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I>iOld Capital.
W have reeetnxl tho first number of
the new jrapnr started by Messrs. Speer
nod Hera in Milledgeville, called tins
Old Capital. If the succeeding niim-
Irars lire an good ft* the first it cer
tainty will he A mimv*h. The projectors
of the new enterprise possess the energy,
talents and popnlsrity to win a liberal
j*trmin~. Tliey Itavc our hearty con
gratulations end beet wishes for tlieir
•access. Rend tlie prospectus of tlic
Old Capital in this issue.
ThsConhtitctiokal Corf*
tmios.
On Saturday last, the 25th instant, the
Convention willed to revise the Constitu
tion of the State of Georgia, after n
session of thirty-sight days, adjourned
stac die. Murine the terra of tliier j
labors other political niattors have |
attracted little or no attention; and now, j
after the work for which they were as
Hcmbled has been Onishol, every Geor
gian who cares for good government ia
anxiom to atudy and learn for hiuiaelf
the principles and provisions of tho
fundamental law under which they are
hereafter to live.
Tho available space at our command
ia too limited to give tho proponed Ooti
t titution entire in olio issue j but, in
v ow of its importance, wo snrreuder the
bulk of our editorial columns for ita
publication, postjaming for the present
0 r o raiments on its vaiions provisions.
We trnstonr render* will carefully road
And study tho ttow instrument, nod pro
s-rve tho numbers of the Joubxai. con
t lining it for future reference.
We have only sftsoc to S' y that, while
•ome of tho provisions of tho new Con
sMtntion am not in noonrdanoe with our
views, yet, taken as a wholo, it is infi
nitely preferable to that under which we
now live, and will, therefore, receive our
h 'arty support.
CONSTITUTION OF 1877.
THE OUTCOME OF THE LABOBS
OF THE CONVENTION.
Tim POM. TSXT or TtIRINSTIICMEST CAIIX
FOM.Y OoMPAItKI) WITH TUB OFFICIAL
Corr.
MILh OF RIGHTS.
PKXAMBLE.
To perpetuate the prinoiplos of frno
government, insure justice to all, pro
servt peace, promote tho interest and
happiness of the citizen, and transmit
to pristerity the enjoyment of liliorty,
wo, flic people of Georgia, relying upon
the priteotion and guidsuee of Almighty
Ged, do onlaiu sud establish this Con
st) tuttoii ;
autk'i.t t.
Foetiun I. Paragraph 1. All govern
ot right, originates with the peo-
InnaileJ taK>% tboir will only, and
fur tho good "of the
"Public officer* are tho trustee*
and the servants of the people, and ulull
times, nmeimble to them.
Pur., 2. Protection to person end prop
erty is the paramount duty of govern
ment, and shall he impartial and com
plete.
Par. 3. No person shall lie deprived of
life, liberty, or property, except by duo
process of law.
Par. 4. No person shall le deprived of
the right to prosecute or defend his own
cause in any of tho courts of this State,
in person, by attorney, or liotb.
Par. 5. Every person charged with an
ofieuae against the laws of tins state Hhall
have the urivUeg- aud benefit of oouit
sel; ahull be furnished, on demand, with
■ copy of the accusation, aud a list of
the witnesses on whose testimony the
charge against, him is fouudtxl ; shall
have compulsory process to obtain tho
testimony of his own w-itueasei; shall he
confronted with tho witueasea testifying
against him ; uud shall have a public aud
speedy trial mid impartial jury.
Par. 8, No person shali be compelled
to giva testimony t euding in any
lnauaei u> oriminate himself.
Par. 7. Neither banishment beyond
the limits of the state, nor whipping, as
• punishment for crime, shall lie allowed.
Par. 8. No person shall tie put in jeop
ardy of life, or liberty, inure than once
for the same offense, save on his, or hor,
• >wu motion for u now trial after convic
tion, or in case of mistrial.
Par. #. Excessive bail shall not lie re
quired, nor excessive flue* imposed, nor
cruel aud umisnal punishments infiioted;
nor ahaii any person be abused in being
arrested, while under arrest, or in pris
on.
Par. 10. No person shall be com]>clled
to pay costs except after oouviotiou on
fi tal trial.
Par. 11. The writ of habeas corpus
■ball not be suspended.
Pur. 12. All men have the natural and
inalienable right hi worship God, each
oooordiug to the dictates of hi* owe eon*
scieuce, and uo liunitui authority should,
in auy rivu, ooutrul or iuterlere witli mob
right uf ojnaeieuce.
Par. 13. No inhabitant of this state
shall lie molested in person or property,
or prohibited from holding auy public
office, or trust, ou account ol his reli
gutus opinions ; but, the right of liberty
of oiiiKiuaioc slisll not tie so enu trued
as to excuse acta of lieeiitiousnoss, or
justify pr nines inconsistent wall the
jienoe and safely of the shite.
Par. 14. No money shut! ever lie taken
from the public treasury, directly or at
directly, m aid of any church, sect or do
nomioutiou ol religion bits, or of any
sectarian institution.
Pur. 15. No law shall ever be passed
to curtail or restrain, the liberty >•
speech or of the press ; any person may
apeak, write, and publish bis sentiments,
on ah subjects, being responsible tor the
abuse of teat liberty.
Par. 1(5. Tim right of the people to be
•retire in their persons, bouse*, papers,
an ’. effects, against unreasoiml>L' searches
end seizures, shall not be violated ; sud
uo warrant Shalt issue except on probu
b o cause, supported by oath, or atllrma
iioii, parin uiarly liesciibiug the place or
places, to lie searched, suit tile pentou*
mid things to bo seized
Par. 17. There slu'd lie within the
Stale ol Georgia neither shivery u- r in*
voluntary servitude, save as a "punish*
incut for crime alter ,egul couvioliou
thereof.
Pur. 18. The social status of the citi
zen sJiall never bo the subject oi legisiu
tiou.
Pur. 19. The civ 1 authority shall be
superior to the’ttuhUiry, awl no soldier
shall, ’ll liuie of peaoe, tx> quartered i
any house, without the oouaontof the
owner, uor iu tmie of except by t!i
civil magi*lrate, m such manner us may
be provided by law.
Par, 20. The power of the court* to
furnish lor contempt shall l>o limited by
jgislative acta.
Par. 21. L acre shall Ik ho imprison
meet for Beb*.
Per. 22, Tho right of the people to
1 i aim iif.a aia.s, sllilll Hot i c ill-
fringeil, but toe General Asaeiuhly shall
have now r to preecrils* the ffiautuT in
which arsis shall bo imrue.
Pur. 23. The Legislature, judicial and
j executive powers shall forever remain
1 separate mid distinct, and no person
discharging ti e ontimof one, shal , at
the same lime, exercise the functions of
ei'lur nl tlm others, except as herein
j provided.
Par. 24. The people have the right
| to assemble peaeably for their common
I good, and to apply to those vested with
the (rawer* of government for retirees of
grievances by petition or remonstrance.
Par. 25. All citizens of the United
l States, resident in this State, are hereby
declared citizens of this State, and it
shall lie tho duty of the General Assem
bly to onset such laws ns will protect
them ill the full enjoyment of the rights,
privileges aud immunities due to such
citizenship.
Section 11. Par. 1. In all prosecutions'
or indictments for libel the truth may he
given in evidence ; and the jury in all
criminal coses, shall bo the judges of the
law and of the facta. Tho power of tho i
jtl.lges to grant new trials in cases of
conviction, is preserved.
Par. 2. Treason against the State of j
Georgia, shall cons at of levying war
against her; adhering to her cnemiea; i
givi ig them aid and comfort. No person
shall lie convicted of treason, except ou
tho testimony of two witnessed to the
same overt act, or confession in open
court
Par. 3. No conviction Shall work cor
ruption of blood, or forfeiture of estate.
Par. 4. All lotteries, and the sale of
lottery tickets arc hereby prohibited;
and tliis prohibition shall lie enforced
ly penal laws.
Par. 5. i obhylng is dnelnred to bn a
crimo, ami tho General Assembly shall
enforce this provission by suitable pen
alties.
Par. (5. The General Assembly shall
have the (silver to provide for the pun
ishment of fraud; and shall provide, by
lew, for reaching the property of the
debtor concealed from the creditor.
Her. 111. Par. 1. In cases of necessity,
private ways may ho granted upon jnst
compensation being first paid by the
applicant. Private property shall not be
taken or damaged, lor public purposes,
without just and adequate compensation
being first paid.
Par. 2. No bill of attainder, r.j- pout
faeto law, retroactive law, or law impair
ing the obligation of contracts, i r making
irrevocable grant of special privileges or
immunities, shall be passed.
Par. 3. No grant of special privileges
or immunities shall be revoked, except
in such manner as to work uo Injustice to
the ooporatora or creditors of tho incor
poration.
Hoc, IV. Par. 1. Laws of a general
nature shall have uniform operation
throughout the Htatc, and uo special law
shall ijo enacted ill liny esse for which
provission baa boon made by an existing
general law. No general law affectitig
private rights, shall lie varied in any
particular ease, by apt olsl legislation,
except with the free Consent, in writing,
of all poisons to bo affected thereby ;
uml no person under legal disability to
contract, is capable of stv h consent.
Par. 2. Legislative nets in violation of
this Constitution, or tho Constitution of
the United States, are void, and the
judiciary tilinil so declare them.
Hoc. V. Par, 1, The people of this
Htatc hnvo the inherent, sole and exclu
sive right of regulating tlieir internal
government, and the police thereof, aud
of altering aud abolishing their Consti
tution whenever it may he necessary to
their safety and happiness.
Par. 2. The enumeration of rights
herein ooutaitiml as a part of thin Cou
stition, shall not be construed to deny to
the people any inherent right* which
they may have hitherto enjoyed.
Aimc.r.u li—klkotivb makohwb.
Section I. Paragraph 1. In all elec
tions by the people, tho electors shall
vote liv ballot.
Par 2. Every male citizen of the
tlnitedsßlatos (except as hereinafter pro
vided), twenty-one years of ago, who
shall have resided in this ststo one year
next prancediug tho election, uud shall
have resided six months in the county in
which he offers to vote, uud shall have
puid all taxes which may hereafter bo
requited of him and which he nmy have
had nu opportunity of paying, agreeably
to law, except for the year of the elec
tion, shall be deemed an elector; Provi
ded, Hint no soldier, sailor or marinu iu
the military or naval service of the
United States, shall acquire the rights
of an elector, by reason til being stationed
ou duty in this state; aud no person stud!
vote who, if ohaUenged, shall refuse to
take the following oath, or affirmation:
"I do swear ptr affirm) that 1 am twen
ty-one years of age, have resided in this
state one your, uud iu tins comity six
months, uext preceding this oleotiou. I
have paid all taxes which, since tlie adop
tion of the present constitution of this
state, have 1 eon required of me previous
to this ju ar, amt which I have had an
opportunity to pay, ami that I have nut
voted si this oleotiou.
Section 11. Pnraprunh 1. Tho General
Assembly may provide, from time to
time, for the registration of (ill electors,
but tho following classes of persons,
shall not Is' permitted to register, vote
nr hold any office, or appointment of
honor or trust in this State, to-wit: Ist.
Those wlm shall have been eonvioted, in
any court of competent jurisdiction, of
treason against the State, of embezzle
ment of public funds, mnlfeasanoo in of
fice, bribery or larceny,or of any ortu e
involving moral turpitude, punishable
liy the laws of this State with imprison
ment iu the penitentiary, unless such
poisons shall have been pardoned. 2d.
Idiots aud insane persons.
1 Section 111. Paragraph 1. Electors
shall m all oases, except lor trousou, fel
ouy, larceny, an J breach of the peace, bo
privileged from arrest during tlieir at
tendance on elections, and iu going to
amt returning from tun same.
Section IV. Paragraph 1. No person
who ia tile holder of auy public inouey,
contrary to law, shall be eligible to ui'iy
olilee iu this State, uutill the same is ac
counted for mid paid into the Treasury
Par. 2. No person wiio, alter the
adoption of this Constitution, being a
resident of this Stale, shall have been
oouviotod of fighting a duel in this Stare,
' or convicted of seiuimg, or accepting a
challenge, or convicted of aiiiing, or
I abetting such duel, shall hotel office in
! this Slate, unless lie shall have been
j pardoned; and every such person shall,
, also, be subject to such punishment as
| may be prcM-ribed by law.
1 Beet mu V Paragraph 1. Tho General
| Assembly shall, by law, forbid flic sal-,
j distribution, or f tiriiisiiuig of intoxieti
! ling drinks w)thiu two miles of election
i product*, on days of election—State,
| county or municipal—and prescribe pun
| ishmeuts for any violation of the same.
Section VI Paragraph 1. Returns of
| election for all civil officer* elected by
i the people, ho are to be commissioned
Iby the Governor, sail, also, for the
! members of tho General Assembly, shad
bo maite to the secretaries of Skate, uu
| leas otherwise provided hr law.
; auTiCLic in—i.t . I.\VIV u iiKrAurnxxT,
Sivtion 1. Paragraph 1. The Legi*.
: liitivo power ol the Bute shall be vested
i hi a General Assembly which shall con
! mat of a Senate and house of llcpreacu
j tallVtW.
I Star. If. Par. 1. The Senate shall
j consist of forty-four members. There
I aliall lie lourty-iuur Senatorial district*,
;a now arranged by common. Kaon
j ’listnet ahull have one Senator.
Par. 2. idle hint senatorial district
I bind! lie composed oi tho counties of
{l.iiathitm, .Bryan and Killing am.
i The (00.1 and seuatorud district ahull
| he composed of the cuuutiea of l.lbeitv,
I iatii.Ui arid Mclntosh.
A tie third wualurud dislri't shall be
conijaKsen ot the oouutios of Wayne,
! Pierce and Appling.
Thu fourth aenaloriaj district shall lie
i composed of the counties of Uiyun,
! (lam i< ii and Charlton.
McDUFFIE WEEKLY JOUBNAL. August 39, 1877.
The 111 tn .a natorial district snail lie
composed of tho onutics of Coffee,
YVul* and Clinch.
The sixth senator'n! district shall be.
com; || -and of Mte oouutiei of Echols,
Lowvales anil Berrien.
The seventh senatorial district shall
1 m composed of the counties of Brooks,
i Thomas and Colquitt.
I Tho eight senatorial district shal! Iks
composed of tho counties of Decatur,
Mitchell aud ''ldler.
The ninth senatorial district shall he
composed of tho counties of Early, Cal
houn and Baker.
The tenth senatorial district shall be
composed < f the counties of Dougherty,
Lee and Worth.
The eleventh senatorial district shall
l>e composed of the counties of Clay,
Randolph and Terrell.
The twelfth senatorial district shall
ne composed of the counties of Stewart,
Webster and Quitman.
The thirteenth senatorial district shall
he composed of the comities of Blunter,
Schley and Macon.
The fourteenth senatorial district shall
bo composed of the counties of Dooly,
Wilcox, Pulaski and Dodge.
The fifteenth senatorial district, shall
ho composed of the comities of Mont
gomery, Telfair and Irwin.
The sixteenth senatorial district shall
bo oompos'd of tlie counties Laurens,
Emanuel and Johnson,
'J ho seventeenth senatorial district
shall be composed cl the counties of
Screven, Bullook and Burke.
The eighteenth senatorial district shall
be composed of the comities of Richmond
Glnosooek and Jefferson.
The nineteenth senatorial district shall
he o imposed of the counties of Talia
ferro, Green and Warren.
The twentieth senatorial district shall
lie composed of tho oomitie* of Baldwin,
li uncock and Washington,
The twenty-first senatorial district,
shall lie composed of the counties of
TwiggH, Wilkinson and Jones.
The twenty-second senatorial district
shall he composed of the counties of
Bibb, Monroe and Pike.
The twenty-third senatorial district
shall ho composed of the counties of
Houston, Crawiord and Taylor,
Tho twenty-fo rtb senatorial district
shall lie composed of the comities of
Muscogee, Morion and Chattahoochee.
The twenty-fifth senatorial district
shall be composed of the counties of
Harris, Upson and Talbot.
Tho twenty-sixth senatorial district
shall be composed of tlie counties of
Bpnlding, Butts and Fayette.
The tiventy-Bevciith senatorial district
shall be composed of the comities of
Newton, Walton, Clarke, Oconee and
Rockdale.
The twonty-eigiith senatorial district
shall be composed of the coiiuties of
Jasper, Putnam arid Morgan.
The twenty-ninth senatorial district
shall bo composed of the counties of
Wilkes, Columbia. Lincoln aud Mc-
Duffie.
The thirtieth senatorial district shall
ho composed of the counties of Ogle
thorpe, Madison mid Elbert.
The thirty, first senatorial district shnll
lie composed of tlie counties of Hart,
Habersham and Franklin.
The thirty-second senatorial district
shall be composed of the counties of
White, Dawson and Lumpkin.
The thirty-third senatorial district
shall be composed of the comities of Hall,
Banks and Jackson.
Tho thirty-fourth seu torial district
shitil be composed of the counties of
Gwinnett, Du Kolb and Henry.
Thu thirty-Ufth senator.al district shall
be composed of the ooirutie* of Clayton,
Cobh and Fulton.
The thirty-sixth senatorial district
shall be composed of the comities of
OiimpMl, Coweta, Meriwether aud
Douglass.
The thirty-seventh senatorial district
shall be composed of the counties of
Carroll, Heard, and Troup
The thirty-eight senatorial district
slmlfijre wmposed of thp counties of
The thirty-ninth senatorial district
slisll be composed of the counties of
Milton, Chorolice am! Forsyth,
The fortieth senatorial distriot shall
he composed of tho comities of Uniou,
Towns and Rabun.
Tlie forty-first senatorial distri.it shall
ho oomposod of the counties of Pickens,
Fannin anil Gilmer.
The forty-second Her.atonial district
shall bo composed of tho oountius ot
Bartow, Floyd sud Chstoogn.
The forty-third senatorial distriot shall
be composed of the counties ot Murray,
Gordou nnd Whitfield,
The forty-fourth senatorial distriot
shall bo composed of tiio counties of
Walker, Dade and Catoosa.
Pur. il. The Geueral Assembly may
obnnge these distiiots nlttir eaob census
of the United Btates : I rovulod, That
neither the number of districts uor tho
number of • untors from each distriot
shall lie increased.
Bectiou 111. Paragraph 1. The House
of Representatives shall consist of one
hundred mnl sevouty-fivo representatives,
apportioned among the several counties
as follows to-wit: To the six eountloa
having the largest population, viz:
Chatham, Richmond, ltiirko, Houston,
Bibb and Fulton, three representatives,
each ; to tho twcuty-six counties having
tho next largest population, viz: Bur
tow, Coweta, Decatur, Floyd, Greeuo,
Gwinnett, Harris, Jefferson, Meiinethe ,
Mouroc, Muses,gee, Newtou, BtowiU't,
Buinter, Thomas, Troup, Washington,
Hancock, Carroll, Colih, Jackson,
Dougherty, Oglethorpe, Maoou, Talbot
and Wilkes, two representatives, each ;
and the remaining 105 counties, one rep
resentative each.
Par. 2. The above apportionment ahull
tie changed by the General Assembly at
its first aoueiuu after each census taken
by the United Stales government, so us
to give the six counties having the larg
est population three representatives,
each ; ind tlie twenty-six oouuties hav
ing the next largest population two, rep
resentatives, each ; but in no event shall
the aggregate number oi repirsoulalivus
bo iuiavased.
Beotioii IV. Paragraph 1. The mem
bers of the General Assembly shall be
eleuted for two years, and shuilsorve un
til their success*rs arc elect, and.
Par. 2. The first election for member#
if the General Assembly, under tins
Constitutive!, shall take place ou the first
Wednesday in December, 1877, tlio seo
ond election for the same shall ho held
OK tho Hut Wednesday iu Oeteller, 18-
80, and subsequent elec tons biennially,
u that day, uutil the day of election is
ohaiiged by law.
Par. 3. The first meeting of fho Gen
eral Assembly, alter ratification of this
Constitution, shall be on the first
Wednesday in November, 1878, and sub
sequent meetings bieutnally thereafter,
ou the same day, iiutil the day shall be
ohanged by law. But uutlimg herein
contained shall be construed to preveut
the Governor from tailing au extra ses
sion oi the General Assembly before the
first We lino,lay tit N vest her, 1878, if,
in his opiuum, tho public good shall re
quire it.
Par. A. A majority of each house shall
ooustitute a quorum to transact business;
but a smaller number may adjourn from
day to tiny autl compel tho presence of
its absent members, as each house may
provide.
Par. 3. Each Senator aud representa
tive, before taking ins seat, slwit take tho
following oath, or atfirmutiou, to-writ:
”1 will support the Constitution of this
State, and oi the United States, and on
ail questions ami measures which may
oilin' before me, I w it] so cuuduot my
self as will, iu my judgment, be most
conducive lo the interest aud prosjierity
ot tins State.”
l’ar. (J. No session of the General As
sembly shall continue longer than forty
days, uuless by a two-thirds vote of tlio
whole number of each house.
Par. 7. No person holding a military
commission or other appointuiout or of
lice tinviug any euiotmueutVJr compensa
tion annexed thereto under this stale or
the United Button, or either of r.wtj", ex
cept, justices of the peace and officers of
the militia, nor any defaulter for public
money or for any legal taxes required of
him shall have a seat in either house ;
nor shall any senate- or repres mfefitvc,
after his qualification as snch, be elected
by tlie General Assembly or awtUßvttad
by tho Governor, either with oi'"'r&end
tue advice and consent of the Beuate, to
any office or appointment having any
emolnmeat annexed thereto diutilg the
time for which he siiall have, been
elected.
Pai. 8. The scat of a memberof either
house shall be vacated ou bis removal
hom the district or county from which
he was elected. jy
Bection V. Paragraph 1. The Senators
shall be citizens of the United mates, j
who have attained the age of 21 years,
nnd who shall have been citizens of this
Htate for four years, and for one year
residents of the district from wliieh
elected. *■
Par. 2. Tho presiding officer of the
Senate shall lie styled the Presidiuit of
the Senate, and shall be elected viva
trace from tlie Senators.
Par. 3. Tlie Senate shall lava, sole
power to try iinpeaphmoute.
Par. 4. When sitting for that ptWynw--,
the members si all Ini on oath ot affirma
tion, and shall fie presided over by the
| chief justice nr the presiding justice of
| the Supreme Court. Should tlie Chief
Justice be disqualified, the Bengal shall
] select the Judge of the BiipoMWa, (>.pn
Ito preside. No person siiall be convicted
i without the concurrence of two-thirds of
| the members present.
Par. 5. Judgoumto, in coses of im
i [leaohmeuts. shall not extend further
ilisn removal frotp
cation to ihrifd tod
I honor, trust or profit withirf
but the fmrty convieted shall n*vvttie
| levs lie liable and subject to indictment,
| trial, judgment and puuishraeok adx,id-
I ing to law.
Section VI. Paragraph 1. The tfejirc
j sentatives shall be citizens of tto S-'sitcd
; States who have attained the of 21
! yeara, and who shall bnv* bce< citizens
of tliis State for two years and fpr one
year residents of tho e amties from
which elected.
Par, 2. The Presiding oifiaer of the
House of Representative* bo
styled the Speaker of the House 'W Bnp
| resell tstives, and siiall be eleetoff viva
! voce from the body,
i Par. 3. The House of Representatives
| shall have the sole (rawer to irnpe>cli all
i persotiH who shall have I ’ /Wlk -J r i
| in office.
Bectiou VII. Paragraph 1. Each house
shall Ira tho judge of the election, re
turns and qualifications of its meihliers,
mid shall have power to punish them for
disorderly behavior or misconduct, by
censure, fine, imprisonment or Wpnl
sion ; but uo member shali be expelled
except by s vote of two-thirds f the
House to which ho belongs.
Par. 2. Each House mny punish by
imprisonment, not extending beyond the
session, any person, not a member, who
shall be guilty of contempt Ugjiny disor
derly behavior in its presence, bt who
shall rescue or attempt to rreisie say
person arrested by orderof either House.
Par. 3. The members of Ixjth filousns
shall be freo from arrest, during their at
tendance on tho General Assembly and
iu going thereto and returning there
from, except for treason, felony, larceny
or breach of the (raiioe ; mid no member
siiall 1)0 liable to answer in suit other
place for anytliing spoken in db&to in
cither House.
Par, 4. Each House shall fec-pr* jour
nal ot ita proceedings, aud ptibi.sb it im
medietely after ita adjournment.
Par. 5. Tho original journal shall bo
preserved after publication in the office
of the Secretary of State, but there shall
be uo other reoord thereof.
Put-. 0. The yens and unys on any
question, >llllll, at the desire of uue-ftftii
of the members present, bo entered on
the journal.
Par. 7. Every bill, before it shall pass,
shall be read three times, and mi mine
’MHHUSIIIWH itr.uftrWFWH
oases of actual invasion or iusurreetien.
Par. 8. No law or ordinance shnll pass
which refers to more than one subject
matter, or contains matter difl'ereut from
what ia expressed in tlie title thereof.
Par. 9. The general appropriation hill
shall embrace uothing except upprouria
tlona fixed by previous laws, tke ordina
ry expenses of the executive, legislative
and judicial departments of the govern
ment, payment, of the public debt and
iuterest thereon, and for support of the
public institutions and educational in
terests of tlie State. All otltcw appropri
ations shall bo mails by separate bills ;
each cmbr.voing but one subject.
Par. It). All bills for raising revenue
or appropriating money slid) urigiimts in
the House of Representatives, but the
Benata may propose or concur iu ameud
meuta, as iu other bills.
Par. 11, No money shall be drawn
from the Treasury except by appropria
tion made by law, and a regular state
ment and account of the lpt and ex
penditure of all public money shail be
published every throe months" mnl, also,
with the laws passed by each session of
the General Assembly.
Par. 12, No bill or resolution appro
priating money shall become a law nu
less, upon ita pitssiigfl, tire yens and nays,
in one:■ House are recorded:
Par. 13. Ail nets shell Ira signed by
the President of the Benuto and the
Speaker of the House of Rejs-esentatives
and no hill, ordinance or neolutlou, in
tended to have the effect of a law, which
shall have been reject at by either Hense,
siiall Ira again proposed 7bntofcwf* -ame.
session, under the same or any other tit
tle, without tlie oonseut of two-thirds ,>;
tho House by which the same was re
jected.
Pur. 14. No bill shall beonaue a law
unless it shall receive a msj.-rity of the
votes of all the members elsctod to each
House of the Geuerat Awseup'ly, and it
shall, in every instance, so I ppear ou the
journal.
Par. 15, AU special or local bills shall
originate in the Houseof Hapreseutativos.
The Speaker of the House of Heptesenta
tives shall, within live days from Hie or
ganisation of the General Assembly, ap
point a committee, consisting of one
from each Congresalpnsl District, whose
tluty-q shall be to oatisider w. oousoh
dr*e and im.il Ai.Ua on, the
same fiibjeei, and
Mouse; and no sp ■<qstl or to. al
bill (hall be read or t oukidered by
the House until tlio same hi* been re
porb .1 by so id committee, unless l>y a
two-thirds vote. And no lull shall be
considered or roported
said committee, uuless (ho same shall
have beeu laid before it within fifteen
days after the organization of tlio Gener
al Assembly ; except by a two-thirds
vote.
Pier. 16. No local or special bill shall
be passed, uuless notice of tho inteutiou
to apply therefor shad have beeu pub
lished in tue locality where the matter
or thing to bo ail'eeted may be situated,
which notice shall be given at least
thirty days prior to the mtroductiou ot
such trill into tho General Assembly, anil
in tho luauncr to lie pieeoribed by law.
The evideuoe oi such notice having been
published, shall be exhibited in the
General Assembly before such not sludl
be passed.
l’ar. 17. No law, or section of the
code, shall be amended or repealed by
mere reference lo its title, or to th*e
number of the seetion ol the code, but
tlio amending, or repealing act, shall
distinctly describe the aw to he ameuded
or repealed, as well as the alteration to
be made.
Par. 18. The Geuer-d Assembly shall
have no power to grant corporate powers
and privileges lo private ywnpames, ex
cept banking, insurance, nulroad, canal,
navigation, express and telegraph oom
pauies ; uor to make or ckauge election
preeiuets; nor to establish bridges or
ferries ; nor to change names or legiti
mize children; but it shall prescribe by
law the mauuer iu widen an h powers
shall be exereiseit by th#CVnuls,
Par. 19. The General Assembly shall
have no power to relieve principals or
securities upon forfeited cognizances,
from tlie payment thereof, either before
or after judgement thereou. unless the
principal in the recognizance siiall have
been uppreheuded aud placed iu the
custody of the proper officer.
Par. 20. The Geueral Assembly shall
not authorize the construction of any
street passenger railway within the limits
of any incorporated town or city, withont
the consent of the corporate authorities.
Par. 21. Whenever the Constitution
require' a vote of two-thirds of either or
both houses for the passing of an act or
resolution, the yeas and nays ou the
passage thereof shall be entered on the
journal.
Par. 22. The General Assembly shall
have power to make all laws and ordi
nances consistent with this Constitution,
and not repugnant to the Constitution of
the United Btates, which they shall deem
necessary and proper for the welfare of
the State.
Par. 23. No provission in this Con
stitution for a two-thirds vote of both
houses of the General Assembly sbail Ira
construed to waive the necessity for tbs
signature of the Governor, as in any
other case, except in the case of the two
thirds vote required to override the veto,
and in case of prolongation of a session
of the General Assembly.
Par. 24. Neither house shali adjourn
for more than three days, or to any other
place, without the cousent of tbo other,
find in ease of disagreement between the
two hoiiars, on a question of adjonrn
ment, the Governor may adjourn either,
or both of them.
Section VIII. Par. 1. The officers of
the two houses, other than the promdant
to-, i. *qpefa,ry ot ffii
senate and clerk of t2fc house of repre
sentatives, and such assisteuta as they
may ii|>point; but the clerical expenses
of the Benato shall not exceed sixty
dollars per day, for each session nor
those of the iionso of representatives
seventy dollars |rar day for each session.
The Secretary of tlie Berate and
Clerk of tho House of Representatives
shall be required to give traod and secur
ity for tiie faithful discharge of their
respective duties,
Bection IX.—Par. 1. The per diem
of tho member* of tho General Assembly
shall not exceed four dollars, and mileogh
shall not exceed ten cent* for each mile
traveled by tlie nearest practicable route,
in going to and returning from the capi
ta); hut the president of tlie Bensteaud
the speaker of tho honse of Representa
tives shall each receive not exceeding
seven dollars per day.
Section X.—Par. 1. All (-lections by
tho General Assembly shall be viva voce,
and the vote shall appear on the journal
of tho house of Representatives. When
tlie Senate and house of Representatives
unite for the purpose of elections, they
Rlmll meet in tlie Representative hall,
aud the president of tlie Senate shall, in
such oases, preside ami declare the result.
Beotian Xf. —Par. 1. All property of
the wife lit the time of her marrmgu, aud
all r roperty given to, inherited or ac
quired oy her, shall remain her separate
property, and not be liable for tbo debts
of hor husband.
Bection XII. Par. 1, All life insur
ance companies now doing business in
tliis State, or which may desire to estab
lish agencies aud do business in the State
of Georgia, chartered by other State* of
the Union, or foreign States, shali show
that they have deposited with the Gmip
tioiler-g-aieral of tire State in which they
are chartered, or of this State, tlie insur
ance commissioner, or such ot her officer
aa may ho authorized to receive it, not
lea* than one lmudre.l thousand dollars,
in such securities as may be deemed by
such officer equivalent to cash, subject
to his order, as a guarantee fund for tho
security of policy bolder*.
Par. 2 When such allowing is mode to
the comptroller gen, ral of the state of
(leorgia by a proper certiUcate from the
state official having charge of the fund se
deposited, the comptroller general of ths
state of Georgia is authorized to issue tq
die company making such showing, s liv
' : vTa to -to'- r-c; -*; ■ ;
hig the foe* required hy law.
I'lr. 8. All ißsunmce companies chart
ered by the state of Georgia, or which may
Hereafter he chartered hy the state, shall,
hetore doing business, deposit, with the
comptroller geueral of the state of Georgia,
or with some strong corporation, winch
may bo approved by said comptroller geu
eral. one hundred thousand dollars, in such
securities ss may be de-’ined by him equiva
lent to cash, to be subject to his order, ss e
guarntee fund for the security of the policy
holders of the company inski g such de
posit, all interest and divide: ds arising
from such securities to be paid, when due,
to the company so depositing. Any sueh
see rities as nmy be needed or desired by
the company may be taken from said de
partment atony time by replacing them with
other securities equally acceptable to the
comptroller general, whose certificate for
the same shall lie furnished to the company.
Far 4. The gene: al assembly shall, from
time to time, enact laws to compel all fire
insurance companies, doing business iu
this state, whether oharlorcd by tliis state,
or otherwise, to deposit r asouable securi
ties with the treasurer of this state, to se
cure toe people agaiust loss by the ope ru
in nm of said coinpanie -
Par. .1. The general assembly shall com
pel ail insurance companies iu tuis state, or
doing business therein, under proper pen
alties, to make semi-annual reports to the
governor, and print the same at their own
expense, for the information and pro no
tion of the people.
Avnoui it—Poweb op thk Ginlluai. As
sembly OVKK TAXATION.
Section I. Paragraph i The right of
taxation w a sovereign right—inalienable.
iude-bArueUble—in the life of the state, ami
rightfully belongs to the people iu all re
publican g-Veruuioiit , and neither the
general as-soiubly, nor any nor ail other de
partments of the government u tablished
by tins constitution, ahull evr have the au
thority to irrevocably give, graut, limit or
retrain this right; aud ail laws grants,
and all .other acts, whatsoever,
! by H,ud govormueut, or any department
• thereof, to effect any of these purposes,
I shall Ixs. and are hereby declared null ami
void, for every purpose whatsoever; and •
said right of taxation shall alway be mder i
the complete control of. and recoverable by j
the state' uoiwitnstanding any gift, grant, !
or contract, whatsoever, by the general 1
! assembly.
I hecuuu IX, P. Airgraph 1. The power •
ami authority of regulating railroad freight j
tar ids. preventing uujust |
! diMramiatit&a, and requiring retftottable j
and just rates of freight mid passenger tar- !
ills, i re hereby Jbnferrod upon the general !
{ assembly, whose duty it shall be to pass
laws, f om time to time, 10 regulate freight
and passenger tariffs, to prohibit unjust
disernu uations on the various raiiroaus of
this state, and to prohibit said roads from
; charging other than just aud reasonable
j rates, and enforce tlio same by adequaie
! penalties.
Par. The exercise of the right of emi
nent domain shall never be abridged, nor
I >o construed as to prvent the general assent.
J bly from taking the property and franchises
J of incorporated companies aud subjecting
I them to public use, the same as the prop
erty of individuals; and the exercise of the
j police power of the state shall never lie
abridged, nor so construed, as to permit
j corporations to c nduct thoir business in
j such a manner as to infringe the equal
j rights of individuals, or the well-being of
i the state.
Par. 3. The general assembly shall not
! remit the forfeiture of the charter of any
| corporation, now ex sting, nor alter nor
amend the same, nor pass any other getter
i *d or special law, for the benefit of said cor
i poiaiion, except upon the condition that
such corporation shall thereafter hold its
j chit ter subject to the provisions of this
j constitute u; and every amendment of any
j charter of any corporation in this state, or
1 a v special law for its benefit, accepted
thereby, shall operate as a novation of said
chart r aud shall bring the same under the
provisions of this constitution; Proruitri,
that this section shall not extend to any
amendment for the purpose of allowing
any existing road to take stock in or aid iu
the building of any branch road.
Par. 4. The general assembly of this
j *date shall have no power to authorize any
i corporation to buy shares, or stock, in any
other corporation in this state, or elsewhere
\or t% make any contract, or agreement
w atever, with any such corporation,
which may hAve the effect, or he intended
to have the effect, to defeat or lessen com
petition, or encourage monopoly ; and all
such contracts and agreements shall fie
illegal and void.
Par. 5- No railro and company shali giTe
or pay any rebate, or bonus in the nature
thereof, directly or indirectly, or do any
act to mislead or deceive the public as to
the real rates charged or received for
freights or passage, aud any such payments
shall he illegal and void, and these prohib
itions shall be enforced by sniabte penalies.
Par. G. No provision of this article shali
be doomed, held or taken to impair the ob
ligation of any contract heretofore made
by the state of Georgia.
Par. 7. The general assembly shall en
force the provisions of this Article by ap
propriate legislation.
PT A VflO dMagmficent Bran New
7- Acrl ij*t;sll, rosewood Pianos
(IR.ITr A ItlS. |unlv $175, must be sold.
Fine Itosewood ('plight Piano* little used
Cost sStlo, only $12:5. Parlor Organs 2
Stops $45, !) Stop' $65, 12 Stops only $75.
Nearly New 4 Set Reed 12 Stop Sub Bass
and Coupler Organ #55, cost over $350.
Lowest Prices ever offered sent on IS days
test trial, You ssk, why I offer ho cheap ?
I answer Hard Times. 1000 employees
must have work. Result of war com
menced cm me by the monopolists. Battle
raging. Particulars free. Address DAN
IEL F. BEATTY, Washington, New Jer
sey.
AS ELEGANT CARDS. No two alike.
V i With name lOcte. Post (laid, J. B.
cj (J HnrtD, Nassin, N. \\
(Venn’s sulphur soap
Thoroughly cures Diseases of the tqtin,
Ltaull'A-s the C'UulJ-:'- I *,’-, Prevents 'and
remedies Rheumatism and Gout, Heads
Bore* and Abrasions of the Cuticle knd
Counteracts Contagion.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Pbice—2s cents per Cake ; Box (8 Cakes)
70 cents.
N. B. -Sent by Mail, Prepaid, on receipt
of price.
C. N. CHITTENTON, Pro p, 7 Sixth Ave
nue, N Y.
rency or fltsnips.
ONLY FIVE DOLLARS
FOR AN ACRE!
Of tho kud in America, near tho
ORKAT UNION PACIFIC TAtLROAD.
A FARM FOR S2OO.
In coxy payments with low rates of interest.
S ECU HE IT NO W ! !
Full informatiiK) sent free, ocldress,
O. F. f>AVIS,
Land Com. V. P. R. R.
OMAHA, NEB.
i GREST OFFER!!!??;"
Hard Times disjWHe of Its) PIANOS A OR
GANS, new and second-hand of Urst-class
makers including WATERS’ at lower prises
for cosh or installments or to lot until paid
for than ever before offered. WATERS'
GRAND SQt'AßEaiid UPRIGHT PUNOS
A ORGANS fINCLUDING THEIR NEW
SOUVENIR and BOURDOIRj are the
BEST MADE. 7 Octave Piano* SIM. 7
1.3 do $!() not used a year. “2” Ntop Or
gans #SO. ♦ Stapa #s*. 7 Stop* #OB. H
Stops #75. in Stops sß*. 12 Stops SIOO
cash, not used year, in perfect order and
warranted. LOCAL and TRAVELING
AGENTS WANTED Illustrated Cate
logucs mailed. A liberal discount to
Teachers, Ministers, Churches, etc. Sheet
mimic at half price- HORACE WATESA
SONS, Manufacturers and Deader*, 40 East
14th St,, Union Square, N. Y.
poutz’s i
HOWfE AND CATTLC EoWJtsi,'
sw prov.at
No Horsh will dio of Coi.to, Pottk or Lmm I>
Tv t. if 1 I‘OW‘VTffitrrtUfft Un i
Foot?*# Po w will cor*aud pivrrn l l3 vi Cttolbr*
Font**# Pow4er* Will preveuk Utja x# ut 1 uwl. c*.
prrialiy Tnrhuy#.
Foat/.WFowrtrr wfll tfrww quwitltyof milk
fttul rr’m rwa if per teau, *iul autJui Uio butver firm
mt #wcTt.
Fowl t’b rowdfTN win mrm orpirTf'rt ahnrwt mT
Pisea' O tbAt Iloraoi rad #ro hetr 10.
KvirTE’# I’OWVKas WITJb GIV* NATimACTION.
Sold evoorwbere.
DAVII) B. FOtrra. Proprietor,
bAIsT I)dOK£. Ltd.
Henry Moore,
243 Broad Sthf.et, *\couhta. Ga.
MILLS AND EYRPERiTORS
FOR
Sorita Hasses.
COOK’S PATENT MILLS AND EV.VPO
-I*o RS.
Scantliu’s Groat Western OANF, MILLS.
Scantlia’s SooiuU ss Eraporst(>rß.
Made without rivets or sol
tier, Easily managed. Capacity 40 to 12.
gUon* per hour. Making a Symp EQUAL
to the old Sugar House.
Queen City Steam Engine,
PORTABLE AND STATIOABY-
Cheap in piioe. Safa in action (no
flues ). Durable and simple in construction.
The beat Farmer’s Engine in use.
TIMS HORSE BIS,
Challenges comparison with every other,
in Raving Pea Hay, German Millet, etc-
Champion Mower & Reaper.
Will cut anytliing, from the tallest Wheat
to the sh rtest gr****- The only Machine
which will cut successfully Onto, Wheat,
eto. , when it is down and tangled.
Taylor Cotton Gin,
The heat and moat successful Cotton Gin
for the money ever sold.
Crv I 5 - ID WJ 3 LX.’ 3
Thresher and Seperator!
Read what a practical farmer savs:
(COPY.)
Hancock Cocnty, >
Odlyskkkc, Ga., July 31st, 1877. >
Mr llcnry Moore —
Dear Sib ; Enclosed yon will find a not*
signed l>y me for Thresher and Separator;
this note I thought had b eu sent three or
four weeks ago.
I feel it my duty to say to von that the
machine is oue of the best ever introduced
in this county by far. There were three
new Threshers aud Separators in my neigh
borhood ninch larger than mine, cost more
money, but could not work with mine: it
will do more work aud better work and
givo less trouble than any other machine of
the kind I ever saw. I think yon ean sell at
least a half dozen in this county for the
next season. I threshed out about seven
thousand bushels of oats and wheat. I
could thresh a bushel a minute, aud did
thresh eighty bnshels in one hour.
Very respectfully, etc., J. W. MOORE.
Peud for circulars giving all infonnation,
prices, etc. A full stock of Hardware al
ways on hand. Address,
Henry Moore,
_HI ‘-bt. AUGUSTA, GA.
Diseases of the Stomach. Suppression of
the Monthly Period, Stoppage of the Cate
luenia. aud all Uterine diseases and White
swelling. Secret Diseases a specialty.
Call on or address,
DR. G. W. DURHAM,
Thomson, Ga.
1877, THE 1877.
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pires in that section which does not find a placo in our columns.
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WHITE A COMBS, f’n nmvr ,
Thon? i;_ G a .
CELEBRATED E. CARVER COTTON GIN*
W. H- HOWARD cfc fRONTS,
COTTON FACTORS, AUCUSA, CA.
"V\7"*‘ °^ er to ths plantersof Middle Georgia the aoove justly celebrated Cotton Gin,
V \ mauv of which are now in use in this section, and we can safely sav have given
entire satisfaction. HORSE POWER GINS, 10 in. SAWS, sA.f>o SAW. WATER AND
STEAM GINS, 12 In. SAWS, %4.00 SAW. We can also furnish from our stock in
store auy part of the above Gins to parties dealing to repair those now in their posses
sion. Ample time to test Gins before paying for them.
CONSIGNMENTS OF COTTON AND OTHER PRODUCE SOLICITED.
BAGGING AND TIES FURNISHED. Aug. 12-0*
PLANTERS HOPEH,.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
New Managemnt—Rates Reduced to $3,00 Per Day.
Having LEASED THIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL, I outer upon it* management by
REDUCING RATES, and asking of the Traveling Public, especially my friend* of Car
olina and Georgia, a continuance of that liberal Bupport they have ala-ays given it.
It. I<\ BROWN,
FORMERLY OF CHARLESTON. PROPRIETOR.
CITATION.
GEORGIA —McDuffie County.
VITHEREAS, Jas. P. Johnson, Jr., Ex
\\ ecutor of Amos Johuson, deceased,
represents to the Court in his petition duly
filed and entered on record, that he lias
fully administered Amos Johnson's estate :
This is. therefore, to cite all persons con
cerned. kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can. why said executor
should not be discharged from his adminis
tration, and receive letters of dismission,
on the first Monday in November. 1877*
A. B. THRASHER, Odinary.
Aug. $, 1877-3 m.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
N'OTICE is hereby given to all persons
having demand* against Augustus M.
Johnson, late of said county, deceased, to
present them to me properly made out,
within the time prescrioed by law : and all
persons indebted to said deceased are here
by required to moke immediate payment to
me. R. H. PEARCE,
Adm'r., and. b. n , of A. M. Johnson.
Aug, 8, 1877-Bi.
Notice for Leave to sell Laud.
4 PPLICATION will be made to the
Court of Ordinary of McDuffie coun
ty, Georgia, at the next September term
thereof, for leave to sell the lands belong
ing to the estate uf A. M. Johnson, deed.,
for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of
said deceased. R. H. PEARCE,
Adm’fc. dr b. n-, A. M. Johnson.
Aug. 8, 1877-41
Notice for Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGIA —McDuffie County.
Application wui be made to the
Court of Ordinary of McDuffie County,
Georgia at ihe next August terra thereof,
for leave to sell the lands of the estate of
John Hardin, deceased, for the benefit of
the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
ANDERSON IVEY.
July 4, td. Adm'r. of Jno Hardin
Notice.
MY WIFE, Hattie J. Curry, having de
serted me without provocation, I here,
by notify the public that I will not >m re*
sponsible for any debt hereafter contracted
by her.
Aug. 8-4 t. LUTHER R. CURRY.
Wanted to Sell,
OR exchange for property in this section
of country, a five acre
VEGETABLE garden,
with room house and a good well of wa
ter, within 2 miles of Atlanta. Ga. For
particulars call at THIS OFFICE.
F'or Sale !
A Comfortable residence of Two Rooms
with chimney in middle, also cook
room attached. Splendid vreil of water.
One acre of land. Situated corner Chnrch
aud Hall Sheets. For price, apply at
Hi. Vina THIS OFFICE.