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rilOPOSED CONSTITUTION
STATE OF GEORGIA,
A3 ADOPTED BY THE
KI2GIIO-RADICAI. CONVENTION.
III. The Presiding Officer of llio Senate shall he ' sembly, a majority of th'c vote, of the members pres-
styled the President of the Senate, andshall be elected, ; ent shall be necessary lor a Choice. Contested elections
from the Senators.
IV. The Senate shall have the sole power to try im
peachments. When sitting for that purpose, the mem
bers shall be on oath or affirmation, and shall be pre
sided over by ono of the J udges of the Supreme Court,
selected lor that purpose by a rioa roce vote of the
Senate; and no person shall bo convicted without tho
V li . >11,111 "V Uwt C. ktW J Av l W CUv w. . . . , *— °
shallbe determined by both Houses of tho General
Assembly, in such manner 11
aw.
than be prescribed by
III. Xo person shall be eligible) to the office of Gov
ernor who shall not havo been a citizen of the L nited
States fifteen years and a citizen of this State six
years, and who shall not havo attained the age of
[Article I, embracing tbc Bill of Rights
bas already been published.—Eds. Tel.]
ARTICLE 11—FRANCHISE AND ELECTIONS.
Sec. I. In all elections by the people, the Elector
shall vote by ballot.
Sec. II. Every mate person, born in tho United
r> en HOOK WORK, turd wo guarantee satis- States, and every male person who has been nntural
, .... | ized, or who lias legally declared his intention to be
• >mc a citizen of the United States, twenty-one years
old, or up ward, who shall havo resided in this State
six months next preceding the election, and shall
have rcsidod thirty days in the county in which he
offers to vote, and shall havo paid all taxes which
may have been required of him. and which he' may
have had an opportunity ot piping, agreeably to law
for the year next proccding the election, except as
hereinafter provided, pi-,all he deemed an Elector: and
Reasoning and Veracity.—As
ajcimen of the wretched logic and
.■ i-enrd of truth tliatchftractcri7.c the
ot the Radical party, we refer to
the Reconstruction Committee I 3*1® Citizen of tho United States, of the age
. . | aforesaid, except ns hereinafter provided, who may be
[wort oi
Lnduitr the admission of Alabama , , uv , . UUJ ... UU
0 ..... t>..i ix I this Constitution, shall bo deemed an Elector, and
:.t C ,’Hstl.lltlon. 1 crimps It siiall have all the rights of an Fleetor, as aforesaid :
I . :ia. insn.lmlr room lire and Provided, That no soldier, sailor, or marine in the
Lj be impossible toemuocij more lies.tnu , ln uiury or naval service of tho llnitod States, shall
time space. TIlC Alabama acquire tho right, of an Elector by reason of being
<«C 10 me-a 1 | stationed on duty in this State; and no person shall
, have fixed Up their alildaYltS ac- ; voto who, if challenged, shall refuse to take the fol-
*■’ U> " . a .i,„ „f j lowing oath: ‘‘Idoswcar that I havo not given, or
to order, and tne reasoning, OI me received, nor do I expect to give, or receive, any
I " 1 why Iho moioritv urinci- tnoncy. treat, or other thing of value, by which mv
Isiitee show wnj,iue in j 'JP * v ote.or any vote, is affected, or expected to bo af-
w, rctablWbcd.it should not DC fee ted, at this election, nor havo I given, or promised
■UTlDg OCCn csuiuiw » | any rcW ard. or made any threat, by which to prevent
I i « retroactive operation on tuc slate j any person from voting at this election,
i-cua r v ftT . _ I Sec. III. No person convicted of felony or larceny
I Alabama. They aeem vO unru no before any court of this State, or of, or in the United
Ut that the Reconstruction Acte, ^
k on their part definite propo- | who is the holder of any public
-- to tho people of Alabama, in— I moneys shall bo eligible to any office in this State.
" ’ . .., .i,« ; ''Util tho same is accounted for and paid'into tho
bi pledge of faith on the part ot Lon- i Treasury.
! 1 .. .j,m« hv its own law i „ Sce - V. No person who. after the adoption of thi
titbit if UOtlid aoulo oy n 0\ . I Constitution, being a resident of this State, shall cn
seadicity with which the whole cues
this
, en
gage in a duel in this Slate, or elsewhere, or shall send
or accept a challenge, or bo aider or abettor to such
P- .ip Now. it happened that the ; the following classes of persons shall not be permitted
, , , , - , . ; to register, vote, or hold office: First—Those who
as ••lection extended overytpe days In- shall have been convicted of treason, embezzlement of
done, and if the first day was rainy )
others that were clear and every- trea;on .
t could have voted if they nau desired.— felony, or breach of the peace, bo privileged from
. . 4 / Ai. n ! arreat for fivo days beforo an election, during tho clec-
ajnest be Inougut ot tlie leading Com— i tion, and two days subsequent thereto.
•-d Congress when it thus hesitates not j 0f S 'ft c ^^ I ii^ro°hfbftod. ,nt0licatiDC liquora °- n days
.•aposition ot a palpable fraud. The ; A c , c ", 1 £\£ c '"’ JrnJ i ° r f !ectio " f ? r * u officers
11 _ - , , i elected by tho reoplc, who arc to bo commissioned by
:orr is quite a3 unreasonable as tueir tho Governor, and. also, for tho Mfcmbcrs of the Gcn-
. ... . i cral Assembly, shall bo mado to tho Secretary of State,
::t of election “day,” ana everybody in ! unless otherwise provided by law.
.ins knows that where ono voter was dc- j givi^r^c^uLo^o^dot'jrETtiuuhefoXdaring
going to the polls, five went who I t SSSSTa Governor. Members of
iplfcilright to a vote. Congrejs.and of tho General Assembly, aflcrthoyear
, . ISdS, shall connnenco on the Tuesday alter tho first
' Monday in November, unleu otherwise provided by
'a iinui SouTHEitNKn.—Wo have re- J l»w.
Ititfirtlnumber of this journal, pub- j
iaanthly in Atlanta, Go., bj^ Messrs.
ARTICLE III—LEGISLATIVE.
SECTION I.
j I. Tbe Legislative Power shall be vested in a gen-
[T 1, “ r. T>.!7ln- , I C„,., oral Assembly, which shall consist of a Senato and
Htumam A Bailey, edited by cam- ' llouse of Representative?, and until otherwise diree-
[7Ta.d« Terms one dollar nor nnnmn ! members thereof, after tho first election,
.. i . terms one cioiur per nnuum. shall bo elected, nnd tho returns ofthe election made
jsst gotten Up, and the selections of H* p°w prescribed by law. - .
• ' . ' . II. The members of the Senate shall b# elected for
- IT prsctical ana varied. As. our fu- t four yeais. except that tho members elected at tho
■ •rite ilenends imnn the farm rear— ' first election from tho twenty-two Senatorial Dis—
, uepenos upon tiic jarm, gar- trict3 numbered in tbe Constitution with odd num-
i-ti.mrd to a Rleat extent, WO trust berr. shell only hold their oflico for two years. Tiio
; t A'ill sive a lielpiil" hand to such I membsrsoftho House of Representatives shall be
0 elected for two years. The election for members of
- r ia M puulisuers. . tho General Assembly shall begin on Tuesday after
• «ca tho first Monday in November of even - second year,
imirnuitVT nr Timms except tl,e first election, which shall bo within sixty
UmciIMENT OF JUDGP, LIIAoE.— . nner the adjournment of this Convention; hut
:: is a note, in his “Abridgement of the the General Assembly may by law change tho time of
, _ , ... , election, and tbo members shall hold until their suc-
r—:»l Debates,” thus describes tho } rcssoj-s arc elected and qualified.
■r»l,i.i, ,i,„ : III'. The first meeting of the General Assembly
*3 Which tbo Senate Chamber was shall be within ninety days after the adjournment of
■li lor the trial of Judge Chase who was *. b “ Convention, after which it shall meet annually on
, ° the second Wednesday in January, or on fuch other
’! Bay years ngo: [day as the General Assembly may prescribe. A
, . . , majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to
- MM calmmer was ntteu lip in A style . transact businc;?; hut a smaller number may adjourn
■ • priate elegance. Benches, covered from day to day nnd compel the presence of its absent
•.»» i „ i- „ members, os each Houso may provide. No session of
*1H0Q, Oil each side, and ma line WItll tho General Assembly, after tho second under this
rroflhe President, were assigned to Constitution, shall continue longer than forty days,
~-'-trs of the Senate. On the right, and i gjjg - by a TOj ° of tw# * a * w * of cach
fadibe chair, a box was assigned to iv. No person holding a Military Commission, or
and on tho loft o gimilnr liovtn other appointment oroffico, having any emolument or
i V 1- iw*? compensation annexod thereto, under this Stato or
ati bis counsel, and chairs allot!' d tho United. States, or either of them, except Justices
U-ir.er.dj as fie mi"ht. introduce. The of the Peace and officers pf tbo Militia, nor anydo-
tst'tlif —tfi, ; faulter for pnblio money, or for any legal taxes re-
I lloor was occnpicd WItll chairs , t , u j re j of him, shall have a seat in cither Home: nor
• i umodation of the members of the snail any Senator or Representative, after his quali-
5 ! IiCDrescntativoc nnd with imvoc for : fication aasueb. be eleeicd by the General Assembly or
■ rv Ul J’. a •• ,' eS , i appointed by the Governor, either with or without
■ jJonot the foreign ministers, and . the advice and consent of the .Senate, to nny office or
1^1 military officers of the United I appointment, having any emolument.annexed thcre-
"■ the right and left of tho chair, at j for whteh be * h,ve
lunation of tbe benches of the members 1 V. Tho scat of a Member, of either House, shall bo
I«»rt, boxes were assigned to stenogra-1
ftlhi permanent gallery was nllptted to ; section it.
I- yrimiaate admission of spectator... 1 I. There shall he Forty-Four Senatorial Dif-
concurrcnce of two-thirds of the members present.— thirty years. ...... .
Judgments in cases of impeachment shall not extend I TV* In caso ofthedeath, resignation or uuauhty
further than reinoval,from office and disqualification
of the Governor, the Pre.-identof theSenato shall ex-
to hold nnd enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit j ereisethe Executive powers of tho Government until
within tliis Stale: but tho party convicted eliall, nov- , such disability be removed or a successo, is. elected
thcless, he liable and subject to indictment, trial, j and qualified. And in'case of the death • vesjKnation
judgment and punishment according to law. or disability of the President ot the fe -nate, the
I Speaker of the House of Representatives shall cxcr-
BECTtON in. ^ ; vise the Executive powers of tho Government until
I. Tho House of Representatives shall consist of the removal of the disability ortho election and quai-
ono hundred and sciventy-five Representatives, ap- | ideation of a Governor. Tho General Assembly shall
portioned as follows: To tho six largest counties, to ■ have power to provide by law for filling unexpired
wit: Chatham, Richmond, Fulton, liibb, Houston terms hy a special election.
and Uurke, three Representatives each: to the thirty- V. The Governor shall, before ho enters on the ilu-
one next largest, to wit: Eartow, Columbia, Cobb, tics of bis office, take tho-following oath or alfinna-
Cowetn, Clarke. Decatur, Dougherty, Floyd, Gwin- [ tion: "Ido solemnly swear (orallirm,'as the casemay
nett, Grcone, Hancock, Harris, Jcffcr.-oD, Lee, Museo- he.) that I will faithfully execute the office of Gover-
geo. Monroe, Meriwether,Morgan, Macon, Newton, nor of the fc'tato of Georgia, and will, to the best of
Oglethorpe. Pulaski. Randolph, Sumter, Stewart. I my abilities, preserve, protect and defend the Consti-
Troup, Thomas, Talbot. Washington, Wilkes and tution thereof, and the Constitution of the United
Warren, two Representatives cuch; and to tbe re- States of America.”
SECT x ii. » .
I. The Governor shall bo Commsnder-in-Chief pf
the Army and Navy of this State nni of tho Militia
thereof.
II. lie shall havo power to grant reprieves and
pardons, to commute penalties, and to remit any part
ofa sentenceforoffenccs against tho State, except in
cases of impeachment.
IIL Ho shall issuo writs of election to fill all va
cancies that happen in tho Senate, or Houso of Rep
resentatives. and shall have power to convoko the
General Assembly on extraordinary occasions, an.l
inuining ninety-live counties, ono Representative
each.
II. Tho above apportionment may be changed by
the General Assembly after each census by tho United
States Government, but in no event shall the aggre
gate number of Representatives be increased.
III. Tho Representatives shall be citizens ofthe
United States who have attained the age of twenty-
one years, and who, after tho first election under this
Constitution, shall havo been citizens of this State for
one year, and for six months resident of tho counties
from which elected.
IV. Tho presidiogofficerofthoHousoofRcpresen-
. Jr,', 1 ahall rivthem.front time to time, information of
,r,v?, tlie state of 1110 Commonwealth, ar.d recommend to
Bamnuaptatirca,and shallMelected ma voce from their consideration such measures as ho may deem
tho body. ■
V. Tho Houso of Representatives shall havo the
solo power to impeach all persons who shall havo
been or may be in office.
VI. All bills for raising revenue, or appropriating
money, shall originate in tho Houso of Representa
tives, but the Sonata may propose, or concur in
amendments as in other bills.
8ECTI0X IV.
I. Each House shall bo thO_ judge of tho election.
necessary and expedient.
IV. When nny office shall bccomo vacant by death,
resignation, or olhcrniso, tho Governor shall iiaTo
power to fill such vacancy, unless otherwise provided
by law: and persons so appointed shall continuo in of
fice until a successor is appointed ngrcebly to tho
mode pointed out by this Constitution, or by law, in
pursuance thereof.
V. A person once rejected by Ibe Senate, shall not
ww , be reappointed by tho Governor to the same office
returns and qualifications of its members, and shall j during the same session, or the recess thereafter,
havo power to punish them for disorderly behavior, VI. Tbe Governor shall havo tbo revision of all bills
or misconduct, by censure, fine, imprisonment, or ex- passed by both Houses before tbe same shall become
pulsion ; but no member shall be expelled, cxccptTiy ! laws, but two-thirds of each House may pas3 a law.
a voto of two-thirds of tho House from which hois ex- notwithstanding his dissent, and if any bill should
polled. not bo returned by the Governor within fivo days
II. Each nonse may punish, by imprisonment, not ! tSnndays excepted) afterit fcasbeen presented to him,
extending beyond the session, any person not a mem- I tbo same shall be a law, unless tbe General Assembly,
ber, who shall be guilty of acontempt by any disor- i by their adjournment, shall prevent its return. Ho
deny behavior in its presence, or who, during the ; may approve any appropriation and disapprove any
session, shall threaten injury to the person, or estate other appropriation in the same bill, and the latter
ef any member for anything said, or done, in cither shall not be effectual unless passed by two-thirds of
House,.or who shall assault any member going! to. or \ each House. .....
returning therefrom, or who shall rescue or attempt to j \II. Every vote, solution or order, to which tbo
rescue, any person nrrested by order of cither House. I concurrence of both Houses may bo necessary, except
Ilf. Thp members of both Houses shall be freo j on a question of election or adjournment, shall be pre-
from arrest during their attendance on tho General senteu to tbe Governor, and before it shall take effect
Assembly, and in going to, or returning therefrom, | be approved by him, or bc-.ng disapproved, shall be
except for treason, felony, larceny, or breach of the j repassed by two-thirds of each House, accordingtO the
peace; and no member shall be liable to answer in [ vujes andUmitations prescribed in case of a m'l.
any other place for anything spoken in debato in
either House.
IV. Each Houso shall keep a Journal of its pro
ceedings dud publish it immediately after its adjourn
ment. Tbo ye.’.s and nays of tho members on any
question shall, at tho desire of one-fifth of tbe mem
bers present, be enteicd on the Journal. The origi
nal Journal shall bo preserved, after publication, in
the office of the Secretary of State, but there shall be
no atber record tborcof.
V. Every bill before it shall pass shall bo read threo
times and on three separate days in each Jlouse, un
less in cases of actual invasion or insurrection. Nor
shall any law or ordinance pass, which refers to more
than one subject, matter, or contains matter different
I 'Iasivo accommodation of'ladies, "But U Tho*Ffaitl!l»Sfct of Chatham. Bryac and Effing-
•toliar elegance,intended primarily for J
fiasive accommodation of Indies, But '
i^tura oi tuc*. Mmnccmcnt. made bv the ham. „ _ __ _
I resident, wasn’t an early period of the (0 ^ 10 Sccond District of Liberty. Tatnall and Mcln-
luml<)Ded l it hairng been found im- The Third District of Wayne, Pierce and Appling.
|-‘»b!e to separate tbe spToe SMhai.r. Tho Fourth District of Glynn, Camden and Charl-
> separate the sexes. At the ter- .
; t this gallery, on each side, boxes “ 'riv* Fifth District of Coffee. Ware and Clinch.
I j-tially assigned to ladies attached to Tho Sixth District of Ecfeols, Lowndes and Berrien.
•i- ; ' Thc-l.iv>- Tt..-.Seventh DiMri.-t ..f Br-oks. Ihotnos and U.l-
I 3M order was devolved on tbc Mar- ; 1 Tho Eighth District of Decatur, Mitchell and MU-
,, e District of Columbia, who was
- wj a number of deputies.
1 ne ^ B *tc Military Committee lioa
—>t to takA any action at present ou
• of Mr. Ewing to tbe Secretary ol
t 1 -.!'. isprobabli: that the matter will
! 'Mbed on tho tnhlo till tho end of
®*nt proceedings.
■ VIII. There shall bo a Secretary of State, a
Comptroller General, a Treasurer and Surveyor Gen
era). elected by tbe General Assembly, and they shall
hold their offices for the liko period os tho Governor,
and shall havo a competent salary, which shall not bo
increased, or diminished, during tho period for which
they shall have been elected. Tbo General Assembly
may, at any time, consolidate any two of these offices,
and requiroall the dutiea to bo discharged by ono
officer.
IX. The Great Seal of tho State shall bo deposited
in tbo offico of the Secretary of State, andshall not bo
affixed to any instrument of writing but by order of
the Governor, or General Assembly: and that now in
use shall bo tbc Great Seal of tbo State until other
wise provided by law. ...
X. Tho Governor shall ha« power to appoint his
own Secretaries, not cxcccdingtwo in number,"unless
more shall be authorised by tbo General Assembly-
pointed to fill an unexpired term, shall be four years
II. It shall be the duty of the Solicitor Ueneral to
represent tho State in all cases in the Superior Court
of his Circuit, and in all oases taken up from his Cir
cuit to tho Supremo Court, and to perform such other
services as shall be required of him by law.
SECTION IX.
I. Tho Judges of the Supreme and Superior Court,
tho Attorney General, Solicitors General and the Dir
trict Judges and Attorneys, shall be appointed by the
Governor, with the advice and consent of tho Senate,
and shall bo removable by the Governor on tho ad
dress of two-thirds of each branch of tho General As
sembly, or by impeachment and conviction thereon
II. Justices of the Peace shall be elected by the le
gal voters in their respective districts, and shall be
commissioned by tho Governor. They shall bo re
movable on conviction for malpractice in office,
section x.
I. The Judge? of the Supreme and Supc
rior Courts, and tho Attorney and Solicitors
General shall have, out of the Stato Trcas
ury, adequate and honorable salaries on tho spe
cie basis, which shall not bo increased or diminished
during their continuance in office. The District
Judges and District Attorneys shall receive, out of
tbo Treasuries ofthe several counties of their districts,
adequate compensation, on the specie basis, which
shall not be increased or diminished during their term
of office: but said Judges shall not receivo any other
perquisites or emoluments whatever, from parties, or
others, on account of any duty required of them.
II. Tho General Assembly shall provide for tho
equitable apportionment of tho compensation ofthe
District Judges andAttorneys between the counties
composing their districts,nnd shall require tho moneys
arising from fines and forfeitures in tlie District Courts
to bo paid into the Treasuries thereof.
III. No person shall be Judge ofthe Supreme or
Superior Courts, or Attorney General, unless at the
time of his appointment ho shall have attained the
age of thirty years, and shall have been a citizen of
this State threo years, and havo practiced law for
seven years.
SECTION XI.
I. No total divorco shall bo granted except on tho
concurrent verdicts of two juries. When a divorco is
granted, the jury rendering the final verdict shall de
termine tho rights and disabilities of tho parties, sub
ject to the revision of tho Court.
SECTION XII.
I. Divorce cases shall ho tried in the County whero
the defendant resides, if a resident of this State.
II. < "riiiiiii.il cases shall ho tried in the County
where tho crime was committed, except cases in tho
Superior Courts when tho presiding Judge is satisfied
that an impartial jury cannot ho obtained in such
County.
III. Cases respecting titles to land shall be tried
in tho County where the land lies, except where a
singlo tract is divided by a County line, in which
caso tiio Superior Court of cither County shall have
j urisdiction.
IV. Equity cases shall be tried in the County where
a defendant resides against whom substantial relief
is l-rayed
from what is expressed in the title thereof.
VI. Alt acts shall be signed by tbe President of tho
Senate and tho Speaker of the House of Representa
tives; and no bill, ordinance, or re-olution, intended
to havo tho effect of a law, which shall havo been ro- ARTICLE V—JUDICIARY,
jected by cither House, shall be og.iu proposed du- I
ring tbe same session, under the same, or any other : section i.
title, without the consent of two-thirds of the House : I. Tho Judicial Powers of this Stato shall be vtsted
by which the same was rejected. in a Supremo Court, Superior■ Courts, Courts of Or-
VII. Neither llouse shall adjourn for more than . dinaiy. Justices of tho I’care. Commissioned Notaries
three days, nor to any other place, without tho con- ' Public, and such other Courts as havo been, or may
s ent of the other; and in caso of disagreement be-*d be established by Iniy.
tween the two Houses on a question"of adjournment, 1 section ii.
thjtSj»T«gor ma Y adjourn cith erbr both of them. . | I. The Supreme Court shall consist of three Judges.
each; a Journalizing Clerk, two Engrossing and two
Enrolling Clerks for each House, and tbe number
shall not bo increased exoept by a vote of the Uou^e.
And their pay. as well as the pay and miloage of the
members, shall bo fixed by law.
IX. Whenever the Constitution requires a voto of
two-tbirds of cither or both Honses for tbe passing of
an act or resolution, tbo yeas and nays on tho passage
thereof shall bo entered on tho Journal, and all votes
on o mfirmations, or refusals to confirm nominations
to office by tbo Governor, shall be by yeas and nays,
and tho yeas and nays shall bo recorded on tho Jour-
X. Every Senator, or Representative, before taking f nehUaein each yeariii shall be'prescribed by law,
his seat, shall take an oath, or affirmation, to support f or t p e tr : a i au j determination of writs of error from
tho Constitution of tho United States, and ol this (a id Superior and City Courts. The days on which
State: that ho has not practiced any unlawful means, ! tho cases from the several Circuits and City Courts
directly or indirectly, to procure his election, and ! e ^ n n bo taken up by the Court shall be fixed by law.
that he has not given, or offered, or promised, or xil. Tho Supreme Court shall Jisnoso of every caso
caused to bo given, or offered, or promised, to any at t bo first or second term after such writ of error is
person, any money, treat, or thing of value, with in- brought: and in caso tho plaintiff in error shall not
tint to affect any vote, or to prevent nnyperson voting be prepared at tho first term toprosccntothooase, un-
at the election at which he was elected. less prevented by Providential cause, it shall be
stricken from the docket* and the judgment below
designate certain Judges of tho Superior Courts to sit
in tlioir.-lead. At the first appointment of Judges of
the SuprcmeTTP'urt under this Con-'.tution, oneslitU
be appointed for four years, one for eight years, nnd
ono for twelve years: but all subsequent appointments,
except to fill unexpired terms, shall bo for tbo term
Of twelve years. _ ....
II. The SupremeCourt shall have no original juris
diction. but shall bo a Court alone for the trial and
correction of errors from tho Superior Courts and from
the City Courts of Savannnh-and Augusta, and such
other like Courts as may bo hereafter established in
other cities; and shall sit at the scat of Government at
disagree, tho judgment below shall stand affirmed.
SECTION III
I. There shall bo a Judge of the Superior Courts for
. I
Tho Ninth District of Eariy, Calhoun and Baker.
The Tenth District of Dougherty, Lee and Worth.
The Eleventh District of Clay, Randolph and Ter-
nil.
The Twelfth District of Stewart, Webster and Quit-
"''Tho Thirteenth District of Sumter, Schley and Ma-
°The Fourteenth District of Dooly, Wilcox and Pu-
a Xh» Fifteenth District of Montgomery, Telfair and
The Sixteenth District of Laurens, Johnson and
Emanuel. _ ..... j. ,
* ,j, he e: cv( . n t Cl , n -b District of Bulloch, Screven and
Savannah improved Gas Light n #c- Ki ,h,
f° r g»ni*ed with the following ofli- and Jeff
cock
-w, - v > President
•«*en, W. Noylo Habersham, J. G.
,'""DeLeon, M. A. Cohen, and C.
liIT tor *.
Bruyn, Secretary and General
L Company.
- Logan, of Illinois, made a atata-
f- the House of Rcprezentutivcs on
Clark, the Superintendent
‘’juory Prjuting Bureau, had told
(Clark) had obtained thecertifi-
•te other offioiais of tho Treasury
i in their presence of can-
: t h District of Richmond, Gls
art Jefferson.
The N’inctfciith District of Taliaferro, n arren and
Greene. _ , ,
Tho Twentieth Disirict of Baldwin, Hancock and
Washington. _ .
Tim Twenty-First Disirict of Twiggs, M llkinson
and Jones.
The Twenty-Second District of Bibb, Monroo and
Pike.
The Twenty-Third District of Houston. Crawford
and Tayior.
The Twenty-Fourth District of Marion. Chatta
hoochee nnd Mnscogce.
The Twenty-Firth District of Harris, Upson nnd
Talbot.
Tho Twenty-Sixth District of Spalding, Butts and
layette.
The Twenty-Seventh District of Newton, Walton
and Clarke.
The Twenty-Eighth District of Jasper. Putnam and
Morgan.
The Twenty-Ninth District of Wilkes. Lincoln and
Columbia.
Tho Thirtieth District of Oglethorpe, Madison and
Elbert. _ ...
The Thirty-First District of Hart, Franklin and
Lun
SECTION V.
I. Tho General Assembly shall havo pawer to make
all laws and ordinances, consistent with this Constitu- j
tion, and not repugnant to tbo Constitution of the j
United States, which they shall deem necessary and j
proper for tho rvclfaro of the State.
II. The General Assembly may alter the boundaries
of, or lay off and establish new Counties, or abolish H
Counties, attaching tho territory thereof to contigu- I cOTh JudieLl Circuit. Ho may act m other Circuits
ous Counties, but no new County shall bo established [ ®‘ h authorized by law. At the first appointment of
but by a vote oftwo-tbirds of each House; nor shall i Judges under this Constitution, ono half ofthe
any County beabolishcd except by a vote of two-thiiMs nmnbcr (is near asmay bolahall be appointed for four
of c&cli House, nnd sftcr tho Qunlifiwl voters of the j _. nN nnr i <!.« ntimr half for pi>»}it vR&rf hut nil sub*
County shall, at an election held for the purpose, so j f^nt ^intmentl except to fiiluncxpirei terms,
dccido. shall be for tho term of eight years. .
.", section > i. , | IX. Tho Superior Courts shall have exclusive juns-
I. No money shall oe drawn from tho Treasury ex- j diction in cases of divorce; in criminal cases, whero
ccpt by appropriation made by law, and a rosular 1 - - - - -- - -
statement and acconntof tbo receipt and expenditure
of nil public money shall be published from time to
time, nnd, also, with tbe laws passed at each cession
of tbo General Assembly.
II. N’o rote, resolution. law, or order, shall pass,
granting a donation, or gratuity, in favyrot any per
son, except by the concurrence of two-tbirds of each
ranch.of the General Assembly, nor, by any vote, to
sectarian corporation or association.
III. No law or section ofthe Code shall be amended
or repealed by mere reference to its title or to tho
number of the section in tho Code, but tho amending
or repealing act shall distinctly and fully describe the
\iw to he amended or repealed, as well as the altera
.V. Suits against joint obligers, joint promissorg, co
partners, or joint trespassers residing in different
Counties, may bo tried in cither County.
VI. Suits against tho maker and indorsor of prom
issory notes, or other liko instruments, residing in
different Counties, shall bo tried in tho County where
tbo maker resides. .
VII. A11 other cases shall bo tried in tho County
whero tho defendant resides.
SECTION XIII
I. Tho riirht of trial by jury, except where it is oth
erwise provided in tho Constitution, shall remain in
violate.
II. The General Assembly shall provide by law for
the selection of upright and intelligent persons to
servo as Jurors. There shall be no distinction be
tween the classes of persons who compose grand and
petit juries. Jurors shall reecivoadcauatecompen-
satiwi l'jr their .cn kvs, to be prescribed by law.
SECTION XIV.
I. Tho Courtsheretoforo existing in this State.styled
Inferior Courts, aro abolished,! and their unfinished
business nnd the duties of tho Justices thereof aro
transferred to such tribunals as tho General Assembly
may designate.
8ECTI0X XV.
I. Tho General Assembly shall have power to pro
vide for the creation.Of Omuity.Commissioners in
such Counties as may require them, and to define
their duties.
SECTION XVI.
I. All Courts not specially mentioned by name in
tho first Paragraph of this Section, may be abolished
in any County, atthodiscretionof thcGeneral Assem
bly, and tho County Courts now existing in Georgia
aro hereby abolished.
section xvn.
I. No Court in thi3 State shall have jurisdiction to
try or determine any suit against any resident of this
.’-tuto upon any contract or agreement made or im
plied. or upon any contract mado in renowal of any
debt existing prior to the first day of Juno, 1865. Nor
shall any Court or ministerial officer of this Stato havo
authority to enforce any judgment, execution or de
cree rendered or issued upon any contract or agree
ment, mado or implied, or upon any contract in re
newal ofa debt existing prior to the first day of June,
1865, except in tho following cases:
l.jln suits against trustees where the trust prop
erty is in tho hands of the trustee, or has boen in
vested by him in other specific effects now- in his
hands, nnd in suits by tho vendor of real estate against
the vendee, where not mure than one-third ofthe
purchaso money has been paid, and tho vendee is in
possession of tho land or specific effects for which he
fins sold it. and he refuses to deliver the land ; or said
effects to tho vendor. In such cases the Courts and
ofiicers may entertain jurisdiction anil onforcA judg
ments again* t raid trust property or land or effects.
In sui’s for tho benefit of minors by trustees ap-
such improvements as may be mado thereon, from
time to time—except for taxes, money borrowed and
expended in the improvement of the homestead, or
for the purchaso money of the same, and for labor
done thereon, or material furnished therefor, or re
moval of encumbrances thereon. And it shall be tbe
duty of the General Assembly, as early as practica
ble, (p provide, by law, for the setting apart and val
uation of said property, and to enact laws for tho full
and complete protection and security of the same to
tho sole use and benefit of said families as aforesaid.
II. All property of the wife, in her possession at
the time of her marriage, and all property given to,
inherited, or acquiredjby her, shall remain her sep
arate property, and not be liable for tho debts of her
husband. • __
ARTICLE VIII.—MILITIA.
Sec. I. The Militia shall consist of all ablo bodied
male persons between tho ages ef eighteen and forty-
five years, except such as may be exempted by the
laws of the United States or this State; 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 sub-
"ect.
Sec. II. Volunteer companies of Cavalry, Infantry
or arttilcry may be formed in such manner, and with
such restrictions, as may bo rrovided by law.
Sec. III. No person conscientiously opposed to
bearing arms shall be compelled to do militia duty,
but such persons shall pay an equivalent for exemp
tion: the amount to be prescribed by law and appro
priated to the Common School Fund.
ARTICLE IN-COUNTY OFFICERS.
I. Tho CouDty officers recognized as existing by tho
laws of Hiis Stato, and not abolished by this Consti
tution, shall, where not otherwise provided for in the
Constitution, be elected by the qualified voters of
their respective Counties or Districts, nnd shall hold
their offices for two years. They shall be removable
on conviction for malpractice in office, or on the ad
dress of two-thirds ofthe Senate.
ARTICLE X-SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
I. The Scat of Government of this State, from and
after the dato of tho ratification of this Constitution,
shall be in tho Ci*y of Atlanta, and the General As
sembly shall provide for the erection of a new Capitol,
and such other buildings aa tho public welfaro may
require.
II. The General Assembly shall have power to pro
vide for tho temporary removal of tho Scat of Gov
ernment in caso of invasion, pestilence, or other
emergency^
GEORGIA NEGRO-RADICAL CONVENTION.
SIXTY-SEVENTH AND LAST DAY.
[condensed.]
Atlanta, March 11, 18G8.
On motion of George Asbburn, a resolu
tion asking Congress that it be gracious
enough to remove all disabilities from all the
citizens of Georgia, was taken up and adopt
ed.
Tho following article in the Constitution
was taken up and adopted;
ARTICLE ON THE LAWS OF GENERAL OPERATION"
IN FORCE IN THIS STATE.
L As the Supreme Law the Constitution of the
United States ; the laws of the United States in
pursuance thereof, and all treaties made under the
authority of the United States.
II. As next in authority thereto this Constitu
tion.
III. In subordination to the foregoing, all
acts passed by any legislative body, sitting in this
State as such, since tho 10th day of January, 1S01,
including that body of laws known as the Code of
Georgia, and the acts amendatory thereof, or
nasci.s! cinoA thnt. timft. \chirh said f!ndp. nnd nr»t«3
shall atand affirmed. In any case, tho Court may, in b .1 'T? tho first day of June,
its discretion, withhold iU judgment uu-itthe next . 3. iitejsajit-iit corporation^ in ] their corporate
term after tho sarno is argued.
IV. When only two Judges sit in any case, and they
tion to be made: bat tbis clause shall be construod as
directory onlyto tho General Assembly.
IV. No law shall he passed hy which a citizen shall
be compelled again=t bis consent, directly or indi
rectly, to bechme n stockholder in orcontribute to any
railroad or work of public improvement, excopt in tho
cuse-oftho inhabitants of a corporate town or_ city.
In such cases, tho General Assembly may permit tho
corporate authorities to take such stock, or makesuch
contribution, or engage in such work, nftcr a major
ity of the qualified voters of such town or city, voting
nt nn election held for tho purpose, shall hare voted i
in favor of the same, but not otherwise.
V. The General Assembly shall have H'> power to
grant corporate powers and privileges to prim* com
panies, except to Banking, Insurance. Railroad. Ca
nal, Navigation, Mining. Express, Lumber, Manu
facturing and Telegraph Companies; nor to make, or
change, election precincts; nor to establish Bridges or
Ferries: nor to change mimes of legitimate children:
but it Stall prescribe, by lair, the manner in which
=uch powers shall be exercised by the Courts. But no
charter for any Bank shall bo granted, or extended,
and noaet pasted authorising the suspension ofsneeio
t he offender is subjected to lews of life or confinement
in the Penitentiary: in ease? respecting titles to land
and equity cases, except ns hereinafter provided; but
tho General Assembly shall havo powerto tnergo the
Common Law and Equity Jurisdiction of said Courts.
Said Courts shall havo jurisdiction in all other civil
cases, except as hereinafter provided. They shall have
appellate jurisdiction in all such cases as may bo pro
vided by law. They shall havo power to correct
errors in Inferior Judicatories, by writ of certwron,
which shall only i=:uo on tho sanction ofjtho Judge;
and to issuo writs of mandamus, prohibition, scire
facias, and all other writs that may bo necessary for
carrying their powers fully into effect, and shall have
such other powers as shall bo conferred on them by
III. Thcre-shall be no appeal from ono jury in tho
Snporior Courts to another; but the Court may grant
new trials on legal grounds. Tho Court shall render
judgment without tho verdict of a jury in all civil
cases, founded on contract, where an issuable defence
is not filed on oath.
IV. Tho Superior Courts shall sit in each county
not less than twice in each year, at such times a3 havo
been, or may bo appointed by law.
8ECTION IV.
I. Until tho General Assembly shall otherwise di
rect, there shall be a District Judge and a District At
torney for each Senatorial District in this State.
II. Tho District Judge shall have jurisdiction
hear and determine all offences not punishable with
death or imprisonment in tho Penitentiary; nnd it
shall bo tho duty of tbo District Attorney to repre
sent the State in all cases before the District Judgo.
ILL The District Judge shallsitat stated times, not
less than once iu each month in each County in his
District, forthe trial of offences, and atsucli other
time* as the General Assembly may direct.
murmcmtaVy any Bank.sxeept by a voto of two-thirds IV. Offences shall bo tried before tho District Judge
oftbc General Assembly. ThcGeneral Assemblysbnll on a written accusation founded OB affidavit; satu
.*» to tiio amount of ^1S,040,000, Baherslmm. __ . , '
in truth 110 s «ch bon,is hail J d b i>a^T • L ’
41,/, i that ivlmt M as fopposed to The Thirty-Third District of Hall, Ban
;U PI
! wm nothing but blank paper,
m, U®*ot Commi tteo was ordered to
■ - J 6 matter and report Wcdnes-
pkin
ks nnd
of Gwinnett, DtKnlb
** Chicago Radical Convention.
* 4 Convention made choice
oi
to represent tho ne-
| . Yankees nnd apostate Geor-
: c ; {«ag°Nominating Convention:
> BMeett, J. R. Par-
Hopkins.
• **• Dunning, H. K. MeCny, J. L.
JlbulrHw-ris. Isaac Seeley.
. • JTH. Whlteley, John Murphy.
Maul!, W.C. Smith.
'*• G. Wilbur, W. n. White-
CW-P^Cotting, Ephraim Tw. edey.
-• ," )'• Adams Madison Bell.
cl ~L. P. ,; U d K er, W. H. Wat-
r ,c 5 lrom ,bc Congressional
" ' r ,'“ to select an alternate in
file to attend.
Jackson. _ , . .
Tlie Xhirty-Iourth Distri
‘""qqiu Xhiriy-Fifth District of Clayton, Fulton ar.d
The Thirty-Sixth District of Meriwether, Coweta
* TbiTTi'irte-Sevcnth District of Troup, Heard and
C, Tbo Thirty-Eighth District of-Haralson. Polk and
F Th e * IJi I ft y-Nin t h District of Cherokee. Milton
“'The Fortieth District of Union, Towns and Rabun.
Tlie Forty-First District oi J-annin, Gilmer and
F The'Forty-Second District of Bartow, Floyd i.nd
Tbo Forty-Tlii.c. Disirict oi Murray, Whitfield and
The Forty-Fourth District of Walker, Dade and
If a new County be established it sbnl) be added to
a District which it adjoins, and from which tbe larger
portion of its territory is taken. The Senatorial Dis
tricts may lie changed by tho General. Assembly, but
only nt tiie first session after tho publication of each
census by tlie United States Government, and their
number shall not bo increased. ,
II. The Senators shall bo citizens of the United
Suites, who have attained the age oflwcntji-liie years,
and w ho. after the first election under tbis Constitu
tion shall hove been citizens of this Stato for two
years, ami for one year resident ofthe District from
which elected.
PM* no 1«V making the Stale a stockholder in any
corporato company: nor shall tho credit oftho^tato
be granted, or loaned, to aid any company without a
provision that tho whole property of the Company
shali bo bound forthe security 01 the State, prior to
any other debt, or lien, except to laborcnq nor to any
Company in which there is not. already, an equal
amount invested by private persons: nor lor any other
object than a work of public improvement. No
provision in tbis Constitution for*i two-third* vote e
both Houses ofthe Genera! Assembly., shall bo eon
strued to waive tiio neccstity of the signature of tho
Governor, Min any other eases, except in theeaieoi
the two-third* voto required to override the veto.
ARTICLE IV—EXECUTIVE.
SECTION I.
I. The Executive imwer shall bo vested in a Gov
ernor, who sha"'
chosen ami ft qnriUiedr _ Ho shall havo a competent
5 Gary established by law„whiclrshnll not be increased
or diminished during the period for which he shad
havo been elected: nor .'hull lie receive within that
period anv other emolument lrom the United States,
or either of them, or from any foreign power.
II. After the first election, tbo Governor shall be
elected quadrennially, by the persons qualified to
vote for members of the General Assembly, on tbo
Tuc*Jay after tho first Monday in November, until
such time be altered by law, which election shall bo
hcKl attho places of holding general elections in the
several oounties of this State, in tbe same manner as
is prescribed for tho election of members of the Gene
ral Assembly. The return* for every election or Gov-
ernor, after tho first, shall bo sealed up by the Mana-
ger?. separately from other return?, and directed to
the Pr< fildent of the Senate nnd Speaker of the House
of Representative?, and transmitted to nut bxeellency.
accusation shall plainly set forth tho Offence charped,
and shall contain the name of tho accuser, and be
sicned by the District Attorney. «!.*_» a
V. The:o shall be no jury trial beforo the Distnct
Judge oxcept when demanded by the accused, in
which case tiio jury shall corsist of seven.
VI. Such civil jurisdiction may bo conferred on the
District Judge as tho General Assembly may-direct.
. _ VII. The Distri .-i Judges and Attorney, shall hold
ole of their offices for a period of Fur years, andshall re
ceive for their services such Stated compensation, in
their respective Districts aamaybo provided by law,
but in no event ?hall their compensation be in any-
wifft dependent on fine?, forfeiture? or cost?.
SECTION' V.
I. Tho powers of a Court of Ordinary and of Pro-
‘ II be vested in an Ordinary for each County,
bate shall bo vested in an urumary j , _ - -
miuFun«* •!*>*, ww - —„ from who?e decision there may be an nppcaHo the bu
ll bold his office during tho term oi i perior Court,under regulations proscribe
until such time ns a successor shall bo j ji 10 Court of Ordinary shall havo i
bed bv
suun powers
in relation to road?, bridge?, ferries, public building?,
paupers, County onicer?, County funds and taxes and
other matter?, as shall be conferred on them by law.
III. Tho Ordinary shall hold las office for tho term
of four years, and until his successor is elected and
qualified.
SECTION VI.
I. Thero shall bo in each Dictrict, one Justice of
the Peace, whose official term, except when elected to
fill an unexpired term, shall befourycars. . .
IL Th» Justices of tho Peace shall have juris lie*
tion, except as hereinafter provided, in all Civil cases
where the principal ?uin claimed does_ not exceed one
hundred dollar?, and may ?it at anytime for the trial
of such cases j but in cases where the sum claimed is
more than fifty dollars, there may be an appeal to the
Superior Court, under such regulations as may be
pr« scribed by law.
jk isLUiLin cr, uuu iiiijiruiinx” * — . . .• A J
the Governor, or the person exercising tno duties oi .
Governor for tho. time being, who shall, without gui
opening the ?aid return?, cause the muuc
to be laid before the .Senate, on tlie day
alter the two IIou>e»- ?hall have been organized: and
they shall be transmitted by the Senate to the llouse
of Kepre-cntatives. The members of each branch of
the General Assembly shall convene in tho Ropresen- •
tiitivo Hall, and tho President of the Senate and tho
Speaker of the House of Representatives shall open
and publish the returns in the presence ofdhc General
Assembly ; and the person having the majority of the
whole number of vote? given shall be declared duly
elected Governor of this State; but if no per?on have
*uch majority* then from the two persons having tbe
highest number of vote*, who shall be in lite, and
shall not decline an election at the time appointed for
pr. scriDeu oy mw. r ., ,
III. Them shall be no appeal to a jury from thede-
. ion of a Justice of the Peace, except a? provided
in the foregoing paragraph. . . , .
IV. Notaries Public may be appointed and com
missioned by the Governor, net to exceed ono for each
Militia District, for i term of tour year?, and shall be
Justices of the Peace.
whose official term, except when appointed to fill
unexpired term, shall be four year?.
II. It shall be the duty ofthe Attorney General to
act as the legal adviser of the Executive Department,
to represent tho State in all
section' VII. / State.
I. There shall be an Attorney General of tho Statcl ARTICLE vy-HOMESTEAD ANDEXEMPTI0
" 1 .... ...kan minm'nfoii fn fill n n *" .. .
capacity, but riot ro as to cnforco the debt against the
stockholders or officers thereof in their individual ca
pacity.
4. In suits by charitablo or literary institutions for
money loaned, property—other than slaves—sold, or
services rendered by such institutions.
5. In suits on debts due for mechanical or. manual
labor, when tho suit is by the mechanic or laborer.
6. -In cases when the debt is set up by way of de
fence, nnd tho debt set up exceeds any debt duo by
defendant to pluntiff of which tho Courts arc denied
jurisdiction.
7. In all other cases in which tho General Assembly
shall by law give tho said Courts nnd Officers jurisdic
tion: Provided, that no Court or officer shall havo,
nor shall tho General Assembly givo jurisdiction or
authority, to try or give judgment on nr enforce any
dobt, tho consideration ofwhich was a slavo or slaves,
br tho hire thereof.
II. All contracts mado and not executed during the
Into rebellion, with tho intention nnd for the purpose
of niding and encouraging said rebellion, or whero it
was tho purpose and intention of any ono of tho par
ties to such contract to aid or encourage such rebel
lion, and that fact was known to tho other party,
whether said contract was mado by any personorcor-
poration with the Stato or Confederate States, or by a
corporation with a natural person, or betweeen two or
rnoro natural persons, are hereby declared to havo
been and to bo illegal, and all bonds, deeds, promis
sory notes, bills, or other evidences of debt, made or
excouted by tho parties to sueh contract, or cither of
them in connection with such illegal contract, or as
the consideration therefor or in-furtherance thereof,
aro hereby declared null and void, and shall bo so
heid in all Courts in this State when attempt shall be
mado to cnforco any such contract or give validity to
any such obligation or evidence of debt. And in nil
cases when tho defendant or any one interested in the
event of the suit will make a idea, supported by his
or her affidavit, that he or she has reason to believe
that tho obligation or evidence of indebtedness upon
which tho suit is predicated, or soiuo part thereof has
been given or used for the illegal purpose aforesaid
tho burden of proof shall bo upon tho plaintiff to sat
isfy the Court and Jury that tho bond, deed, note, bill
or other evidence of indebtedness upon which said
suit is brought, is or aro not nor is any part thereof
founded upon or in any way connected with any such
illegal contract, and has not been used in aid of tho
rebellion; and the dato of such bond, deed, note, bill
or other ovidcnco of indebtedness shall not be evi
dence that it has or has not, since its date, been is
sued, transferred or used in aid of tho rebellion.
III. It shall bo in tho power of tho General Assem
bly to assess and collect upon all debts, judgments, or
causes of action when due, founded on any contract
made or implied beforo the first day of June, 1S65, in
the hands ot any one in his own right, or trustee, agent
or attorney of another, on or after the first day of
January, 1S68, a tax of not exceeding ffo per cent, to
be paid by the creditor on pain of the forfeiture ofthe
debt, but chargeable by him as to one-half thereof
against tho debtor, and collectable with tho debt:
Provided, That this tax shill not bo collected if tho
debt or cause of action be abandoned or settled.with
out legal process, or if in judgment be settled without
levy and talo: And provided further, this tax shall
not bo levied so long as the Courts of this Stato shall
not have jurisdiction of tuch debts or causes of ac-
tl ™' ARTICLE VI—EDUCATION. ■>.
■I- The General Assembly, at its first session after
the adoption of this Constitution, shall nroviJo a
tiiorougti system of General Education, to be forever
free to all tho children of tho State, tho expense of
which shall he provided for by taxation, or other-
wise.
II. The office ofState School Commissioner i3 here
by created. He shall be appointed by the Governor
with the con?ent of tho Senate, and shall hold his of
fice for the same term a? the Governor. The General
Assembly shall provide for said Commissioner a com
petent ? ilary and necessary clerks. lie shall keep his
office at the Seat of Government.
III. The Poll tax allowed by this Constitution, nny
Educational fund now belonging to thi? Stato^except
the endowment of and debt duo fc) the State Univcrsi-
ty—or that may hereafter be obtained in any way, a
special tax on Shows and Exhibitions, and on the sale
of spirituous and malt liquors—which the General
Assembly is hereby authorized to assess^-and the pro
ceeds from the commutation for militia service, are
hereby set apart ami devoted to the support of Com
mon Schools. And if the provisions herein “ijde
shall, at any time, prove insufficient, the General A
sembly shall hav
upon
for t
ahall —, , ... .
more Common Sohools in each School District in this
the Legislature to elect, the General Assembly shall
immediately elect a Governor r,r . core • and in all
eases of election of a Governor by the General A--
...il and criminal cases
tho Supreme and Superior Courts, when required
by the Governor, and to perforin such other services
as shall he required of him hy law.
SECTION VIII.
I. There shall be a Solicitor General for eaoh Judi-
SECTION
L Each head of a family, or guardian, or trustee,
of a family of minor children, shall be entitled to a
homestead of realty to the value ot two thousand dol
lar.*, in specie, and personal property. lo t the value of
-usand dollars in specie, both *
the
terial
or authority.to enforce any judgment, decree, oroxe-
passed since that time, which said Code and acts
are embodied in the printed book known as “Ir
win’s Code;” and also so much of the Common
and Statute laws of England and of Hie Statute
laws ot Georgia as were in force in this State on
the 19th day ot December, 1869, as are not super-
ceded by said Code, though not embodied therein,
except so much of the said several Statutes, Code
and Laws as may be inconsistent with the supreme
law herein recognized, or may have been passed in
aid of the late rebellion against the United States,
or may be obsolete or may refer to persons held
in slavery, which excepted laws arc inoperative
and void ; and any luture General Assembly shall
bo competent to alter or repeal (if not herein
prohibited) auy portion of Ibe laws declared to be
of lorce in this third specification of this clause of
this article: And if auy of said laws herein de
clared of lorce, the word “Confederate” occurs
before the words States, such law is hereby amen
ded by substituting tbe word “United” for the
word '‘Confederate.”
Local and private acts passed for the benefit of
counties, cities, towds, corporations and private
persons, not inconsistent with the Supreme Law,
nor with this Constitution, and which have not ex
pired nor been repealed, shall have the force of
Statute Law, subject to judicial decision, as to
their validity when passed, and to any limitations
imposed by their own terms.
All rights, privileges and immunities which may
have vested in or accrued to any person or per
sons, or corporation in his, her or their own right,
or iuany judiciary capacity under "any act of any
legislative body sitting in this State as such, or of
any decree,-judgment or order of any court sitting
in this State under tho Jaws then of force and op
eration therein, and recognized by the people as a
court of competent jurisdiction since tbe 19th day
of January, lbGl, shall he heid inviolate by all the
courts of this State, unless attacked for fraud, or
unless otherwise declared invalid by or according
to this Constitution. The records, dockets,
books, papers and proceedings of any court or
cfliee existing in tbis State by the laws thereof on
tbe 19th day of January, 1S31, or purporting to
exist by said laws and recognized and generally
obeyed by the people as such since the said time,
and before the several courts and offices provided
for by tbis Constitution shall have gone into ac-
tnal operation, shall be transferred to tbe several
courts and offices of the same name or functions
by this Constitution provided for, and shall have
force and be executed, periected and performed
therein and thereby, as follows, and not otherwise,
to-wit:
Final judgments, decrees, proceedings and acts
fully executed and performed, or not requiring
performance or execution, shall havo full force
and effect a3 though no interruption had taken
place in the legal succession of said courts and
officers, oxcept as herein otherwise provided.—
Proceedings not final, and j'udgments and de
crces not fully executed or performed, shall pro
ceed to bo performed in such cases only as this
Constitution or the laws made in pursuance
thereof confers jurisdiction and authority over
the causes of actions on which said cases, judg
ments, decrees or proceedings, civil or criminal,
aro founded; Provided, that all saidj'ndgments,
decrees and proceedings shall bo subject to be
set aside, or reversed, or vacated by proceedings
in the several courts having custody of tho rec
ord as though they were the judgments of said
courts, and shall be subject always to bo ex
plained as to thomcaning ofthe word dollars, or
dollar, as used in tho same, and no motion for a
new trial, bill of reviver, or other proceeding to
vacate, any judgments, order or decree made
since tho 19th of January, 1861, by any of said
courts for fraud, illegality or error of law, shall
be denied by reason of thesamonot having been
moved in lime, provided said motion or appli
cation is ma de in twelve months from the adop
tion of this.Constitution.
The books, papers and proceedings of tbe Inferior
Courts shall be transferred to ana remain in the
control of the Ordinaries, who shall perform the
dutiea of said Courts until otherwise provided by
law.
The books, papers and proceedings of tbe Coun
ty Court, and the unfinished business thereof,
shall be transferred to the Superior Courts, and
the same shall be finished and peiformed by the
said Superior Courts and the officers thereof, in
such cases only as the said Courts are, by tbis
Constitution or the laws made in pursuance there
of, granted jurisdiction over the subject, matter
or debts on which said cases and judgments, civil
or criminal, are founded.
The eases pending and the judgments had, and
made, in the City Courts of Savannah and Augus-
♦ a end in vuvlnnc .TiistiftP.u Pntirte 5n t)i!o Htnia
Mr. McCay offered the following :
The two ordinances adopted by the Convention
of 1S65, to-wit: An ordinance entitled an ordi
nance to repeal certain ordinances and resolutions
therein mentioned, heretofore passed by tbe peo
ple of Georgia in Convention, and an ordinance
entitled an ordinance to render null and void tbe
debts of the State, contracted for the purpose of
carrying on the war against the United States, are
hereby expressly and iu special terms confirmed
and rcadopted ; but this special adoption of the
two ordinances aforesaid shall not be construed to
disaffirm any other of a purely legislative char
acter passed by said Convention, but such shall
have foice as laws iu accordance with the provis
ions of the several confirming acts adopted by
this Convention and in this Constitution
On motion of Mr. Miller, the foregoing was
amended by requiring the ordinances men
tioned to be copied‘in full, and the same, us
amended, was adopted.
AFTERNOON SESSION—ADOPTION OF TIIE CON
STITUTION AS A WHOLE.
The following is the vote as taken on the
ratification of the Constitution. Among the
members not voting several were absent on
leave, whiie others, rather . than vote either
for or against, absented themselves :
Yeas—Adkins, Alexander, negro; Anderson,
negro; Aahburn, Bedford, Butler, negro; Beaird,
negro: Baldwin, Bell ot Oglethorpe, negro; Bow
den oi Campbell, Bowers, Blodgett, Blount, Bry
ant, Brown, Bracewell, Bryson, Bullock, Camp
bell, negro; Carson, Catching, Casey, negro; Cald
well, Clift, Christian of Newton, Chatters, negro;
Claiborne, negro; Chambers,Cooper,Cobb of Hous
ton, negro; Costin, negro; Conley, Crayton, negro;
Crumley, negro; Cotting, Davis, Daley, Dinkins,ne
gro; Dunning,Dunnegan,Edwards,Ellington,Flynn
Gilbert, negro; Goodwin, Gove, Golden, negro*
Griffin, Guilford, negro; Harris of Newton. Har
rison of Carroll, Harrison of Hancock, Higbce,
Higden, Hotchkiss, Hopkins, Hooks, Hutchison,
Jackson, negro; Joiner, negro; Jordan, Key, Knox,
Lee, Lindar, Lott, Lumpkin, negro; Madden,
Maddox, Marler, Maull, Matthews, McHan,
McCay, Minor, Miller, Moore ot White; Moore of
Columbia, negro; Murphy, Neal, Noble, negro;
Palmer, negro; Parrott, Pope, negro; Potts,
Prince, Reynolds, negro; Rice, Rozir, Robertson,
Saffold, Sikes, negro; Shields, Seeley, Sherman,
Smith of Coweta; Smith of Thomas; Speer,
Shropshire, Shumate, Stewart, negro; Suple,
Stanley, Stone, negro; Strickland, negro; Tray-
wick, Turner, negro; Walton, Wallace, negro;
Welch, Wilbur, Whitaker, negro; Whitehead ef
Burke, negro; Whitehead of Butts; Whitelcy,
Williams, negro; Wadley—117.
Nays—Bell of Batiks; Bigby, Burnett, Came
ron, Dews, Foster of Morgan; Foster of Paulding;
Holcombe, King, Martin of Carroll, Stafford,
Trammell and Waddell—23.
Absent and not voting—Akerman, Angler, Bar
ton, Bowden of Monroe; Buckani, Christian of
Early; Cobb of Madison ; Cole, Crane, Crawford,
Cutler,Frost, Gibson, Glisson, Glover,"Hall, Har-
land, Harris, o£ Chatham ; Houston, Howe, Hud
son, Knight, Lane, McWhorter, Moore of Pierce ;
Martin o'f Habersham ; Roberts, Saulter, Smith ot
Charlton, Snead, Wooten and Yates—32.
PROFFERED
INSULT TO A BRAVE DECEASED
GEORGIAN.
Mr. Blodgett introduced an ordinance to
change the name of Bartoiv county to that of
Cass, but said ordinance was ruled out of
order as being legislative in its character.
EXTRA ALLOWANCES.
The report of the Committee on Finance
was adopted, which gives $400 extra to the
Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Journali
zing Clerk, by the following vote—Yeas 68;
nays 48. A liberal allowance was also made
to the Chaplain for morning prayers.
A RELIEF MISSION TO WASHINGTON.
Mr. Whlteley introduced a resolution that
Hon. Josiah R. Parrott and Hon. Foster Blod
gett be appointed to go to "Washington and
recommend the pardon of the persons recom
mended by the committee on the removal of
disabilities, hnd to engineer the Constitution
through Congress at the earliest day practi
cable. The real object of the mission, as was
freely stated among- the members, was to in
duce Congress to ratify the Belief feature,
communications having been received from
distinguished members of that body to the
effect that, while Relief might be valuable in
carrying votes at tho election, it would be
stricken from the Constitution by Congress,
as clearly opposed to the Constitution and
Reconstruction laws.
Provisions were made for the reassembling
of the Convention within twelve months,
should it become necessary, on tbe call ofthe
President, or in default ofhim, the President
pro tern., and in default of tlie latter, then
bythecallof the General commanding the
Third Military Disirict,
After a farewell speech from Parrott, this
foul blot upon the escutcheon of Georgia
wiped itself out—for the present.
Valuable Property.—T h e Museum
property recently destroyed by fire affords a
good illustration of the increase of the value
of Broadway property. For a long period it
belonged to the Coster family, and the granite
building was the residence of the late John
G. Coster, who had his stables in the rear on
Mercer street. At that time, prior to 1843,
it was one of the largest private residences in
the city. The heirs of the Coster estate sold it
to James T. Sanford on the 30th April, 1863,
for $230,199 46, the whole property 75 feet
wide and 200 feet deep.
After the fire of July, 1865, which destroyed
tlie old Museum, Barnum occupied it at a
rent of $30,000 per year till May 1, 1807, and
saw it sold three times over before he bought
it himself. Sandford sold the whole property
on 1st November, 1866, to John Ritchie for
$350,000, haying previously oflered it to Bar
num at a less price in vain. Ritchie sold it
in December, I860, for $430,000, and conveyed
it to B. F. Beekman and G. T. Reeder on 1st
March, 1867, who purchased the contract at
an advance of $10,000.
On 1st 3ray, 1867, the rent was advanced
to $50,000, and Beekman and Reeder sold it
in February, 1868, to Barnum and his asso
ciates for $463,000. The last sale has not
yet been completed. Now, that the old
buildings are destroyed the land is worth
$500,000 ; there are very few places where so
large a parcel can be obtained.
ta, and in the various Justices’ Courts in this State,
shall he finished and the judgments performed, by
the City Courts, and justices, provided for hy this
Constitution in such cases and such only "as liy
this Constitution, jurisdiction is given to sa d
Courts and officers over the causes of action on
which they are bounded. The judgments aud pro
ceedings of Courts and acts of. officers within
their jurisdiction, as provided hj- Ian*, shall be
valid notwithstanding the Judges of said Courts
or the said officers were appointed hy the military
authorities of the United States, and any of said
judgments or acts or proceedings made or done
under or by virtue of or in accordance with the
orders of said military authorities, duly made are
not be
.. .. to make
any -act criminal, done before any said officers,
otherwise not criminal, hut they shall be con
strued as acts of peace and to prevent injustice.
Provided, That nothing in tliis ordinance shall
be so construed as to make valid any acts done by
or before any such de facto officer, which would,
hy legalizing such acts, render that criminal which
was not criminal when done, or cause any act not
... legally criminal when done to become criminal by
time they are set apart. And no Court, or Minis- E jving validity to such act after it was done, hut
at officer in this State, shall ever have jurisdiction, j’.. ” b acts gba )i be by the courts to bo null
or authority.to enforce any judgment, decree, oroxe- , . ,
cutiou against said property so set apart, including aua volu -
A tremendous riot took place on
Thursday last between tbe Irish and" German
immigrants on Ward’s Island nearNewYork.
The number of those of both sexes and all
ages is estimated at eleven hundred, the is
land, under the auspices of the Commission
ers of Immigration, being occupied by such
immigrant families as land at New York and
have no employment or place to live in. A
feud has existed for some time past between
the Germans and the Irish on the island,
which culminated in a collision on Wednes
day night, and on Thursday morning the
affray was renewed with grdat violence, and
was not quelled until heavy detachments of
police were sent over to the island to restore
order. Some seventy of thfe rioters were
wonnded more or less, seventeen of them very
badly. About seventy-five of the ringleaders
were arrested by the police.
A young man who recently took unto
himself a wife says he didn’t find it half so
hard to get married as he did to get the fur-
nitute.
USPIn time of danger and trouble, think
first and then act coolly and decisively.