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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... party command . In interesting confirmation of this statement - to cite a single one from the great number of cases - is the decision that the legislature in making the con- tinued operation of a local law contingent upon the favorable ...
... party command . In interesting confirmation of this statement - to cite a single one from the great number of cases - is the decision that the legislature in making the con- tinued operation of a local law contingent upon the favorable ...
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... parties are forbidden save in return for public service ; ' hereditary emoluments , privileges and honors are pro- hibited , as are also retrospective legislation and perpetuities and monopolies.10 It is declared " that a frequent ...
... parties are forbidden save in return for public service ; ' hereditary emoluments , privileges and honors are pro- hibited , as are also retrospective legislation and perpetuities and monopolies.10 It is declared " that a frequent ...
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... party opposed to the large land - owners . Politically , the constitution of 1796 , while not expressly de- claring that the powers of governments are distributed or sepa- rated among three branches , devotes an article to each of the ...
... party opposed to the large land - owners . Politically , the constitution of 1796 , while not expressly de- claring that the powers of governments are distributed or sepa- rated among three branches , devotes an article to each of the ...
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... party wanted to regain for the majority of the white men of the state their anti - bellum control of its affairs . The time was one of prosperity and peace when men could look forward with unbounded hope and even Tennes- seans could in ...
... party wanted to regain for the majority of the white men of the state their anti - bellum control of its affairs . The time was one of prosperity and peace when men could look forward with unbounded hope and even Tennes- seans could in ...
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... Party . A split in its convention resulted in two can- Antecedents of 1870 . didates for governor in 1869 and the disfranchised Southerners , uniting in the support of the more conservative candidate , suc- ceeded , by irregular methods ...
... Party . A split in its convention resulted in two can- Antecedents of 1870 . didates for governor in 1869 and the disfranchised Southerners , uniting in the support of the more conservative candidate , suc- ceeded , by irregular methods ...
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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.