State Constitution-making, with Especial Reference to Tennessee: A Review of the More Important Provisions of the State Constitutions and of Current Thought Upon Constitutional Development and Problems in Tennessee |
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... hold office during good behavior ; further . more , they could appoint certain militia and army officers and were to elect annually a treasurer or treasurers and triennially a secretary of state . " All state officials were made liable ...
... hold office during good behavior ; further . more , they could appoint certain militia and army officers and were to elect annually a treasurer or treasurers and triennially a secretary of state . " All state officials were made liable ...
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... hold , and transfer land , or other real estate ; and after one year's residence , shall be deemed a free citizen , " - reflect- ing as it does the state's desire for immigration and for a mar- ket for its own and its citizens ' lands ...
... hold , and transfer land , or other real estate ; and after one year's residence , shall be deemed a free citizen , " - reflect- ing as it does the state's desire for immigration and for a mar- ket for its own and its citizens ' lands ...
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... hold , a good title to a large unsettled Country about them , must have been evident even to speculators , and gradually by fair means or foul , the white man made the land undeniably his own . In 1778 , all of its western territory ...
... hold , a good title to a large unsettled Country about them , must have been evident even to speculators , and gradually by fair means or foul , the white man made the land undeniably his own . In 1778 , all of its western territory ...
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... hold office for eight years instead of during good behavior . They were required to be thirty years of age . By an amendment adopted in 18535 the people assumed the responsibility of electing all judges and the term of supreme judges ...
... hold office for eight years instead of during good behavior . They were required to be thirty years of age . By an amendment adopted in 18535 the people assumed the responsibility of electing all judges and the term of supreme judges ...
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... hold- ing which are specified . " The authorization of game and fish laws was not considered beneath the dignity of the state's organic law . Religious liberty is given an additional safeguard in pro- hibiting the requirement of public ...
... hold- ing which are specified . " The authorization of game and fish laws was not considered beneath the dignity of the state's organic law . Religious liberty is given an additional safeguard in pro- hibiting the requirement of public ...
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Page 383 - 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...
Page 444 - ... a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the...
Page 75 - All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Page 386 - All courts shall be open, and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial, or delay.
Page 442 - 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...
Page 404 - No person who heretofore hath been, or may hereafter be, a collector or holder of Public Moneys, shall have a seat in either House of the General Assembly, or hold any other office under the state government, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the Treasury, all sums for which he may be accountable or liable.
Page 389 - The citizens have a right in a peaceable manner to assemble together for their common good, and to apply to those invested with the powers of government for redress of grievances or other proper purposes, by petition, address or remonstrance.
Page 163 - In all elections of representatives aforesaid, each qualified voter may cast as many votes for one candidate as there are representatives to be elected, or may distribute the same, or equal parts thereof, among the candidates, as he shall see fit; and the candidates highest in votes shall be declared elected.
Page 387 - 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 384 - 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 offences are not particularly described and supported by evidence, are dangerous to liberty, and ought not to be granted.