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For the Federal Union.
Messrs. Editors: Believing that there
is a majority-of tl»e people of Georgia
opposed to the removal of the capital
from Milledgeville, for the reason,-
amongst many others,-that the State
is sufficiently burthened with debt,
and that our present capitol building
has just been thoroughly repaired.
Would it not be well for those papers
throughout the State that are opposed
to removal to have printed on the
Gubernatorial and Congressional tick
ets “ h'o Removal.” In case this is
done, and there is a majority opposed
to “ removal,” I have no doubt Con-
_ gross would respect the wishes of the
FOR GOVE&SOR. i people of the State, and do with that
HON. AUGUSTUS REESE question as is proposed to do with the
one of Relief—expunge it from the
Constitution.
THE FEDERAL UNION,
( Cornciof Hancock and IVUkintoi streets.)
"7 '— : ' ~ ~ ■ - =
Tuesday Morning. March 17, Ifififl.
Of Morgan County.
CLEAR illE KUIP FOB ACTION
The Executive Committee having
nominated Judge Reese for Governor,
it is the duty of the people to ratify
the action of the Committee. We
consider the nomination of Judge
Reese as good a selection as could
have been made. Let the people in
One who favors the adoption of the Constitution
N. B.—Newspapers throughout the
State opposed to removal will please
copy the above.
THE NECKO CO.VtTm TIOX.
We have published in this paper
the conglomeration of dishonesty, op
pression, deception and rascality, con-
everv county in the State, meet and , cocted at Atlanta by vagabond yan-
organize for the contest. We hope j kees and negroes and called a Consti-
that the honest men in every county | tution. We ask a careful reading of
will nominate their strongest men to this document that every man may
represent them in the Legislature.; see what he is called upon to vote for.
The contest is one of life or death, of, Every honest man will see at once
honor or dishonor. If the Radicals sue-' that it is a cheat and a swindle. Eve-
ceed in this election, the State of j ry white man must be convinced that
Georgia will not he lit for honest men ; it is not such a Constitution as he
to live in. In no other election ever would wish to live under. Several
held in this State, were the issues of. articles are put in on purpose to cheat
such momeutous consequence. The certain people out of their votes,
w hite ineu, and the honest men of ev- The concoctors know that these ar-
erv shade of color, cannot be defeated, tides never would, or could be car-
if all do their duty. A defeat will be ried out. The whole thing is such a
so ruinous to every honest man in the
State, that it is awful to contemplate
such a result. Let every true Georgian
go to work and labor as if his life de
pended on the issue. At such a time and j
in such a cause, defeat is ruin.
combination of dishonesty and villainy
as to compel every honest and honora
ble man to vote against it.
District Convention.—We
nEETHO OF THE DEflOl RATH
CENTRAL CO.UflITTEE.
Rooms Cent’l Ex. Committee, 'i
Nat’nal Democratic Party of Ga., [
Macon, Ga.,March 13, 186S. )
R r0 " Pursuant to the call of the Chair-
pose that the Convention suggested by j man? tlie Central Executive Commit-
the Central Executive Committee for | tee of the National Democratic Party
the nomination of District delegates 1 of Georgia convened l;.st evening, and
to the National Convention, and for continued their session through to-duy.
the selection of a candidate for Con- | ^ he lubow ing proceedings were order-
gre SS , be bcld in Mi edgevllle, on jn , i(JW of t|)e
PROPOSED CO.-SisTITFTION
FOR THE
STATE OF GEORGIA,
AS ADOPTED liV THE •
IVEOBO RADICAL CONVENTION.
IV.. Tb© Senate (bail have the sole power to • cane of Ihp two-thirds vote inquired to ov
try impeachments. TVben sitting for that pur- j the veto.
Sirma
ride
pose, the members shall be on oath or affirmation,
and shall be presided over by one of the Judges
ARTICLB IV—EXECljfcvE
Tuesday, 31st inst. What say our
brethren of the press in the 4th Dis
trict '(
THB NEW UAMPSIIIRF. ELECTION.
We confess that we have been dis
appointed and somewhat discouraged
by the result of the election in New
circumstances, it is not expedient at
the present time to call a State Con
vention for the purpose of nominating
a candidate for Governor. Unani
mously adopted.
llcfolrcd. That -the opinions and
and feelings of the National Demo
cratic party of Georgia and of the
. rnl , , r ,. T> United States upon the unconstitu-
Hampshire. The conduct of the Radi- tionality and ID j^ tice ol the Recon _
cals iu Congress lias been so very out- struetion Acts of Congress, are too
rageous as to convince every intelli- decided and well known to require
rvent man that they intended to retain reiteration here. Their opposition to
power in their own hands if they ruin- th e action of the several Conventions
1 . .. , ,ir , „ i , , 'called m pursuance of those Acts, and
ed the country. \\ e had hoped that , «v ... ,
J * 'to the etlort to establish the suprema-
their open oisrcgard of the oastitu-j C y 0 f t |, e negro race in the South,
tion and tlie best interests of the coun- and to place the destinies of these
trv, would disgust the people and j States in the hands of adventurers and
cause them to rise up in their might! irresponsible persons, is equally de-
aud hurl these wicked men from office. 1 cide<1 aud we J* k,lown - Yet, warned
t> l ■. , • \r „ by the fate of Alabama, and actuated
But it seems that in New Hampshire, • . - ’
, , . 1 . by the instinct of self-preservation,
at least, bribery and corruption has we fec) jt to be our (Juty? to the ex-
triumphed over patriotism. The true ^ent our p 0W er, to provide against
men ot that State strove hard and bat- eveav contingency, and therefore
tied manfully for the Constitution and would urge upon our friends to par-
the rights of the people, but they have ticipate in the elections which are to
, 3 . , , , be held on the ‘20th April, proximo, to
been ogam borne down by the power i ^ end tbat the best a l nr] w f 8egt , nen _
oi money and the promise of office. p ermanen tly identified with Georgia,
It shows a fearful state of morale: an d v\ lio will administer her govern-
wlien a party can retain power in a ment in the interests of the people,
republic by ‘the perpetration of the 1 and not for the purposes of plunder—
* . e r - Tj llf thnt ! he chosen to organize the government
most infamous of crimes. But tnai . .? A ° . - ,
jiiust iiiiamu V. .. an ,l frame the laws under which we
this has been the case in evr ani P i an{ j mir posterity may have to live.'
shire there can be no doubt. The irn- | Resolved, That in view of these prin-
peachment of the President fur doing : c jpj es nn <j objects, we recommend to
bis duty should have ruined the party j the people of every name and faith
that perpetrated the outrage. But j who have the honor and welfare of
such is the depth of moral depravity the State at heart, that able jurist,
among the Radio,!, .hat that ml'amou,
crime has no doubt secure o em j the county of Morgan, as their candi-
the victory in New Hampshire. ihei date for Governor of Georgia at the
people were told that President John-j approaching election,
son would be removed, and that Ben i Resolved, That we urge upon our
Wade or some other Radical, would ! Wend* throughout the State, the vital
fil, the President’s place, consequently , ” f "T*"®. 0 *
1111 luc 1 1 • and forthwith, ami putting in the field,
every mao who aspired to arn office j f or a jj p ubbc 0 ffi ceS) candidates of
must vote and work for the Radicals, j established character and devolion to
Nearly one half of the voters in New ! the bent interests of Georgia.
Harr.pshireeither have or want an office, j Resolved, That the Democrats and
and the assurance that the President j Conservatives of the several Congres-
"•ould be deposed and a Radical put in ■' sional Donets be requested to meet
bis place, frightened every man that
wanted au office, and made those who
wanted an office more than they diu
the honor or safety of their country
vote with the Radicals. But New
Hampshire is a peculiar State. Party
lines have always been drawn very
tightly in that State, and there is, per
haps, more aspirants for office in that
State according to the number of in
habitants than iu any other in the
Union. We hope the power and pros
pect of office will not be so great in
any other State as to outweigh pa
triotism. So we will still hope that
the example of New Hampshire will
not be followed in other States.
The Constitution, as adopted by the
Georgia Convention, except the 1st
Article, or Bill of Rights, which we
have not been able to get, will be
found in this paper.
lyriis Republican State Convention of South
Carolina ha* nominated a negro for Secretary of State.
in Convention, at their usual places,
on Tuesday, the 31st day of March,
instant, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for Congress and delegates
to the National Democratic Conven
tion. V
The following delegates at large and
alternates were - appointed to the
National Democratic Convention:
Deleghles—Gen. John B. Gordon,
Benj. H. Hill, Absalom H. Chappell,
Henry S. Fitch.
Alternates—Warren Akin, Ebeenzer
Starnes. Gen. A. H. Colquitt, Chas. J.
Munnerlyn.
Extract from the Minutes.
J. R. Sneed, Sec’y.
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Virtue makes smile of tears; vice,
tears of smiles. It is impossible to es
cape trouble by running away from
duty.
The newly elected Senator, from
Maryland, Vickers, has taken his seat
in the Seuate.
Dr. A. A. Lipscombe, Chancellor of
the State University, is now traveling
in Europe
of the Supreme Court, selected for that purpose*' # SECTiiqs i
by r tire twee vote of the Senate; and no personii j. The Executive poweroliall be vested in a
sh^Jl be convicted without the concurrence of Governor, who
two-thirds of the members present.—Judgment* \ <erra ( ,f
Equity Jurisdiction of said CourW. Said Courts
il have jurisdiction in all other civil case*,
ppt as hereinafter provided. They shall have
appelalejuiisdiction iu all such cases aa may ife
provided l»jr iaw. They shall have power lo
correct errofs in Infeiior Judicatories, by writ of
1. In writs against trustee* where tb* trvit nm.
is u the hand* of the trustee, or hit* been
him in other specific effects now itfhig h»n,l» ... 7 -
ARTICLE II—FRANCHISE AND ELECTIONS.
Sec. I. In all elections by th$i people, the .Electors
shall vote by ballot
Sec. II. Every male person, born in the United
States, aud every male person who has been natural
ized,or who has legally declared him intention to be
come a citizen of the United States, twenty-one years
old,or upward, who shall ha\e resided in this State
six mouths next preceding the election, and shall have
resided thirty days in the county in which he offers to
vote, und shall have paid all taxes which may have
been required'of him, and which lie may luive had
au opportunity of paying agreeably to law , for the
year next preceding the elect ion, except ns hereinaf
ter provided, shall be deemed an elector; and evury
male citizen of the United States, of the aj;e aforesaid,
except ns hereint tier provided, who may he a resident
of the State at t.K time ot the adoption of this Con
stitution, shall be deemed an. Elector, aud shall have
all the rights of at, Elector, ns aforewiid: I’mvided,
That no soldier, sailor, or marine iu the military or
naval service of the United States, shall n’equiro the
rights of an Elector by reason of being stutioued on
duly iu this State; and no person si.all vote who, if
challengtMl, shall refuse to take the following oallt:
“ I do swear that 1 have not given, or received, uor
do I expect to give, or receive, any money, treat, or
otberthingof value, by which tnv vote, or any vote,
is affeotea, or expected to be affected, at this elec
tion, nor have 1 givpn, or promised any reward, or
made any threat, by which to prevent any person
from voting at this election.”
Sec. 111. No person convicted of felony or larceny
before any court of this State, or of, or in the United
States, shall be eligible to any office or appointment
of honor or trust withiu this State, unless lie shall have
been pardoned.
Sec. IV. No per.-on wlm is the iicl ler of any public
moneys shall be eligible to any office in this State,
until the same is accounted for and paid into the
Treasury.
Sec. V. Noperson who, after the adop iou of this
Constitution, being a reticlen' of this State, shall en
gage in a duel in this State, or el-ewhere. or shall send
or accept a challenge, or he aider or abettor tosicb
duel, shall vote or hold office in this State ; and every
such person shall, also be subject to such punishment
as the law m»v prescribe.
Sac. VI. The General Assembly may j mvide.from
time to time, for the registration of all Electors, but
the following classes ot persons shall not bo permit
ted to register, vote, or bold office; First—Those
who shall have been convicted of treason, embezzia-
ment of public fnnds, malfeasance iu office, crime
punishable by law with imp isonment in the IVniten-
tiary. or bribery. Second—Idiots or insane persons.
Sec. VII. Electors shall, iu all cases except treason,
felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from ar
rest for five days before an election, during the elec
tion, and two days subsequent thereto.
Sec. VIII The sale ol intoxicating liquors on days
of election is prohibited
Sec. IX. Returns of tloetion for all civil officers
eleeted by the people, who are to he commissioned by
the Governor, and, also, tor the members of the Gen
eral Assembly, shall be made to the Secretary ot State,
UDless otherwise provided by law.
Sec. X. The GenerrI Assembly shall enact laws giv
ing adequate protection to Electors before, during
and subsequent to elections.
Sec. XI. The election of Govenior, Members of
CeDgress, and of the General Assembly, after the
year 1S6.8, shall commence on the Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, unless otherwise provided
by law.
ARTICLE III—LEGISLATIVE.
StSTION 1.
I. The Legislative 1’ower shall be vested iti a Gen
era! Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and
House of Representatives, and until otherwise direct
ed, the members thereof, after the fir-t election, shall
be elected, and the return of the election made as now
Pr n , 'Tlie d Men 1 |be:s of the Senate shall be elected for t . he “>“.*«? P resent - be eD,ered °" the Journ . H! -
four years, except that the members elected at the
first election from the twenty-two Senatorial Districts
numbeied in the Constitution with odd numbers, shall
in cases of impeachment shall not extend further
than removal from office and disqualification to
hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit
within this dtate; but the party convicted »hall t
nevertheless, be liable and subject to indict
ment, trial, judgment and punishment according
to law.
section ill.
I. The House of Representatives shall consist
of one buudred and severity live Representatives
apportioned as follows :
To the six largest counties, to wit; Chatham,
Richmond, Fultou, Hibb, Uuuslonaud Hurke,
three Representatives; to the thirty-one next
largest, to wit; Ilartow, Columbia, Cobb, Coweta,
Clarke, Decatur, Dougherty, Floyd. Gwinnett,
Green, Hancock, Harris, Jefferson, Lee, Musco
gee, Monroe, Merriifether, Morgan. Macon, New
ton, Ogletlirope, Uuiaski, Randolph. Minuter,
Stewart, Troup, Thomas, Talbot, Washington,
Wilkes and Warren, two Representatives e,ach;
and to the remaining ninely-tive counties, one
Representative each.
II. The above apportionment may bo changed
by the General Assembly, after each census by
the United States Government, bttt lu no eveut
shall the aggregate number of Representatives be
inct eased.
III. The Representatives shall be citizens of
the United (states who have attained the ege of
twenty-one years, and who, after the first election
under this Constitution, shall have been cuiz-us
of this State for one year, and for six months
resideut of the counties from which elected.
IV. The presiding officer of the House of Rep
resentatives shall Ire styled the Speaker ol the
House of Representatives, and shall be elected
rini ro)'-. from the body.
V. The House of Representatives shall have
the sole power to impeach all persons who shall
have been or may be in office.
VI. All bills for raising revenue, or appropri
ating money, shall originate in the House of
Representatives, but the Senate may propose,
or concur iu amendments as in other bills.
SECTION IV,
I. Each House shall be the judge of the elec
tion, returns aud qualifications of its members,
and shall have power to punish them for disorder
ly behavior, or misconduct, by censure, tine, im
prisonment or expulsion : but no member shall
be expelled, except by a vote ot tivo-thirJs of the
House from which he is expelled.
II. Each House may punish, by imprisonment,
not extending beyond the session, any person
not a member, w ho shall be guilty of a contempt
by any disorderly behavior in its presence, or
who duriug the session, shall threaten injury to
the person, or estate of Any member for anything
said, or done, in either House, or who shall as
sault any member going to, or returning there
from. or who shall rescue or attempt to res
cue. any person arrested by order of either
House
III. The members of both Houses shall be free
from arrest during then attendance on the Gen
eral Assembly, and iu going to, or returning
therefrom, except for treason, felony, larceny, or
breach of the peace ; and no member shall be lia
ble to answer in any other place for anything
spoken in debate in either House.
IV. Each House shall keep a Journal of its
proceedings and publish it immediately after its
adjournment. The yeas and nays of the members
on aoy question shall, at the desire of one fifth of
ir, who shall bold his office during^ cetUorori. which shall oply i**de ouAhe Muctiun
four Tears, and until such time as a 8UC . «* JndgnJkd to iasu» writs UT >«••></-.was,
cessor bhall bo chosen an(T qualified, lie jfc&U ! prohibition, scire facia*, and all other writs that
have a competent salary established by law, wl i c h ®ay beoeewsary tor carrying therr powers fully
shall not be increased or diminished during the j , 0 ® nd shall have sawb other powers as
period for which he shall have bee* elected; nor ^ shall b‘oouterfed on them bylaw,
shall h« receive within that period anv other emol- j . shall be no appeal from one jury in
ument from the United States, or either of them, ! t,ie Superior Courts to si^thert but tho Coart
may gr*nt^)ew trials on .legal grouud*. 1 he
■ «hlfl Court ahiiW^euder judgment wit
or from any foreign power.
II. After the first election, the Governor* sh
without the verdict
be elected quadrennially, by the personsNjualified I n f. a . j u jj~ * n civil eases, founded on contracts,
to vote for members of the General Assembly, on where lm issuable defence is not hi- d on oath.
tire Tuesday after the first Nlonday in November, ■ - —
until such time be altered by law. which election^ ^ ,lot bw9 than twiff in a*ct» year, at such limes
------- - - as have been, or may be appointed by law.
_ SEcrrioN tv.
I. Until the General Assembly shall otherwise
direct, there sball be a District Judge and a Dis
trict Attorney for qrcIi Senatorial District in thff
.State. «
Ii. The District Judge stisll have jurisdiction
to hear and determine alt otfencea nor punishable
IV. The -tiuperi&r Courts shall each coun-
shallbe held at the-places of holding general elec
tions in the several counties of this State, in the
same manner as is prescribed for the "Mection of
members of the General Asiembly. The returns
for every electron of_ Governor, after the first,
shall bo sealed rip by the Managers, separately
from other returns, and directed to the President
of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Repre-. ... . -.iu - . - .
seutatives, and transmitted to his Excellency, the : death or^ imprisonment in tire Penitentiary;
Governor for the time being, who shall, without I aDl ‘ 11 shall be the duty of the District Attorney
opening the said returns, cause the same to be to represent the State jn ad cases betore the Dis-
laid before the Senate, on tho day after the two
Houses shall have been organized: and they shall
be transmitted by tlie Senate to the Hoqse of
tried Judge.
Ill The District Judge shall sit at s.ated times,
not less than once in each month in each County
Repiesentative*. The members of each brnm h of , I u his District, for the trial of offences, and at
the General Assembly shall convene in the Repre- : s, *ch other times as the General AMenibly may
sentative Hall, and the President of the Senate : direct.
and the Speaker of the House of Representatives ; ^ • Offences shall be tried before the District
shall open and publish the returns in the presence j Judge on a written accnsation fonnded on affida-
of the General Assembly; and the person having • v ! ,: b:i id accusation shall plainly set forth the
the majority of the whole number given shall be j offence charged, and »ha!l contain the name of
declared duly elected Governor of this Sitat'; but l he accuser, and be signed by the District Attor-
if no person have such majority, tlu-n from the- ,,e y-
two persons having the highest number of votes, j • There shall be no jury trial before the Dis-
who shad be in life, and shall not decline an * dudge except when demanded by the ac-
elee'ion at tlie time appointed for the Legislature I cused, in v/hicli case the jury shall con ist ofsev-
to elect, the Iteneral Assembly shall immediately i en
elect a Governor rira rocr; and in all cases of elec- ^^VL S
tion of a Governor by the General Assembly
specific effects now rifles hands ‘ “
vendor of real estate against the v- 1
where not more than one third of the purchase
Such civil jurisdiction may he conferred on
the District Judge as the General Assembly may
direct.
VII. The District Judges and Attorneys shall
bold their offices lor a period of tour yeaia, and
shall receive tor their services such stated com-
penaation, iu their respective Districts, as may
be provided by law. but in no event shall their
compensation be in anywise dependent on fine*,
forfeitures or costs.
majority of the votes of the members present
s -«ii; e necessary for a choice. Contested elections
s he determined by botli Houses of the Uen-
er>) Assembly, in such manner as shall bo pres
cubed by law.
III. No person shall be eligible to the office of
Governor w ho shall not have been a citizen ol the
United States fifteen years and a citizen of this
State six years, and who shall not have attained; SECTION v.
the age of thirty yews. I- The powers of a Court of Ordinary and of
L .. I . V ’ }" c "r of t, "‘ r “ , P , * , ' on I Probate shall be vested in an Ordinary for each
brhty of the Governor, the President of the Senate Countyr, from whose decision there may bean
snail exercise the Executive powers of the Gov. appeal to the Superior Court, under regulations
trnment until such disability be removed or a prescribed by law
successor is elected and qualified. And in case of | II. The Court of Ordinary shall have such
the death, resignation or d.sab.l.ty of the Pres, , powers in relation to roads, bridges, ferries, pub-
dent ot the Senate the Speaker of the House of tic buildings, paupers, County Officers, County
Representatives shall exercise the Executive i funds and taxes and other matters, as shall be
powers of the Government until the remov- I conferred on them bv law
al of the disability or the election and HE The Ordinary' shall hold his office for the
qualification ot a Governor. The General j term of ftmr years, and until his successor is elec
Assembly shall have power to provide by law , ted ana qualified,
for filling uuexpired terms by a special elec- 1 " section vi
T , „ 1 There shall be in each District, one Justice
V. The Governor shall, before he enters on the of the Peace, whose official term, except when
duties of his office, take the following oath or elected to fill an unexpired term, shall be four
affirmation: 1 do solemnly swear (or affirm, as [years
The original Journal shall be preserved, sfter
publication, in the office of the Secretary of State,
but there shall be no other record thereof.
V. Every bill before it shall pass shall be read
three times and on three sepa ate days in each
House, unless in cases of Hclual invasion or iu-
ouly hold their office for two yeurs. The members of
the Hoft'-e of Representatives i-hall be elected for two
years. The eleetion for members of the Genera! As
semMy shall begin on ruesday alter the first Monday ; gtjrrection. Nor shall any law or ordin
in November ol every second year except the first , hJ , rof { than one subject
election, which shall be wilmti sixty days alter tlie ml-
journnient of this Convention : but the General
Ar-
sembly may by law change (lie time of election, and
the member* shall hold uutil their successors me eleet
ed and qualified.
III. The first meeting of She General Assembly
shall be within uinety day* alter lire adjournment of
this Convention, alter which it shall meet annually on
the second Wednesday In January, or on such other
day as the Ge nera l Assembly may prescribe. A
majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to
transact business; but a smaller numbermay adjourn
from day to day and compel the presence of its absent
members, ns each House may provide. No session of
the General Assembly, after the second under this
Constitution, shall cent nine lunger than forty days, un
less prolonged by n vote of two third,- of each branch
thereof.
nice pass,
yeet matter, or
contains matter different from what is expressed
in the title thereof.
VI. All acta rhail be signed by the President
of the Senate aud the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; and no bill ordinance or resolu
tion, intended to have the effect of a law, which
shall have been rejected by either House, shall
be again proposed during the same session, tinder
the same, or auy other title, without the consent
of two third* of the House by which the same
was rejected.
VIE Neither House shall adjourn for more
than three days, nor to any other place, without
the consent of the other; and in case of disagree
ment between the two Houses on a question of
... .. , „ . . adjournment, the Governor may adjourn either or
IY. No person holding a military Commission, or i , J
other appointment nr office, having anv emoluaieut or 1 _.i
compensation annexed thereto. imJer this State or the ^ ^ j ,e officers of the two Houses, other
United States, <»r dither rtf them, except Jnnticefi of j tbau the I resideut ana » pinker, shall lie a N«cre
the Peace mid officers of tlie Mditii, nor any defaulter | tary of the Senate aud Clerk ot the House,
for public money, or for any legal taxes required of
him, shall have a seat in either House; nor shall any
Senator or Representative, after his qualification ns
such, be elected by tlie General Assembly nr appoint
ed by the Governor, either with or without tho advice
and consent ot the Senate, to any office or apoui nt-
ment, having any emolument annexed th-reto. during
the time for which he shall have been eleeted
V. The sent of a member of either House shall be
vacated on his removal from th* Di-tricf from which
he was elected.
SECTION II.
I. .There shall be Forty-four Senatorial Districts in
this State, composed, eacn, of three contiguous coun
ties from each of which Districts one Senator shall be
chosen. Until otherwise arranged, as hereinafter pro
vided. the said Districts shall lie con.- thuted as follow
The First District ot Chatham, Ilryau and Effing
ham.
The Second District, of Liberty, Tutnall and McIn
tosh.
The Third District of Way tie',' 1’ierce and Appling
The Fourth District of Glynn. Camden and Charl
ton.
The Fifth District of Cnff. e. Ware and f’lineh.
Tlie Sixth District of Eenols. Lowndes aud Uerrien.
Tim Seventh District of Ilrook*,- Thomas and Col
quitt.
The Eighth District of Decatur, Mitchell and Milter.
The Ninth District of Eaily, Calhoun aud Raker.
The Tenth District of Dougherty, l^e'anil Worth.
The Eleventh District of Clay, Randolph aud Ter
rell.
The Twelfth District of Stewart, Webster and Q'fft-
man.
The Thirteenth District of Sumter,. Sehley and Ma
con.
The Fourteenth District of Dooly, Wilcox aud Pu
laski.
The Fifteenth District of Montgomery, Telfair and
Irwin. •
The Sixteenth District of Laurens, Johuuru and
Emanuel.
The Seventeenth District nf ItnlWH, Screven and
Burke.
The Eighteenth District of Richmond, Glascock and
Jefferson.
The Nineteenth District of Taliaferro, Warren und
GreeDe.
Th«Twentieth District of Baldwin. Hancock aud
Washington.
The Twenty-first District of Twiggs, Wilkinson and
Jones.
The Twenty-Second District of Bibb, Monroe and
Pike.
The Twenty-Third District of Houston, Crawford
and Tavkir.
The Twenty fourth District of Marion, Clmttuhoo-
ehee and M nscogee. ,'
The Twenty-Fifth District of Harris, Union and
Ta'.bot.
The Twenty-sixth Di-triot of frpalding. Butts and
Fayette.
The Twenty-seventh District of Newton, Walton
and Clarke.
The Twenty-eighth District of Jasper, rutnarn and
Moigan.
The Twenty-ninth District of Wilkes, Lincoln and
Columbia.
The Thirtieth District of Oglethorpe, Madison and
Elbert.
The Thirty first Di-frict o! Hart, Franklin and Ifab-
enshain. * ,
The Thirty-second Di.-trict of White, Lumpkin and
Dawson.
The Thirty-third District of Hall, Banks aud Jack-
son.
The Thirty-fourth District of GwumetE DeKalb
and Henry.
The Thirty-fifth District of Clayton. Fulton and
Cobb.
The Thirty-sixth District of Meniwether, Coweta
and Campbell.
The Thirty-seventh District of Troup, Heard aDd
Carroll.
The Thirty-eighth Di*triet of Haralsdn, Polk nnd
Panlding. *
The Thirty-ninth District of Cherokee, Milton and
Forerth.
The Fortieth District of Union, Towns anil Rabun.
Tbe Forty-first District of Fanmrt; Gilmer and Pick
ens.
The Forty-second District of Bartow, Floyd and
Chattooga.
Tbe Forty-third District of Murray, Whitfield and
Gordon.
The Forty-fonrth District of Walker, Dade and
Catoosa.
If a new County be established it shall be add
ed to a DUtrict which it adjoins, and from which
the larger portion of its territory is taken. The
Senatorial District* may be changed by the Gen
eral Assembly, but only at the first sesaiun after
the publication of each census by the Uuited
States Government, and their number shall not be
increased.
II. The Senators shall bo citizens of the UniteiE
States, who have attained the age of twenty -five
year*, and who r *fter the first election under this
Constitution, chal) have been citizens of this State
for two years, and for one year reeident of tbe
DUtrict from which elected.
III. Tha presiding Officer ’ of the Senate
shall be styM the President ot the Senate, and
shall he elected, ntra vsret, from tbe Sena
tor*,
ud
an Assistant for each ; a Journalizing Clerk, two
Engrossing and two Enrolling Clerks for each
House and the number shall not be increased,
except by a vole of the House. And their pay,
as well ns the pay and mileage of the members
shall be fixed by law.
IX. Whenever the Constitution requires a
vote of two thirds of either or bo,h Houses for
the passing ol an act or resolution, the yea*
and nays on the passage thereofebail lie entered
on the Journal, and nil voles on coi Urinations,
or refusals to confirm nominations to office by
the Oovernor, shall he by yea* and nay*, and
the yeas and nays shall be recorded on tiie Journ-
nal.
X. Every Senator, or Representative, before
taking his seat, shall take an oath, or affirmation,
to support tbe Constitution of the United States,
and of this State; tbat he has not practiced any
unlawful means, directly or indirectly, to pneure
his election, and that he has not given, or offered,
or promised, or caused l.o be given, or offered, or
promiseJ, to any person, any money, treat, or
thirjg of value, with mtout to affect any’vote, or to
prevent any perso i voting at the election at
which he was elected.
SECTION V.
I. The General Assembly shall have power to
make all laws and ordinances, consistent with
this Constitution, and not repugnant to the Con
stitutiou of the United Stall*, which th-y * hit 11
deem necessary sud proper for tbe welfare of the
State.
II. The General Assembly may alter tlie boun
daries rd, Or lay off and establish new Counties,
or abolish Counties, attaching the territory theie
of to contiguous Counties, hut io new County
shall he established but by a vote of two-thirds
fit each House; nor shall any County be abolished
except by a vote of two-thirds of each House,
and after the qualified voters of tlie County
stiall,atan election held fur tho_ purpose, so de
cide.
SECTION VI.
I. No money shall be drawn from tbe Treasury
except by appropriation made by law, and a reg
ular statement and account of the receipt and
expenditure of all public money shall be published
from time to time, and, also, with the laws
passed at each session of iho General Assem
bly,
II. No vote, resolution, law, or order, shall
pass, grauting a donation, or gratuity, in favor of
any perron, except by tlie concurrence of two-
thirds of each branch of the General Assembly, uor,
by any vote, to a sectarian corporation or associ
ation.
III. No law or section of the Code shall be
amended or repealed by mere reference to its title
ly swear (
the case may be,) that I will faithfully execute
the office ol Governor of the State of Georgia,
and will, to the best of my abilities, preserve,
protect nnd defend the Constitution thereof, and
the Cons.itutiou of tlie Uuited States of Aitieri-
II. The Justices of the Peace shall have juris-
| diuioD, except as hereinafter provided, in all
j civil cases w here tlie principal sum claimed docs
| not exceed one hundred dollars, and may sit at
: !ll, y time for the trial of such cases ; but in cases
c8 ‘ j where;the sum claimed is more than fifty dollars,
SECTION H. I there may be an appeal to the Sunerior Court,
I. The Governor shall be Commander-In-Chief \ 8Uch b * prescribed by
of the Army and Navy of this State aud of the j *' ,, r 'ri , „ . . ,
Vrt'it;. thanut i Jli there shall be no appeal to a jury from
II. He snail have power to grant reprieves ^bvfd^nV^* of Pe8ce -« M P‘**
rdons, to commute penalties, ond to re- ,n ‘he-f^egomg paragraph
iv. .Notaries Fublic may be appointed and
commissioned by the Guveinor. not to exceed one
death, resignation, or otherwise, tbe Oovernor
shall have power to till such vacancy, unless
otherwise piovided by law; and persons so ap
pointed agreeably to the mode pointed out by
this Constitution, or by law, in pursuance there
of. *
V. A person once rejected by the Senate, shall
not be reappointed by the Governor to tho same
office during the same session, or the recess there*
alter.
VI. The Governor shall have the revision of
section via
I. There shall be a Solicitor Genera! for each
Judicial Ciicuit. whose official term, except when
appointed to fill an unexpired term, shall be four
vesr.s.
II. It shall be the duty of the Solicitor Gener
al to represent the State in all cases in the Su*
all bills passed by both House* before the same ! perior Court of his Circuit, and in all cases taken
shall become laws, but two thirds of each House ! „p from his Circuit to the Supreme Court, and to
perform such other services as shall be required
of him by law.
SECTION IX.'
I. The Judges of tha Supreme and Inferior
Courts, the Attorney General, Solicitors Geut-ral
and the District Judges and Attorneys, shall be !
appointed by the Governor, with the advice and |
consent ot tire Senate, and shall be removable by
the Governor oil the address ol two-th rds of
each branch of the General Assembly, or by im
peachment and conviction thereon
II Justices of the Peace shall be elected by the
legal voters in their respective districts, and shall
be commissioned by tlie Governor. They shall
he rtmuvabio ou conviction for mai practice in of-
may pass a law, notwithstanding his dissent, and
tf any bill should not be returned by tbe Govern
or within five days (Sundays excepted) afterit lias
been presented to him, the same shall be a law,
iinleas the General Assembly, by their airfonru-
nieut. shall prevent its return, lie may approve
any appropriation and disapprove any other ap
propriation iu the same bill, and the latttr shall
not be effectual unless passed by two-thirds of
each House.
VII. Every vote, resolution or order, to which
the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary,
except on a question of election or adjournment,
shall be presented to the Governor, aud before it
shall take effect be approved by him, or being
disapproved, shall be repassed by two-thirds of j tree
each House, according to the rules and limitations - section x
prescribed in case of a bill. . T , ,A, ^ ‘ ‘ , _ . _
VIII 'I here shall be a Secretary of State, a h ' the supreme and Superior Courts,
, -p -jo ami toe Attorney and Solicitor* General shah have, out
Comptroller General a Treasur er and Surveyor ofthe state Treasury, adequate and honorable salaries
General elected by the General Assembly, aud „u the specie bast*, which shall uot be increased, or.
they shall hold their offices for the like period as diminished during their continuance in office. The
the Governor, and s ha 11 have a competent salary, j District Judge stiffs District Attorneys shall receive,
which shall not be increased, or diminished duiir g | out ofitheTreasuries of the several unties of their
the period for which they shall have been elected, j districts, adequate compensation, on tlie specie hasl*.
The General Assembly unit, at any time, consoli- hr h, . c 'i '"J be increased or diminished during
, , W . r .i a- ’ , J .. «, then' term ot office; out said. J edges shall not receive
date any two of these offices, aud require all the! yrl
duties to be discharged by one officer.
IX. 1 The Great 8?al of the State shall be de j iheni.
posited in the office ofthe Secretary of'State. and I II. The General Assembly shall provide for the
Shall not he affixed to any instrument of writing | eqmtable apportionment of the compensation of tlie
but by order of tbe Governor, or General Assembly; j District Judges and Attorney* between the countie*
and that now iu use shall be the Great Seal of the 1 composing their districts, anil shall require the money*
State until otherwise jrovided bv law. ! n, '7' u g tri m tines and forfeiture* > D the DUtrict ( ourts
X. The Governor shall have power l0 appoint his j to l b , v . ' u ';’ «
^ _L_i_£__I__Z-Ll_*vV- I*yreis;'n sliaff be Judge ot the Supreme or
ey has been (Said, ami the vendee is i,r possess^ °"'r
the laud or specific effects for which he has
and he refuses to deliver the laud or said effect* t ,!*'
vendor. In auch cases th* Coims and officers ii*
entertain jurisdiction id«E enforce iudgmen:. „ ' la - 7
said trust property or land or effects. ° K'wuat
2. In suits for the benefit of minor* by
pointed before the first day of June 1865. '
3. In suits against corporation* in their .
capacity, but not *o us to enforce the debt so. 7o ®
*tock bold era or officer* thereof In their mdiv, l „.i '*
pacity. IUS * ea.
4 lu suite by charitable or literary institutm*. ,
money loaned, property—other than" slavJt_f!i fftr
service* rendered by such institution* ** ,a ’ or
5. In suits on debts due for mechanical „
labor, when the suit is by the meohnnic or l 1 ,K° Unn ^
. 6. la case, whsn the debt is set up by^T;
fence, aud the debt set up exceeds any deli/ I ' 9 ‘
defendant to plautiff of which the SomU are h"" H
jurisdiction. lr ®
7j?In all other cases in which the General
shall by lawgivethe said Courts and Officer'* jurUdiZ
tIOn: u P ,7’lf ,e i. th “ t r\ C ° Urt or shall have
nor shall tbe General Assembly give iuri* li.-tioT ’
authority, to try or give iudgm/nt^VrTofo^ anr
Debt, the consideration Of winch was a slave or *lav«
or hire theseof. ■
II. Atl contracts made and not executed during
the late rebellion, with the intention and for the
purpose of aidiDg and encouraging said rebellion,
or where it was the purpose and intention of any
one of the parties to such cutract to aid ot en-
courage such rebellion, and that fact was known
t© the other party, whether said coutract was
made by any person or coloration with the
State or Confederate States, or by a corporation
with a natural person, or between two or more
natural persona, are hereby declared to have been
and to be illegal. And all bonds, d. edx, promissory
notes bills, or other, evidence of debt, nude or
exeooted by the parties to uucli contract, or either
ot them in cohnsotion with such illegal contract
or as the consideration therefor or ia furth-mm*,
thereof, are hereby declared null aod void, mid
shall be go held in all Courts in this State when
attempt shall be made to enforce any sueli con
tract or give validity to anv such obligation
as evidence of debt. And in all cases wheu tha
defendant or any one interested in the event of
the suit will make a plea, supported by I.is or her
affidavit, that he or she has reason to believe that
the obligation or evidence of indebtedness upon
which the suitjis predicated, or some part thereof
has been given or used for the illegal purpose
aforesaid, tbe burden of proof shall be upon the
plaintiff to satisfy the Court and Jury that the
bond, deed, note, bill or other avidence of indebt
edness upon which said suit is brought, is or are
not nor is any part thereof founded upon or in
any way connected with any such illegal contract,
and has not been nsed iu aid ot the rebellion; aud
tbe date of such bond, deed, note, bill or otlur
evidence of indebtedness shall not be evidence
that it has or has not, since its date, beeu is-
sued, transferred or used in aid of the rebel
lion.
III. It shall be in the power of the General
Assembly to assess and collect npen all debts,
judgments, or causes of action when due, founded
on any contract made or implied before tire first
day of June, 1865, in the hands of any one in his
own right, or trustee, agent or attorney ol anuther,
on or alter the first day of January, l*hi8, u tsx of
not exceeding25 per cent, to be paid by the cred
itor on pain of tbe forfeiture of the debt, hut
chargeable by him as to one half thereof against
the debtor, and collectable with the debt: tTuvi-
ded, That this fax shall Dot be collected if the
debt or cause of action be abandoned or settled
without legal process, or if in judgment be settled
without levy and sale. And provided further, this
tax shall not be levied so long as the Courts of
this State shall not have jurisdiction of such debt!
or causes of action.
ARTICLE VI—EDUCATION.
I. The General Assembly, at its first session
after the adoption of this Constitution, shall pro
vide a thorough system of General Education, to
and pardons, to commute penalties,
init anv part of a sentence for offences against the '
“tif: . .ii | ■ • r r-»4 cturwiss ssrsrKr*
vacancies that happen iu the Senate or Iloffse of I a[ “ 1 sl “* 11 »e Mojkio Justices of the Peace. -V.„n i... ....
Representatives, and shall have power to con voke * SECTION Ml.
the General Assembly on extraordinary occasion* , I There shall be an Attorney General ofthe
and shall give them, from time to time, infor | State whose official term except wlren ap
■nation of the state of the Commonweojth, and i pointed to fill ail uuexpired term, shall be for four
recommend to their consideration such raoi,- vears.
ures as he may deem necessary ami expedi- ( II. It shall be the duty ofthe Attorney General
ent - ’ | to act as the legal adviser of the Executive De-
I\ . \\ hen any office sha.l become vacant by p/trtin&ut, to represent the State in ail criminal
“* k "***“—“ cases in the Supreme and Superior Courts, when
required by the Governor, and to perform such
other services as shall be required of him by
iaw.
S J any other perquisites or emoluments whatever, from
parties, or others, on
i account of any duty required of
owe.Secretaries, uot exceeding two in number
unless more shall be authorized by the Griisral
Assembly.
ARTICLE V—JUDICIARY.
SECTION t.
Superior Court*, or Attorney Oeut-tal, unless nt the
time of his appointment he shall have attained the
agent thirty years, and *hall have been a citizen of
till- Suite three years, and have practiced law for sev
en years.
secttok XI.
I. No total divorce shall be granted except on the
'•oncuirtnk verdieta-ofotwo jnnes.. When a divorce
is granted, the jury renderiug the final verdict shall
determine the rights and disabilities ot the parties,
subject to the revision of the Court.
I. The Judicial Powers of this State shall be
vested in a Supreme Court, Superior Courts.
Courts of Ordinary, Justices of the Peace, Com
missioned Notaries Public, and such other
Courts as have been, or may be established by
law. y .
^SECTION II.
I. The Supreme Court shall consist of three
Judges, two of whom shall constitut-a quorum.
Wheu a majority of the Judges are disqualified
from deciding aqy case, by iuterest or otherwise
the
the superior ununi io *n in rneir stead. At tnr j fhe Snperii
first appoiutuiem of Judges of the .’Supreme Court j diction,
under tltis Constitution, one sholl be appoint'd I IV. Equity Oases shall be tried iu tlie County where
for four years, one for eight years, and one for | a defendunt resides against whom substantial relief is
SECTION xir.
L Divorce cases shall be tried iu the County where
the defendant re.-idea, if a resident, of this State.
II. Criminal ea-es »h«H be tried in the County wbeie
tlu; crime was committed, except eases in the Superior
Oomts when the presiding Judge is satisfied that an
iin;t.Trtial jury cannot be obtained in such County.
III. Cases respecting titles to land shall be tried in
r „ r TTh ,7 ;’ j, To. the County where the laud lies, except where a sin-
Goven,or snail designate certain Judges ol !etriu . t by a County fine, in which case
uperior Cf’Uits to *it in their »tead. At tht Superior (Joint of either County shall have juris-
or to the number of the section iu the Code, but j twelve years; but all subsequent appointments, ; proved.
the ameuding or repealing act shall distinctly and ! except to fill uuexpired terms, shali be for the
fully describe tbe taw to be amended or repealed, term of twelve ye&is
as well as the alterstiou to be-made; but this | II. The Supreme Court shall have no original
clause shall be construed as directory only to th* } jurisdiction, but shall be a Court alone for the
General Assembly
IV No law shall be passed by which a citizen
shall be compelled against Iris consent, directly
or indirectly, to become a stockholder in or con
tribute to any railroad or work of public improve
trig! arid correction ot errors from the Superior
Courts and from tho City Courts of Savannah aud
Augusta, and such other like Courts as may be
hereafter established iu other cities; aud shall sit
at the seat ot GoveruoieiiF at such ti.i e in each
ment, except in the case of the inhabitants of a year as shall he prescribed by law, for the trial
corporate town or city. In such cases, tlie Gen
eral Asaombly may permit the corporate authority
to take such stock, or make such contribution, or
engage in such work, after a majority ot the
qualified wot As of such town or city, voting
at an election held tor the purpose, shall have
voted iu favor ol the game, but not otherwise.
V. The General Assembly strati have no power
to grant corporate powers and privilege* to pri
vate companies, except to Ranking, Insurance,
Railroad, Canal, Navigation, Mining. Express,
Lumber, Manufacturing and Telegraph Compa
nies; nor to make, or change, election precincts;
nor to establish Bridges or Ferries; nor to change
names of legitimate children; but it shail pres
cribe, by law, the manner iu which such pow.rs
shall be exercised by the Courts. But no charter
for any Bank shall be granted, or extended, aud
no act passed authorising the suspension of specie
payments by any Bank, except by a vote of two-
thirds of the General Assembly. The General
Assembly shall pess no law making the S’ate
and cetenniuation of writs of error from srud
Superior and City Courts. The days on which
tho case* from the several Circuits and City
Courts shall be taken up by tbe Court shull be
fixed bylaw
III. The Supreme Court shali dispose of every
case at the first or second term after such writ ot
error is brought; and in case the plarutiff m error
shall not be prepared at tbe first teem to prose*
cute the case, unless prevented by providential
cause, it shall be stricken from tbe docket, and
the judgment below shall stand affirmed. Iu any
case, the Court may, in its uiseretion, withhold
its judgment until Lhd next term after the same
is argn-d
IV. When only two Judges ait in any case, and
they disagree, the judgment below shall stand af
firmed.
SECTION III.
I, There shall bo a J udgs-of the Superior Courts
for each Judicial Circuit. He may act in other
Circuits when authorized by law. At thp fiist
stockholder iu any corporate company; nor shall t appointment of such Judges under this Constiiu
tbe credit ef the State be granted! or loaned, to aid tion, one half of the number (as near as may be)
any company without a provision that the whole appointed for four years, ahd the other half fur
property of the Company shali be bound for the! eight years; but all subsequent appointments,
security of the State, prior to any other debt, or | eft-ept to till tinexpired terms, shall be for the
lien, except to laborers; nor to any Cnmpany in j term of eight years.
which there is not, alresdy, an equal amountin'! II. Th* Superfor Courts shall have exclusive
vested by private persons; norforahy other object jurisdiction in cases of divorce; in criminal cases
tbau a work of public improvement. No provision [ where tbe offeader is subjected to loss of life or
in this Constitution for a two thirds vote of both | confinement in the Penitentiary; iu cases respect
Houses of the General Assembly, shall be cona ! ii.g titles to land and equity cases, except as
strued to waive the necessity of the signature of | hereinafter ptovided; but the General Assembly
tbe Governor, as in any other cases, except in tbe I shall have power to merge the Common Law and
\ . Suit* against joint oblige™, joint promissor*. co
partners, or joint trespu>eors residing in different
Counties, may bo tried in either County.
VI. Sait* against the maker and indorser of prom-
teeory mites, or wilier like instruinonts, residing in dif
ferent Counties, Shall be tried in the County where th#
m.iker reside*.
VIE Aii c..’. r cases shall bo tried in tiie County
where the deft-odant resides.
SKCTIOS XIII.
I. The right of trial by jury, except where it is oth
erwise provided in the Constitution, shall remain in
violate. _
IL The General Assembly shaft provide by law for
the selection of upright and intelligent persons to
serve as Jurors. There shall be no distinction be
tween rite classes of persons who compose grand and
petit juries. Jurors shall receive adequate compensa
tion tor their services, to be prescribed by law.
SICTIOIt xiv.
I. The Courts heretofore existing in this State, styled
Inferior Court*, are abolished, aud their unfinieheff bu-
sines* and the duties of tlie Justices thereof are trans
ferred tsi such tribunals as the Gerieral Assembly may
designate.
SKCTlOir XT.
I. The General Assembly shall have power to pro
vide for the creation of County Commissioners in
such Counties as may require them, and to define their
duties. ,
SECTION. XVI.
I. All Courts not specially mentioned by name in
the first Paragraph or this Section, may be abolished
in any County, at the discretion of the General Assem
bly. and the County Courts now' existing in Georgia
are hereby abolished.
SECTION XTI1.
I No Court in this State shall have jurisdiction to
try or determine any suit against any resident of this
State upon any contract or agreement made or im
plied, or upon any contract made in renewal of any
debt existing prior to the first day of Jane, 1865. Nor
shall any Court or ministerial officer of this State have
authority to enforce any judgment, execution or de
cree rendered or issued upon aay eoatrastor agree
ment, made or implied, or upon any oontract in renew
al of a debt existing prior to th* first day of Joas,
1865, except in th* following oases:
expense of which shall be provided for by taxa
tion, or otherwise.
II. The office of State School Commissioner i*
hereby created. He shall be appointed by ihe
Governor with the consent of the Senate, at;d
shall hold his office for the same term as theGow
eruor. Th** General Assembly shall provide for
said Commissioner a competent salary and neces
sary clerks. He shall keep hi a office at tha Neat
of Government
III The Poll tax allowed by this Cnnstifotion,
any Educational fund now belonging to this
State—except the endowment of and debt dne to
the State University—or that may hereafter be ob
tained in any way, a special tax on tShows and
Exhibitions, and on the sale of spirituous and
malt liquors—which the General Assembly is
hereby authorized to assess—and the proceeds
from the commutation for militia service, aru
hereby set apart and devoted to the support of
Common Schools. And if the provisions herein
made shall, at any time, prove insufficient, tire
General Assembly shall have power to levy s cU
general tax upon the property of the State a!
inay be necessary foi the support of said School
System. And there shall be established, ss soon
as practicable, one or more Common Schools iu
each School District in this State.
I ARTICLE VII—HOMESTEAD AND EXEMP
TION.
SECTION I.
I. Each head of a family, or guardian, or trus
tee, of a family of minor children, shall be entitled
to a homestead of realty to the value of two thou
sand dollars, in specie, and personal property to
the value of one thousaud dollars in specie, both
to be valued at the time (hey are set apart. And
no Court, or Ministerial officer in this State, elm!!
ever have jurisdiction, or authority to enforce any
judgmeut, decree, orexec.utiou against said prop
erty so set apart, including such improvements «s
may be made thereon, from time to time—except
for taxes, money borrowed and expended in the
improvement of the homestead, or for the pur
chase money of the same, and tor labor done
thereon, or material furnished therefor, or removal
of encumbrances thereon. And it shall be the
duty of the General Assembly, as early as practi
cable, to provide, by law, for the setting apart
aud valuation of said preperty, aud to enact law*
for the full and complete protection and security
of the same to the soTe use and benefit of said fam
ilies as aforesaid.
II. All property of the wife, in her possession
at tbe time of her piarriage, aud al! property given
to, inherited, or acquired by her, shall remain her
separate property, and not he liable for the debts
of her husband. , *
ARTICLE yill.—MILITIA.
Bee. I. The Militia shall consist of all aide bo
died male persons between tbe ages of eighteen
and forty five years except such as may be exempt-
ted by the laws of the Uuited States or this Slate:
and shall be organized,officered, armed, equipped
and trained in such manner as may be provided
by law; subject, to the paramount authority of
Congress over this subject.
Sec. II. Volunteer companies of Cavalry, In
fantry orartilery may be formed In such manner,
and with such restrictions, as may be provided by
law. „
Sec. III. No person conscientiously oppo*e!
to bearing arms shall be compelled to do mi.i:i>
duty, but siich persons shall pay an equivalent
for exemption; the amount to be prescribed by
law and appropriated to (he Common School
Fund.
ARTICLE IX—COUNTY OFFICERS.
I. The County officers recognized as existing by
the law* of this State, and not abolished by tbit
Constitution, shall, where not otherwise provided
for in the Constitution,- be elected b^ tbe q •«!••
fied voters of their respective Counties or Dis*
tricto, and shall hold their offices for two years
They shalllie removeable on conviction for mal
practice in office, or on the address of two-tliirdi
of the Senato.
ARTICLE X—SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
I The Seat of Government of this State, from
and after the date of the ratification of this Con
stitution. shall be in the City of Atlanta, and (he
General Assembly shall provide for the erection
of a new Capitol, and snch other buildings as th*
public welfare may require.
II. Tb* General Assembly ahall have po»* r
to provide for the temporary removal of the Sc* :
of Government in case of invasion, pestilence, or
other emergency.
Bibb Cssslf DsaMcralic Clab.
The followicg resolution was offer
ed by Hon. Thom«8 Hardeman at the
meeting of the Bibb County Demo
cratic Club, on Saturday night, March
7, and waa unanimously agreed to;"
Macon Journal ty Messevgert ;
Resolved, That we recommend that
the State Central Executive Commit
tee call District Conventions in each
of the Congressional Districts of
State for the purpose of electing
gates from eaeh District to the
tional Democratic Convention, utl
that tho delegate* from the State #
large be' suggested by the District
Conventions.