sec. %. The sum of four dollars per
day, and four dollars for every twenty-five
miles travelling to and from the seat of
government, shall be allowed to the men,
bers of each General Assembly elected after
the ratification Of this Constitution, as q
compensation for their servjces. But no
member shall be paid for more than serenity
tlUe days Of a regular session, or for more
than taoeEty days Of any extra or called or
adjourned session.. or for Gny day Uhen
absent from his seat in the Legislature IN
less physically unable to attend. The Sen
GtOrs aoheH sitting as a Court Of Impedc6-
H1e1t shall each recei0e four dollars per dag
Of actual attendance.
Section "a was read and adopted as fol-
lows:
Sec. 81 No money shall be drawn from
the Treasury but in consequence of sppro-
priations made by law;and an accurate state
ment of the receiptsand expenditures of the
public money shall be attached to and pub
lished with the laws at the rise of each
stated session Of the General Assembly.
Mr.. Garner moved to amend the section
by changing the number of days of regu-
lar session from seventy-fv to sixty.
Mr.. Sample said the State had beenlegis-
lated for too much. What was wanted
now was not law, but money to get the
State out of debt.
Mr.. Thompson, of Davidson, agreed with
The gentleman from Jefferson. He was in
favor of making the number of days as low
as forty.
Mr.. Brooks favored sixty days. He said
This was question which had been raised
in East Tennessee.
Mr.. Fulkerson moved sixty days, and
called for the yeas and nays. He said he
liked the present Legislature, but the
people at home wanted to see them very
bad.
Mr.. Baxter said that after his experience
with the present Convention, he did not
think seventy-fye days were any too
many.
Dir. Brown, of Davidson, felt sure. that
the Legislature could do all necessary
business in sixty days. Restrict them to
that time and they would do their work
and go home.
Mr.. Jones, of Giles, thought there was
hanger of going to the extreme. They
we're starting out anew now, and who could
ell what population Tennessee might have
before this Constitution could be changed,
md what amount of legislation she might
grow to need.
Mr.. Garner said the sentiment of the
people was that the brakes be put down
heavy upon long sessions of the Legisla-
ure. He believed that a spirit of econo-
ny should actuate them all.
Mr.. Bate said the Legislature was de-
lucrative body, and he could not judge of
he time required to dispatch the business
which the people had sent those Repre-
there to do. He did not be-
ieve these Representatives would prolong
essicns for the sake of getting the pitiable
um of 81 per day.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick said the next Legisla-
ure would have a great deal of work be-
ore it in the way Of adapting the laws to
he new Constitution.
Mr.. Gamers amendment to sixty was
aid on the table by vote of SO to 26.
The section, as reported by the com
nittee, was adopted.
Mr.. Kennedy entered motion to re-
consider.
Section % was read as follows:
Sec. %. No person who heretofore
lath been, or may hereafter be, collec-
or or holder of public moneys, shall have
seat in either house of the General As
emily until such person shall have &C
Ounted for and paid into the Treasury
II sums for which he may be account
BILE or liable.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick moved an amendment,
'ut accepted the amendment of Mr..
iibbs, by inserting after the word CAS-
emily" the words 'or hold any civil
flee under the State Government.
The section as amended was adopted.
Sections % and 81 were adopted as fol-
Owls:
Sec. 90. No Judge of any court of lsw
" equity, Secretary of State, Attor-
ley General, Register, clerk of any
curt of record, or person holding
ny Office under the authority of the
United States, shall have a seat in the
General Assembly; nor shall any person
4 this State hold more than one lucrative
flee at the same time; Provided, That
o appointment in the militia, or to the
flee of Justice of the Peace, shall be
onsidered a lucrative office, or operative
S disqualification to a seat in either
ouse of the General Assembly.
Sec. 81. Any member of either house
f the General Assembly shall have lib |
rty to dissent from and protest against |
ny act or resolve which he may think |
INJURIOUS to the public or to any individual,
nd TO have the reasons for his dissent
ntered on the Journals.
On motion of Mr.. Stephens, section IS
-as passed over.
Adjourned.