Journal of the Convention of the State of Tennessee: Convened for the Purpose of Revising and Amending the Constitution Thereof. Held in Nashville ...W. Hasell Hunt and Company, Printers, 1834 - 415 pages |
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... hundred and thirty- four , in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of said State , entitled " An Act to provide for the calling of a Convention . " Pass- ed the 27th day of November , 1833 . MONDAY , MAY 19 , 1834 . The following ...
... hundred and thirty- four , in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of said State , entitled " An Act to provide for the calling of a Convention . " Pass- ed the 27th day of November , 1833 . MONDAY , MAY 19 , 1834 . The following ...
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... hundred printed copies of the present Constitution and Declaration of Rights thereto appended . And then the ... hundred acres of land , be stricken from the instrument . That the 20th section of the same article , which directs land to ...
... hundred printed copies of the present Constitution and Declaration of Rights thereto appended . And then the ... hundred acres of land , be stricken from the instrument . That the 20th section of the same article , which directs land to ...
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... hundred acres shall be taxed higher than another , & c . , be stricken out , and the following provision be sub- stituted in its place : " All lands liable to taxation in this State , shall be taxed in proportion to their value ; that ...
... hundred acres shall be taxed higher than another , & c . , be stricken out , and the following provision be sub- stituted in its place : " All lands liable to taxation in this State , shall be taxed in proportion to their value ; that ...
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... hundred and twenty copies there- of be printed , for the use and convenience of the members of this Con- vention . On motion of MR . JOHN A. M'KINNEY , ordered , that the Secretary make an alphabetical list of the members , together ...
... hundred and twenty copies there- of be printed , for the use and convenience of the members of this Con- vention . On motion of MR . JOHN A. M'KINNEY , ordered , that the Secretary make an alphabetical list of the members , together ...
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... hundred and twenty - five square miles " -so as to authorise the General Assem- bly hereafter to lay off and establish new counties , where the same may be done without reducing the older counties , from which such new county may be ...
... hundred and twenty - five square miles " -so as to authorise the General Assem- bly hereafter to lay off and establish new counties , where the same may be done without reducing the older counties , from which such new county may be ...
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according to adjournment affirmative voters Alexander Allen amended Constitution amendments thereto appointed Armstrong Assembly ayes and noes Blount Bradshaw Burton Cahal Cannon Cheatham Childress Cobbs Convention adjourned Convention again resolved Convention met according court Cross Cumberland Presbyterian Church determined Douglass Fogg Fulton Garrett Gillespy Gordon Gray Hess Hill Hodges Humphreys John justice Kelly Kendall Kimbrough Kincaid Kincannon leave to sit Ledbetter Legislature Loving Mabry Marr McClellan McGaughey McKinney Montgomery motion prevailed moved to amend moved to strike negative voters Neil Nelson noes being demanded offered the following opened with prayer polls Porter President Carter Purdy qualified voters read and adopted resolution Richardson Ridley Roadman Robert Robertson Scott section being read Senter Sharp slaves Smartt Smith square miles Stephenson submitted the following Tennessee thereupon the question tion tive vote Walton Webster and Weakley White and Weakley White and Webster Whitson
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Page 13 - Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays...
Page 388 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can in any case whatever control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 402 - ... and if, in the Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 165 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature or any branch of government : and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 394 - An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public money, shall be attached to, and published with, the laws, at the' rising of each session of the General Assembly.
Page 165 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 398 - Judges shall not charge juries with respect to matters of fact, but may state the testimony and declare the law.
Page 169 - Assembly : the person having the highest number of votes shall be governor ; but if two or more shall be equal and highest in votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor by joint ballot of both houses of the General Assembly.
Page 389 - That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and possessions from unreasonable searches and seizures; and that general warrants, whereby an officer may be commanded to search suspected places, without evidence of the fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, whose offenses are not particularly described and supported by evidence, are dangerous to liberty, and ought not to be granted.
Page 394 - All property shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the Legislature shall direct, so that taxes shall be equal and uniform throughout the State. No one species of property from which a tax may be collected shall be taxed higher than any other species of property of the same value.