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

e Sec. IA. When any officer, the right of
y whose appointment is by this Constitution
y vested in the General Assembly, shall,
/ during the recess, die, or the office, by
4 the expiration of the term, or by other
4 means, become vacant, the Governor shall
have the power to fill such vacancy by
r granting temporary commission, which
shall expire at the end of the next session
e of the Legislature.
Sec. 10. There shall be a seal of this
! State, which shall be kept by the Cover
nor and used by him officially, and shall
be called the Great Seal Of the State of
Tennessee.
Sec. 16. All grants and commissions
shall be in the name and by the authority
of the State of Tennessee, be sealed with
the State Sell and signed by the Gov
ernOr.
Sec. II. A Secretary of State shall be
appointed by joint vote of the General
Assembly, and commissioned during the
term of four years he shall keep a fair
register of all the official acts and pro-
ceedings of the Governor; and shall,
when required, lay the same, and all pa
pers, minutes and vouchers relative there
to, before the General Assembly; and
shall perform such other duties as shall |
be enjOined by law
Sec. Is. Every bill which may pass both |
Houses of the General Assembly, shall. |
before 1t becomes law, be presented to |
the Governor for his signature. If he ap- |
prove, he shall sign it, and the same shall |
become law but if ne refuse to sign it. |
he shall return it with his objections there |
to, In writing, to the House in which it |
originated; and said House shall cause said
objections to be entered at large upon its
journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill.
Ii, after such reconsideration, a majority of
| al the members elected to that House |
shall agree to pass the bill, notwithstanding
the objections of the Executive, it shall he
sent, with said objections, to the other
| House, by which it shall be likewise re-
| considered. If approved by majority of
| the whole number elected to that House. it
| shall become a law The votes Of both
Houses shall be determined by yeas and
| nays, and the names of all the members
voting for or against the bill shall be
entered upon the journals of their respec-
tive Houses. If the Governor shall fail to
return any bill, with his objections, within
five days Sundays excepted) after it shall
I
become law without his signature, unless
the General Assembly, by its adjournmen',
prevents its return, in which case it shall |
not become a law Every joint resolution
or order Except on questions of adjourn
ment shall likewise be presented to the
Governor for his signature, and before it
shall take effect shall receive his signature; | ,
and on being disapproved by him, shall, in
like manner, be returned with his Obiec- :
tons; and the same, before it shall take !
effect, shall be repassed by a majority Of
all the members elected to both Houses, in
the manner and according TO the rules pre-
scribed in case Of bill.
ARTICLE ".
ELECTIONS.
Section /. Every male person of the age
of twenty-one years being citizen of the
United States and resident of this State .
for twelve months, and Of the county whore
in he may offer his vote for six months. 5
next preceding the day OF election, shall {
he entitled to vote for members of the S
General Assembly, and other civil officers v
for the county or district in which he {
resides; and there shall be no qualification | r
attached to the right of suffrage, except G
that each voter shall give to the judges Of f
election where he offers to vote satisfactory ,,
evidence that he has paid the poll-taxes as +
sessed against him for such precedingpeuod I
asthe Legislature shall prescribe, and atsucL
time as may be prescribed by law without
which his vote caLnot be received And
all male citizens of the State shall be sub c
ject to the payment of poll-taxes and to II
the performance of military duty within a
such ages as may be prescribed hy is-- 4
The General Assembly shall have power to 4
enact laws requiring voters to vote in the q
election precincts in which they may re-
side, and laws to secure the freedom Of S
elections and the purity of the ballot-box. A
Sec. ,. Laws may be passed excluding G.
from the right of suffrage persons who may II
be convicted of infamous crimes. >,
Sec. 3. Electors shall, in all cases. except =
treason felony, or breach of the peace, be T
from arrest or summons, during .
their attendance at elections, and in going q
to and returning from them.
Sec. 4. In all elections to be made by the G
General Assembly, the members thereof }
shall vote giUn COce, and their votes shall d
be entered on the journal. All other cleo 81
tons shall be by ballot. 1
ARTICLE V. a
IMPEACHMENTs. I
Section l. The House of Representatives q
shall have the sole power of impeachment. 2
Sec. .. All impeachments shall be tried e
by the Senate. When sitting for that pur- =,
pose the Senators shall be upon oath or 81
affirmation, and the Chief Justice of the u
Supreme Court, or if he be on trial, the | p
Senior Associate Judge, shall preside over d,
them. No person shall be convicted without /
the concurrence of two-thirds of the Sena-
tors sworn to try the officer impeached
Sec. 3. The House of Representatives
shall elect, from their own body three
.I,,t,- l,on 10 70, !
cute impeachments. No impeachment %
shall be tried until the Legislature shall te
have adjourned sine die, when the Senate al
shall proceed to try such impeachment. p,
Sec. 4. The Governor, Judges of the 81
Supreme Court, Judges of the Inferior eli
Courts, Chancellors, Attorneys for the ca
State, Treasurer Comptroller and Sec OF
rotary of State, shall be liable to impeach- h,
ment, whenever they may, in the opinion Of
of the House of Representatives, commit M
any crime in their official capacity which Il,
may require disqualification; but judgment
shall only extend to removal from office,
and disqualification to fill any Office there "
after The party SHALL nevertheless, be ~
liable to Indictment, trial, Judgment and ~
punishment according to law. The Legs ~
lature now has, and shall continue Ill
to have, power to relieve from the penal AZ
ties imposed, any person dlstl lallneu hoIH -
holding office by the judgment of a court OF al
fl,
Sec ). Justices of the Peace, and other Ill
civil officers, not hereinbefOre mentioned,
for crimes or misdemeanors in Office, shall r
be liable to indictment in such courts as T
the Legislature may direct; and, upon !,
conviction, shall be removed from Office !,
by said court as if found guilty on i'm a.
parchment; and shall be subject to such ~
other punishment as may be prescribed by q,
law. ~
ARTICLE VI ul
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. 81
Section l. The Judicial power of tins la
State shall be vested in one Supreme Court,
and in such Circuit, Chancery, and other ci
Inferior Courts as the Legislature shall T
from time to time ordain and establish IN Ii
the Judges thereof and in Justices of the al
Peace. The Legislature may also vest n
such jurisdiction in corporation courts as ii
may be deemed necessary; courts to be hol- nj
den by Justices of the peace may also be a.
established. =
Sec 3 The Supreme Court shall consist :,
of five Judges of whom not more than two u
shall reside in any one of the grand d. "
visions of State. Judges shall designate te
one of their own number who shall preside o.
as Chief Justice. The concurrence of three el
of the judges shall, in every case, be neces- a
sor,, 20 a daciuiou Tho i11rigdictiOn of Tins II