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PHK WHIB TO THE (.W<TIUT!O*. We the people of the State of O■; gl», in order to form a ptraamut Government, estab Hsh justice, insure domeatu .ranquillty, and n* arc the biefisiog* of liberty to oursoWe# and out posterity—ocknowledg in:* and invoking ihe guidance cf Almighty God, the anther of aii good Government, do ordain and establish ,1m Constitution for the State of Georgia. riiK t ovhtxti * io\ ok the ST\ T E 0 V GEORGIA, ARTICLE 1 OS KIOUM. t. protection to person and property i* the duty o‘ government. 'i No person shall l*e deprived of life, liber ty, or property, exeept b> a .<* K ; xe '6 of law Ihr writ of habeas corpus, shall not be toup' oded unless in can ot rebellion, or inva fi'.-.ji. ths; public safety may require it. t A wet) regulated inililia, being necessary to ~‘i' si urity of a fve State, the right of the dec.pje to kep and beer arms, shall not be loinoged 6 I ct: ..-cl freedom of religious "enliiaent, be and the same is hereby secured, and no in habitant of this Stale, shall ever be molested in person or property, r.r.r prohibited from boi ling any public < tlioe or trust, on account ot hi? religious opinion. 1 i r <•<!• to ot rpt-* 1 ! b. and freedom ot the ■ .[{'- Rt-r inherent eleffit .its of political iiber ‘ »• -< w eo.. m'pvn ntrivon msv iree.lv rneaV" or write, or print on any subject, be shall be responsible for the abuse of the liberty. 7 The right of the people to appeal to the court*, to pi lition government on all matters of legitimate cognizance and peaceably to as kable for the consideration of any matter of public concern shall never be impaired. 8 Every person charged with an offence against the laws of the State, shall have the privilege and benefit of counsel, shall be furn ished on demand with a copy of the accusation, and list of th. witnesses on whose testimony the rbarg • against him is P onded ; shall have compulsory process to obtain the ait*".dunce of bis owt* witneete - shall be confront' and wtUi SS . i. * , | c* ri, .* • • , J’ ■ p; *v, rn A »o Han once- for tlra sm-e of *, i- <• on lis or !>cr own motion , ■ o i ; -ti. v conviction, or in r.. <- :d- t ;’*l. No conviction shall work trupf-on of .1 or general forfeiture of 11 Excessive bail anti not bo req urnd, nor , • ; ~vilmposed, nor cruel ac unusual n> .Ishment indicted. r; 1 hr; powers of the courts to punish for C..HU ipff shall be limited by leg! dative acts, id Legislative acta hi violation o* the con tifuMon are void, and the judiciary shall so declare th<'v>. Hth. Fix post facto laws— laws impairing the obligation of contracts, and retroactive taws ; m ioush affecting any right of the citizen, are prohibited. i.' t'a. Laws ebon and have a general operation, end no gel rul lav, effecting private rights had be varied in a paruudar case by special leg’Hiatlon, except with the free consent, in .Pm /. of all person? to be sftbete 3 thereby : u .ad uo person being under a legal disability to cor u 1 1. iv capable ol pa hf: v consent. jr.ib. f'he power of tax v<.v, . the whole pit.;.. »hati to ■en isecl by the General A.-b.-ni v>iy only to raise, revenue, for tee sappj-tt of guviTument, to pay the public debt to provide iv, c-v-tnoi. ••cftn.’o, and for ••non other purposes bn the Genial Assembly may be specially required or en,| -wered to ncoompliab by this Comfitutfi n. F-rA tho General A sent- I- 1 v may. by statue. grant the p >*.. f taxa tion for desic ia!< and purposes, will,. limita tions ■ • IN y may deem expeditr . '■> county i- ; ;ivi munuujvl eo’vorati* -ns, to be 4»a • ■ 'thin tln ir?'vers 1 tcrril rial limits. 17th 1 v-vi's ol necessity, private ways jt'-.y I e "• v ’-ui up oa jues COinpov.mu tiaiug i: t k ,-trid with" this excel n private prop*- umll not !e taken, v.- vr public •'Kd' find til only on joat c* ‘ition to of; t, ted ivv'M'fdit nnieiAS tliere baa ~,£ . anteres'l ecesei y; io which event the .... .! Af embly shall innk aa-'y provision f>r it. t compensation. ; light to be secure Ui tb or per- P'cvv and . tf< i.gainst on r, ... ~.. .H-chi-a acd iwizuvea, - all not be , ■ and i o w»rr .nt hail i t-ue bur upon yv i*e cl 1 .t:* hup.io t■.byJ .* or aftrm*^- •it, !■ i particularly and; m vibiim the place or pin v to i'c . ..'arched, a; and the person and tb’uir? to ivj • ei&ad. lv ; h tho j-rson of a debtor ' ball not be i..am u in prison, after delivery lor the bene m , .' j,:., r *di ,-f all Sue estu:«, not erpres4 ' . ■ .-hi; Iby :»w iron levy and sale ... • ua-eh. of ih. Uaired .States liiiva- a w ;• int io ~ proclulmeu alt slaves bold or owned in thw Sr.'i; emai -ipa t,«u f;, ipi uhvvery. and liuv or carried that f .... ,a.-tv..<n into iuli pvactic hrt there nhall he'ii ..forth to. wiihio lb*' Si i»'o </ Geor gia, neither pi v • y nor ‘.'.volniiiury servttu.io, ear.' as« • uient for < dm.- 1 after legal » u’.vi •ritui 'i' ua.i . Irovidcf, -hi? acquie*- tvncti in the ■: a’ti of the Govc.umeul o. ; the l: idled S J" ? is not Intended to operate ..s u ruiir e. ;• h . o" waiver, or e-':opel of such ~r . . craotioa of loss • nstained by t>. ->r of l!a em ; \ncipation ol bis slaves, as ii, , ./ Georgia may hefea f ter make on the ■ • co and magnanimity of that i Joy onme ‘'l J h t-u.uuerafioa of r bid herein coo. tv,,};.-,. i. :■* this constitv: ion, but shad not 1 ' con-' r.od to deny to the people any . i .. . ~t I which they h tv* hitherto en o\, <1 ARTICLE If. bH.'t 5 .. L-r.sWvu. E'f* ' *>v-' Judicial I •!»,» trO' Qls shall i ÜbU' •. ■ -toil .S l»art.u»at d.aL be confided t. . separate body i ■>, ■ ; person ot coileete-u ot v . i.. ■‘ r . »ao dcoartineut *nall *xtr .I'. , i .^vr-voi-dy «'.acb’d A either o? . •• L • -toes bA'eiu cxpres«i» pro uu„ •,-o -t ifcall be m.. A he. me-’.. which U‘.sdl •:«.'*<'wt of ft :U.i T - ' -•• Ot Hr;ir.'"r-:o\< ; ,«•?, l(lA ~. „-i, , Pa beelected, ■; .dreturste , ... . ? ■ • h> ifee u;. >.-•<" r>'e ' : v- .. . ..-A ? -e-.i by to; G*r r a . ~y \ >o : :ry». i;»tn -.’ay of b'-.-vetnber, i ■:! la’iv thereafter, , i, t iv.Wo ; •- ; iOctober, to serve • »u \be?r t-uc-c.* -*>.”s, snail L> e'-,\n«?-5 . but the i.', y •. :,u,i -.* -.ay i&", hf t'.-° dav of election, ' of t iiMtfa ■ >iv v.odct thi-.- Oonsiitutlo* . sa«..*i lto -a the :i c i H'.uc.ay iii Dec. aiu- - next, alter which, it •.call meet annually cut.bc ar-t hurs-.iay *n t r ov«u.iocr. or on such other day us »*te Gen vr:«i as.- mbly may prescript? A majority o( t-aeU House shall constitute a quorum to <.r \at ~. t Uu'iaeSb. bnt a jtnal’er nun ‘>er way ad journ from day to -. .v and compel the attend ance •••' |:a absent membw?, t*s each Hou»e tuav UtOV .-.}•». Ml. .itlte-i.li of tl. UPUST:.. As ; I>, ft; er the tort above icenliootM, shall continue l.v.gev thru fori; « ay*. uuUw pro lunged by a vote of tWo-»hirda of each branch t hereof 4 No person holding any military coaums >r V r other nppcintracut. having any oraoln or con,” *> ration annexed * hen to, unoer ihi- State or the United Scutes, or either of M.fto, - -sept Justices of the Inferior te • j.,< i, r ft Tht Peace, and ofibvis ot the u t ) nor ut ddfanit-'r fOT public money or for any b aft' taxes required o? him, shall have a tea m e:tii,r branca A the Goaeral 1* i. v • pyv tb. any senate, or Represenu--': A *Vr • - qua S .it tea as such, be elected bv the Ci acral Assembly, or uppviaied by tho_ (t£ v rno? wltli the advice and coQSdiit oi t?- tne Ornate, to ary hear*, appoint - v-.r >, »«, emolntuei: 1 . or oompeosc'Tou »: ret a, doriag the time fir which -o f ■ f,.iv■ ■ I,”.°n o.e^ted • i\o r -!.s.>o convicted ■ ? a,y ftr'ory Uc ■ . ■, rt < ’ thb 't..- .. yi cbe Uni }f t ‘C,uc. sh.v.l be eligible t a v office, or v of honor, profit or Gust, within .. c - nutil be sfia ' have beer }.• •",• t, Nc p* rson wbo is a cal.; .or or ho!r s- jjiouey. sfeaH be t .c>t>U te nay - -n x -• State until tne .-.ame is accounted tor 1 mto the ttcasary. pmmoa 2. , •the-jfthsdibe forty f-irr St aatorial Die' Uis the Strvte of Georgia, oach compose ot ihtee oontijnic so counties, from each * i v* utch districts one Reactor fcbatl be cboeeh, until otherwise airanged. «• hero,natter provided. The svfd Districts shall be ounetttnted of couclh-s as toiiowe : Ih«-Hret D strict, of Cna'cam liryaa end Effingham. The second, of L'bcrtv. Tattnall and Mcln tcbb. The Third, af A'ayne, Pierce and Appling. The Fourth, of Glynn, Camden and Chari ton The Fifth, of Co2ee, Ware and Clinch. The Sixth, of Echols, Lowndes and B-rrien. The Seventh, ot ltrook*, Thomas aai Col quitt The Eighth, of Ducatnr, Mitchell and Miller. Ti - Ninth, of Eatly, Calhoun and Baker The t enth, of Dougbertv, Le»- and Worth The Eievuoth, of (‘lay, Kandolph and Ter rell. ihe TweKth, of Stew a. t, ''ebster and Tuit m .n. The Thirteenth, of Smntei, Schley and Jfa oon The Fourteenth of Dooly. Wilcox and Pu la*,ki The Fifteenth, of Montgomery, Telfsir aud Irwin The Six eonth, of Laurens, Johnacu and Emanuel. Ibe Seventeen.b, of Bulloch, Scriven and Burke. The Eighteenth, of Bichmc ed ul&acodr and JeifsraOD. The Ninetcen*b, of TaT,a f em>, Waire’ aud Greene. Tl*e Twentieth, of Baldwin, Hancock nod Washington. The Twenty First, of Twiggs, Wilkinson and Jones The Twenty-rcond, of Bibb, Monroe and Pike. The Twenty Third, of Houston, Crawford and Taylor. The Twenty-Fourth, of Mm lon. ChaUahoo chee and Muscoeeo The Twenty-Fit h of Harris. { Epson and Talbot. The Twenty Sixth, of Spalding, Batts and Facetted. The Twenty-Seventh, of Newton, Walton ' and Glajk. olumb'K. The TL‘s ’■ i», of Oglethorpe, Madisou and Elbert. The Thirty l iist, ot Hart, Franklin id Habersham. 'ihe ihirr vet ond, of White, Lumpkin and Dawson. The i hiiiy Third, of Hall, Banks aud Jack son. The Thirty-Fourth, o' Gwinnett, DeKalb aud Henrv. The Thirty-Fifth, of Clayton, Fulton and Cobb The Thirty Sixth, of Meriwether, Coweta an I Campbell T'ie Thirty Seventh, of Troup, Heard and Carroll. The Thirty-Eighth, of Haralsou, Folk aud Paulding, fbe Thirty Ninth, of Cherokee, Milton and Forsyth. The Fortieth, of Union, Towns and Rabun. l!n- Forty-Fir-v of Fauniu, Gilmer and Fickeus. Phe Foily Second, of Bartow, Floyd and Chattooga. The foi ty-Third, ot Murray, Whitfield and Chattooga. rhe F. -rty-Four th of Walker, Dude anu Cutooßft 1: \ row i-ounty 5. Üblished, it 'hall be added to . istriet which it adjoins. Tun Senatorial litslrlcin may be change-: by the Ur oeml •.pjembly, but only at tat- Cvsl session .Iftc toe taking c each tenses by tho United S' * Govern*raent, and their n\ «.noer shall never be increased. No person shall b. a Senator who shall mu have attained to the ago of twenty five . -r « and boa oitixen os the United Statce, and have 1 ..an for three years an iababltuni of this Slate, ft v tor one ye. . a resident of the Htfi from which he is chosen. 25. The predd?ug officer tbali be etyled Ihe 'resident of tho Senate, and shall bt elected civ-’i vui-e from tneir o n body. 4, TANARUS; e Senate shn); r e the sole power to try ah mpeachmei i Whoa siUUig f- i Uiat purpose, they shall • u oath or aifirruation and no person ehalJ . ■ 'ouvicted w'.-ihoufc the concurrence of tv-o-sbirds of the uiombere present .ludgment. 'u c i*ea of impeachment, shall not e'tiei ; fur -i than removal from office, nud disq' v:..iicu to hold and enjoy ny cities of honor _ > uli... or tin-':., uithin this Suite ; out the party convicted sh'd: i, verthe luss, tj liable nud sut.u-f.'. to indk .ment, trial, judgment and pcnlsh uent accordice to la v. Stl TIOH 3. 1 The House < f : .epresentallvt<s hau be er-.njio-.b'i as follov. -- Th*- thlrly--v <: oun tios f vlng the iarg-s Ev!>re6entaavs;a ■ jpu latioo, shall have . Repreeaa tativ . each, f v-ry other county ii! h;- vo one lepre vuta tve Tho desbrnn nos the counties having ivvo Rtipfojeatativ .-Nall h. made cy the General Assembly invar liat-aly after the Inking of each Cvh-xur. 2 No perv-. v shall iw a Representative who .•'hallact ha* * Ninted to tho vga of twenty one years, a . be a citizen of L: United States, anti have l rr throe yem, Inhabitant of the 3m. >■. i for one year a resident of the courly .. .oh he representg. J. Th 'ding office i the He use of Re* prei-enta'ivio -dial 1 be tyled the Bpeaker, and to.ail be elected riuo c-»«c from their ova body 4. fin y shall have the. »oie po.ver m iia peach aii : ersous who have been or may be in office. 5. All bills for raising venue or nppro pnaUr:> . abail originate in House of Re . :• ci ...■. ves ; tuu the bom, . may propose or concur in umendirent* ala «ither bills. BBOJtON 1. 1, Each House bind! be ' tit .jadae of the election ret; us and qu;*tit>ion? of its r>*u t, tot ers , mid sbail liavt- ower to punish • ,-ui fur disorder!. t •or tnisconduet, by cei»tu:e, tine, :uiuri>.< i. -:er.t or cxpul ?in ; but no members t-aa> be expelled es cc; by vote of two-tlurds of the House from w. La'fce : expelled / L’-icb House may -.nin'ish. by iiaprin.*u • meat act erteaJ-og beyti.-.-tlte any f ,-i «t.*n bot a id*‘iube: ; who ual.be f.!■ ; of u i'.ouN'inp bv a:>» nis-.,»dorly bebovior in its preS'ince or who, •<« .ng the sr-osion, shall •hreaten injury *o th* person oi estate of any .> !■ her, fov any tail 1 ■: ..Ui o dona in either ..U.-’ue; or vno sh ut . ttlt or erre«t T:r witness going to c> n-turalcg iroiu, or wtlo t> -H »: c itift'U’H to rescue, any i , -r. on a-rested by liiber House t. Ti.c memU.-if ■ -• to b-• & -. shall be "rce :03j arrest du\ thoir attendance Ou the f.(- .-Till A.-.aobly. s;.J ot going to and ret urn* ,n. thm draa. except for tre.v-on felony, or fcie, co c. the peace, vnd lc member shall be liable to v- rin :m- o*U-'r place, fc. aaj thing rpok n la debate in either House. 4 J-.s'-h House Bi.aU keep a journal of Us p-iC rußgs and publish then iutmcdia<eiy after its ate,-arcmem The yeu» nod m-ys of their c. ut urf t- si; que«ti-.-’i, shn’l, at '.L-s tee! e ot var fiirh o, the stem or rc present, he entered ou jour .. s. The origin u joaruais -hail U p- ' i iiol'.cutiou,/ n the offico of S---s ■ ' ..', hut there shall be to oihar t* . • ; j tlitreof. c Iveiyb .. u . shatl past, sha'i be read u e times, •• \.i on three separata and lisiU'.c lays in V'- use, unless in cases oi actual h» jeioti • -nrrection. Nor shall auv h -••c Uo ■ pass, which re.Trs »c --taors than oct- sc'.- matter, or oor tarns m&t --9i ;fl ten - ' is expressed to title thereof. o. A‘l acta r :v' u wgaed by ib* President oj the Senate «ml Sp -\her c-f the F- :s-.i ei Re - ”w>e.i r o: '' ■ ’-i no : !i. oidit. • .or reso iution i.H t. hire the edrot of \»w whichab-to t - -U.eri ,-ftj-jctod by either Kuus”, ■' • t -ig-. ; 'i opo;-'-d under vine same ov -- I? 'other "ti -e wtto. v.t tl-.a consent of two ihU-ii oi U •. ::h - by-..‘nob the si ore was rti acted. ' Ns thar flouce sc all a . > i... ;or more •.t!rc -. • - r te.7 toe” place, wlfh ... , : r u of > . , r.cd la case <rf ,; 4 .; A -> : : V n t:.-. t a Ho’ieee, o'J ft ijU. Ai.-.v ib ,tej me •oyernor may S'V mn .U n. U- -:v C-- -jC i and Keprc-setsic-ilye, l>e j. t.-.HIg 2i- 3: b. a>. t«fe« -U ivatfa O? uglr . . oi: ■? support tae Goi.sdtudon of the u.. ; ; ; cal r.no of ibis Utuid , and v. o. tfcrt 1 .c hath iO' g •. Uoed any onlnwful ctesh«. either directly or indirectly, to procure hi* election. And ejsry . *n convicted - cav ing *;7en or offered h bribe, shall h; • , ai- . Red fr m serving v> a member of either House for the term for which be w .s eh 3. v 9. Whenever this Constitution requires an J act to be passed by two '.birds of both Houses, : the yeas and nays a tb»passage thc-ri shall j be entered on the jo .reals of eaob. section 5. 1. The General Assembly shall hare power to make all laws and ordinances consistent with this Constitution, and not repugnant to the Constitution of the United SUtea, which they shall deem n-.ee -*~j an 1 proper for he welfare of the State. 2. They raay alter tho boundaries of coun - ties. and establish new counties ; but -very j bill to establish a !*ev> county shall bo passed by at least two thirds of the members present, j in each branch of the General Assembly. 3. The General Assembly shall hv- 11 pow- | er to appropriate money for the promoti'. nos J it arniuu and vcieuee. end to provide for the j education of the people ; and shall provide ! for the early rcsuiaptior or-.be res alar exer ris<-.- of the University of Georgia, by the ad equate endowment of the game. 4 The General Assembly sha hnve pow er, by a vote of two thirds of branch, to , grant paidons in cas^; of final conviction for j treason, and ic pardoD or c .'Uimute < tor final | conviction in capital cast s. 5. it shall fie ihe duty of the General As- ’ semhly, at its next session, and thereafter a? I the public welfare may require, to provide ' v law lot the government ot tree persons of i color ; for tbo protection and security cf their ! persons arid property, guarding them and the State aiast any evil that may arUe from j their sudden emancipation, and prescribe g in j what cases their testimony shall be admitted J In the courts for the regulation of their ! transactions with citteeus ; for the legalising of their existing; and the contracting and j solemnization of their fmui .i marital relations, i and connected therewith their rights of inheri tance and testamentary capacity ; aad for the regulation or prohibition of their immigration into this State from oth. r States of the Union, or elsewhere. And farther, it shall t-e the ■**•*•• of floncwo’i A aooru KI v trx r caaes dxoepceu uom umna of the Superior Court, and in civil .'a.-- • where to free persons cf color io i : 1 * parties. snonox 6. i Ths General Assembly shall havo no power :o grant ooipotato powers and pHvii egea to private companies, except to banking, insurance, railroad, canal, plank road, us.vi gatiou, miuiug, express, lumber, .naoufa : u H.g, and telegraph core pur Hi u • to oi change election precincts ; nor to o-'ubl.’sh bridgsn and ferriss ; nor 1o change names, or legimate children ; but. shal 5 , by Jaw, pruserbe the manner in which such . «wcr shall bo ex erctsed.by the courts. But no bank charter shall be granted or i.m nded, sml no aot passed antboriaing th'- puspi- .s'on of spade payment by any cbait-i- j hank, except by u vote <‘f two thirds ot each bran .TV- t Ger oral Assembly. 2. No uioney id-, i be drawn from the Treasury of this State, except by appropriation made by law ; and t regular s»v aient and account of the n ••wintg t-xpendiLure oi all public money -c db» published from time to time. A No v-'ia, -toluGon, law. o order shall pass, grantim. a donation or gra uity in favor of any person, except by the concurrence of two thirds of the Genera! Assembly. i. No ... -Nall T* passed by wbijh a citizen shall be > tiled, directly oi indirectly, to i ecomo a stockholder in, or cor.tribute to a railroad, <:• otues work of inu-j n improve* ureut, without his consent, except tho iababi tani» of a corporate towa nr uij 9 uis pro* v ; ?lon abail not be coDstmed • , deny ths <?or of taxation for the purpeso of making levoee or aams i.o prevent tbo oveifiow of rive*' ARTICLE 111 SECTION i -1 The executive power t-.*,c.tl be vested in & Governor, the first cf whom under ibis Con stitution, shall hold the office fr< n> th-.. tins' of his insmgeration a.j by law pro, u ~ util the election acd qualification ot i'• - sou Each Governor subsequent s ? • -i shpri hold the oilica tor two years and uaU.i , successor shall bo elected and qualified, and shall nor be eligible to elect tn attar the explrauo •- a secord term so: ibo period off- y.ons Te shaft uave a c'.tnperenfc Hi lary, which sha r*r be inuressed or uiminish- and during ti.< t-.me for which he shall have been elected ; neitHe: si HI he receive within the I time any other n rnent from she Uui»v or either o • .nt, nor from u <y foreign power. 2 The Governor shall fie leoced by ? .* {>ar eons qualified to vot : for mambtsrij •! • Gan tral Assembly, o» th® fifteencb d.i> cf No vember, in tae year ei. hteen h : • aud sixty five, and biennially thereat • . on ti e first Wednesday of October, nut is Fine be altered by law, fitch eiccti-.-u shall be held at the i i ce» of bo - .ug genera . ’ -lions la the several counties of this Stare, in the manner prescribed for the cleerion of uo of the General Asstmbiy. The retu:. •-•r overt election of Governor shall be sc.v and up by tbo managers, separate. 1> Iroia oth ■ r •turns, and directed to the ire ident of tt.u Senate and Upeakov of the House of Rcpres-id ,uvs ; and tear-omitted to the Governor, or tbo person cx ercisiog the dutieH rd G.-vernor, : r the ti: .-i being ; who shall, without ope.aiug tne said returns, cause the same to be laid before tfi.- Seuato, on the day after .the two . ousts ahaii have been organized ; aud t-h**y shall be i m mittei by the Senate to t’no i louse of Repre sentatives. Ihe members of each branch of the General Asecmbiy H»a‘; convme In -n Represent-Uvo chamber, and th j Preei !<n* of the Seoeto, and the Speaker j,*' the Hen .-, of Brpreset;f n lives, si. upen and p Hsu the ieturns in the presence of the Gen:- , Asseta b’y ; and the per.? -a having the n;y of be who e number c ; the votes give' , ti-i.il be declared dulv elected Gc-veu •--. of this State hut if no perso:: have su: i iujarlty, Then from tlv two pens.ms having she highest number of votes, whe shad bo in dfe, and shall not aine an el - >: at the time ap point* i for the LegiJalure to . > i, the Gener al Assembly shall itnuxli-it !; . . . t a Govern or ••‘fu -voce i and in all cases ot elecGoa of a Govc -i oy toe Gene al Assembly, a majdri t_ of t- v-'-fes of ?!••• l&smbars preeeut - .all bo necessary tor a choice Contested elections sW;I be dt-M nnmou by both ilousea of the G uerni Assembly, to ach to. is-hail 1 ■ nreecribod l-v law. e, No person snail b« t.igi Ho to toeoffiv? of Got e-uor who !.;ha'd not «i . betr, a ciu n.-c Os the c: mir. -to State- wclve » > ; r . ... Uiv hsibttr.nl ol <hio St.st H yea.. * j : .h not ntlft? ed the age thirty y> .m. 4 In cast' of the death, resig . U . , or d!s --sUiii-• of ihe Govei-aoi. tha Fregident of the b'-.na o shftil exercise the exec itive ?-i r« of tb. government until such disability oe re moved, oi a b-io.ee .te r i?- -! c’-. .-;-s . '-‘io-1 And is*« >ss* of I- ii-s -.b, r«signatinn, or dls ability of to-- F . tout of *: K . 3-.-«a*--, t ! - Speaker rftovH >-s of aufircise she ar - eative power - • iae r-.v—a ment uctit theremcvri of ih- d’-a- ilily »f ‘ho election an i qualifier-i*o»t ' a Govern- r j. 'Tha Goveraor shr-G. bes; re be eaters on she duties of hi : •! >•• . ■ > ■>> ... --, or afflnpatiom: t to-- -h l :-v wcor < firm (as tbe c-tec maj icii T vh ! !a< It execute i he off G-.vver. •’ of the S'-'te of Georgia; ar. ; i ; Uie ksr of m\ to iiea, preserve, pr ; and de/etwi tiro oonsti tutiouthereo' -h.u e- toe const.'ntion of United States of Air.-i :u " sH-vnnx 2 : l. "ihe Go ~c-i- ihall fce .'om;aaT > -3.- I .':a | Gbiftfof ibo aud navy ot .h ; « H. *. and ! ruiliti.: - rre 2. He siin ; * l-.avf j>owftt r<» -•* s ■ for etterux* aciiiiL '.LeSiaift, -pt, j u ca-U: ci imv-raohiP .-y ar-u to gvai or to .-•i. :■ ■>O? a Tenter. >:;* , .. . •- : i convict-. r e • r-t ft rtreason, m /.!„• rcchc-, | each . •vh’Oh ci us ! Si:. . r .nd make ret i next era* Aaaembly. .. :•> '.iaU: issue write to -.•■ • .- ... fin ' vaof.-. ;r that hippoQ in'he -, c .•. • ■ ji r ., ;of lb-, --antollv .-e. aball t-.. : . t< I cor.' vue the General A.-iecUjiy on e:-‘ uo ;e:u rv o<jf isions ; end eiiali give the m. u i miu*.- ia time, jufonaation of .tt t'_ » a— ; iic, i recs.-OJ.utad to ' : --•• . ~. such ' ci. asures as he may <te m ue-- i»-i. r • a:a ex pedient. < 4. When an cthce fetali bee-me v 4 ant by dert! resignation, cr otherwise, the Governor shall have powe :o tiU such vacancy unless otherwise provided for by law: and persons - r.pplin ed shall continue ia office until a •• i••• 5 - appuintt J agreeably to the mode ;■ rib jou by this Constitution, or by law in pursuance thereof. 5. A p< rson once rejected by the Senate hull not be re-appointed by the Governor to U r same office during the same sessiou or the recess thereafter. fi. Fhc Governor shall have the revision of all b Is passed by both Houses, before the sam shall become laws, but *wo-thirds of each Io so may pass a law notwithstanding bis dvseut ; nnd if any bill should not be re turned ’ y the Governor within five days (Sun d%; ' jepte-1) after It has been present*d to hiru foe rams iTibU be law, unless the Gener al A ,-uibly, by their adjournment, shall pre vent its return He may approve auv appro priat'cn aud disapprove any other appropria tion .n the same bill, and the latter shall not be if actual unless passed by two-thirds of each House, 7. Every vote, resolution, or order, to which the c: veureu:: • of both Horses may bene.es sary. fxcepi >n a question of election or a-1- journrnent, shall be presented to the Governor; and before it shall take effect, be approved by him. oj being disapproved, shall be renassed by t.. thirds oi each House, according to the rules ad limiNtiouc prescribed in case cf u bill. 8. IF'-i i shall be a Secretary of State, a Cos, ei general, n Treasurer, and Survey or-G .i, elected by tfjo General Assembly, anil they shall bold their offices for tho like period as the Governor, and shall have a com poteut, 'alary, which shall aot be increased or diminished during tho period for which they -trail have been elected. The General Assem bly uiiy at any time consolidate any two of th'St offices, and require ail the duties to be db’harged by one officer. i. The great seal of tho State shall be deposi ted in ihe office of the Secretary of State, and fche 1 not be affixed to any instrument of writing, but by order of the Governor or Gen erH Assembly, and that used previously to the yetr 1861, shall be tho great soul of the State. P*!ARTICLE IV. uFfvrrriv I i u*; vrvorfi, a btipenuc, Otakik»:\ aaii .'-ihiv to , Cotris, aud in such other Courts as nave v ju, i : i;-.; L-o, -: (• '... •! by ta - I e t The Supreme Court shall com i■is of three •nip 8. who sh-. il h elected by :no General [ AfjernVdy, for such U-tns of years—not less ; >tan ix years—as she,:! be prescribed bylaw, | aid shall continue in .'-.fine anu. their sr.eci'o - I car. trail he elected an< luaUfi-d ; removable y t‘ a Gt-vemor ou too c.fdrih» of two thirds I of ev' h branch of the General Assembly, or by lap* icbraetd ..ml coavlction i j -reon. ; • ih-.- £..i- ! .Vr,rt hG; i ■ ; ;;igi" , ai ; i-is ictiou, -it- Fun* baa Con ' •.'lone tor tno ■rill and concctton f errors in law c.ud equity : tno ’.ho Super;--c 0' iris of tlf several Clr cv H and from t. e Tty Courts of the cities of svfi iDidi aud Augusta, and eucfc other tike iFur's :*« i.y be hereafter established in i otiior cities , and , Fall sit ‘--at tV,„ Seal of Gov - I>r vaunt” at such other U: in each year, as . ih.- General Assembly sf : prescribe, for the ' r‘ai uad Utdeimination of writs of error from , several Su;»crior Courts included in such . liiii' tl dNtricia. j : Th b.-.'il Court shall dispoc cl and ti’ >.! ; <y deteuui; : every case on the docket*’ rich ; k- rt, at th- first or second term after suck ; w: it, ■ f error > rcoght ; aud in case the plain i ;i;' ; u enor «l all not be p opiated r 4 ft the first 1 H.-ino!' such Court, after mr.ye brought, to | prosernto the case, xuilesg precluded by aom - j menidentiai cr-.u: u from fv,-h prosecution, ft : shall ba ..trie ..-r from th-. dockvt aiu! ihejufig ment below affirmed. And ia .my cate that juay Ooch-, ffie T-JUft v;; > its discretlo'., '.vßkboTfi Uu judgment until the terra nex - afte- the argument tberaon. SECTION 2, l. Tba .Tudgi’s of the Superior Court shall be *>• .-teted on the first Wedueaday iu January. | uTitjl the legislature elitH' otherwise direct, iU ,ts -- t«fore she expiration of the term | for which hay or either of them may have ! been -.rp-Hofed. or elected, from the Circuits j in ' .u < -.ev are >•••> serve, by a majority vote •- of tiir people of the C ; reni6 qualified to vote ; to: nemb": oi hw GcuerpJ Amenably, for ! the; Grin of four j -i's --v.-cundfs to be filled l as providr.d by th laws of for.. . prior to j Jar i *rj , todl- aud abail continue in of lica imtb . • svci-w-ors aba'll be elected »cu qot- Un».- i. r ovablo bj the Governor on the add •■-.-. t > two thirds” of- t i branch of tht (I. 1 ' avi A--ver;.:.'!y, -or by jr-io-ift hKtf’ifc and cot; ict-ion thereon. 2 11. ap, nor Court sh-tIS have exclusive jii '-.i'.c'-fcn in all cases of divorce, both total an i.irtl • but no tob* divorce shall be granted -xc>pt mi tao oonon .-■■-• it verdicts of two bpeuto jt.toto. Ia eacti ut r-j case, the C art sbaii -> ,tl .t« the rights disabilities c-f the partise. S 'J he Huperior Coaria shall also l»ave ex - ulnsiv ■ on in all ' .imo.a cases, ex cept a-> i-Jlates to hues for nog* -ct of duty, Conte: ipts of Oour’. viola'.ou of to laws, o'*- itrnctions of water courses, aad all her minor oSr.ncu* which do subject the offender or offenders to ioas of life, limb cr member, or to confinement in the Penitent-iaiy ; 'uris diction of ait euch oases shell b« vested in. -ach County Corporation C -a, or cu ll . ‘.her Courts, : udiCHturea, or .a Is -vs i, •> w • ■.. Hot or may hereafter ’bf» cor tii .1, under site** 5 ...”d and meufattens as tue Logislal.;re aii. .; - rt-;«U or may hereafter by law ■lirec:. i. .- < ori'caivd .esc-s ‘shall be tried la the county where the * rime was committed, ex cq-c in cai- 08 "’Kero a jury osnao! be ob tained, >. '-'vie . to- i'ai'Court snVl) b .'to excU r to jurisdiction in -11 respaaln.g titles to lend, which .-ball bo tried it; ,'uo coi-aty where the lard lies. Ami also iu all equity causftft which ihaii be tried in the conoty ? here on o I'u.rs of Hie defendants against wliosn ‘Ubst»i>Hial relief ie pray*.’-.; 6. U sh*ll hu-'c appelate jurisdiction i * t such caß A . may be pro* idetl ;>y law. 7 It sbaH have power to tor-eor ®rro;s in iaferio- jndicatoncs by writ f cr. /iorad sud t,r. grant nev trials in the Superior Court on propfti legal grenade. 8. It shall have power to issue writs of -aan-Uvtnus, prohibition, earie ‘ -cite and all othei wnts waich may no neoen- -y for dr ying -i p '.vers iuliy iato efi' ... 0 'Lite Superior Court shall .n&v?. j irisdic a«;n it> a.; at Ter civil oases, ar; j ft them i: . • lone i. a- xhlj tnav give oncarreat juris ' :hr o. ■ie I C lit, «r such othei ■ on-- . ..--'tor- i? y may tieroaftcr create, . . sbal’ be tried in the county wh re ihv» defendant resides. Jj. la car.es of joint obligors, or joint y usis3< t.- or copartners, ot joint trespasser* residing!" iferect counties, the “tilt aoav l-e brought ia either county. 11. * case of a -nnkei nu-.i ih-tercar. o: in ■dorsers ■■ promiss-->y .. - - <!.:■ terete counties in this .-.tote, too same may b - . J in the cc-univ wtoer- i- . maker redden, to ,lce Super; r Gouit snail sit in each uoty not less tl.a-- tw.-.c -a every year, at such --toted liinesa; t •efc>;c. or may he ap - pom - ?by the Gv'.crß Av>.mbly, tod the In rkr ... . ' :ray "ori su-co tian-a tvs the Geac-ra! Araeaibly may d-.iect. SSCT.'is 5 i. . r-e j id." -.. ?n-v- viaii.w adequate to toe: a cvices ted by law whii/o shall not be diminished, oc? oat a de!iD f y their coc .aaaac- u; oiu-- oaf bLud aot receive any :L.-r ,-u f;to- c- y;;,. •nments >, »• ?cr. cm parties or otberc on a count of any- duty . eqiure.l of ttr :n. Tcere shak oe a hta-e’e AtiorCry and ' -lioitoi -. alectetd in the , ».a* manue. as he -v: f he Superior Cou.and comaiission «--.l i . ia Governor, who Eball hold tbeir orices h r term of four years, ci uc:u tce-r sne . te.ll be appointed aa-J - iiifieo, nu ■ <- r**:.. -a by sentence on iapeael ;aent, or by toe G . trn .-r, on . »- address of two-tair-is oi T iuancl at ice Gen era! Assembly. The? • eve a-Haries adequate to their services ia#, vV ieb ebail not be increased or t..d during th«ir conUumusce in Ia J- -to . or Jutticea ci the Inferior -f. tL-. A,dge of eocl ot' i-r Go-.-toy ».iou: t at- At. li--’ i.aw Lc t.rcite«i, shall be eit-c --ted in Mica count f by the perwioa on titled io v *te for r.T-.ml -.t cf\he General As- mfcly : •. Jut-rices oi the Penceafcad be elected in «-a- h diauict by the pt c ;tu* entitle.! to vaie tea US” it:to o-i ts t GfetOThl AtSoteb'y. -f . The powus of a Courtcf Oriiinar? uA of Probate, shall be vested in an Ordinaly for each county, from whose decision* there may be \n app -al to the Superior Court, under regu la*.oo? uresci lofni by law The Ordinary shall b c ex officio clerk of said Court, and may ap point a deputy clerk. Che Ordinary, an clerk, or bis deputy, may issue citations, aud graDt ter porary letters o» administration. to hold until peimaaent letters are gianted ; and said Ordinary, as clerk, or hia deputy, may grant marriage licenses. The Ordinaries in and for the respective counties shall be elected, as other county officers sre, on the first Wtdues day in January, ISGB, and every fourth year thereafter, and shell be commissioned by the Governor for tbe term of four years. In case of any vacancy ot said office of Ordiuary, from any cause, the saute shall be ailed by election, a? is provided in relation to other county offi cers. md until the is filled, the clerk of the Superior Court for the time being, shali act as clerk of said Court of Ordinary. ARTISLE V. SECTION 1. 1. The electors of membeis of the General Assembly shall lie tree white male citiz. ns of this State, and shall have atiaiaed the age of twenty-one years, and have paid all taxes which may have been required of them, and which they have had an opportunity of pay ing agreeable to law, for the year preceding the election, shall be citizens of the United Stales, aud shall have resided six months either in Uie district or couaty, aud two years within this State, and no person who is not | qualified to vote for members ot the General Assembly, shall hold any office in this State. 2 Ail elections by the General Assembly shall be viva-voce md the vote shall always appear on the journal of the House of Repre sentatives, aud where the Senate 'aud House of Representatives unite for tbe purpose of elect ing, they shall meet in. toe Representative cnamber, and the Piealdeu of the Senate shali in such castß preside and declare the person or persons elected. A In all elections by the people the electors shall vote by ballot until the General Assemb - ly shall otherwise direct -4 Ail civil officers heretofore commissioned • by tbe Governor, or who have been duly ap- I pointed, or elected, since the met day of _..ad •Tir,e ifi»a of office shall riot Lave ex pired. shall continue in the exercise of the •' tkeof ihoir respective offices during the periods for which they wer duly appointed or duly ejected as aforesaid, ~nd com missioned, and until their successors shall be appointed ii ■ ier the provisio; rof this Constitution; un less removed from office »s herein provided. 5, Laws m general operation now of force, in this State, aie, Ist. an tbe supreme law, the Constitution of tne United States; •ho laws ol the United States, In pursuant'-- thereof, and ai treaties wade under the authority of the United Hiatus; 2ad. a next in authority thereto ids Constitution; 3;d, in subordination to the »fort'goirg, all ’aw? declared ol foroe by an* act of urn Go . uni A«Beu»My of this State, a -to December the 19th, A D. s 1860, eoiitied A a aoi wa; prove, adopt, and make of force, in the State of Georgia, a revised code of laws, prepared under the direction and by authority ol ihe General Assembly, thereof, andfoi other purpoees therewith connected,’ ao act of the General Assembly aforesaid, as sented to December ifitfs, A. D., 1361, iun«;. - . i.-ry of the aforegoing, and an act or Go* General Assembly aforesaid, assented V cumber lHtb A. D , 1862, entitled “An Act to settle Cue conflicts between the code and the legislation of th!<- General .Assembly; r} also all acts ol he Genesa; Assembly aforesaid, pass ed since the da- last written, altering, amend ing. repeating, or adding to any portion of :•■¥ horeinbid'oie mentioned (the latter enact ments having preference in case of conflict,) n and aieo so mneu of the common and statute law of England, aDd of the statute iaw of this built* of force in Georgia, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty, as is not expressly super ceded by, nor inconsistent with said codes, itrough not embodied Unrein: except to much ot the iaw aforesaid ae may violate the supreme law herein recognized, or may conflict with this Constitution, and except so much «th< ieof as refers to persons held in slavery, whish ex cepted laws ohfs.ll henceforth bo inoperative and void, and any future General of tbi* Stale, shall be competent to alter, amend, or rep-**! :»y- portion of the law declared to be of in Go* third specification of ti e filth i _ \ust-: of this fifth unido. If in tmy stetufce i law herein declared oi forc» t .-e word •' ••: • j iV irate” ac.-ms before r,ii: * out -s, aoch | iftty is hereby amended by euostitaiing tire 1 word “United’’ ft;: the word Oonfademte.’' •*. Local and private statutes heretofore pass | ed intending for the tmrvJU of counties, cities, j ‘ -wus, corporations, ami private persons- not j consistent with the supreme lav. nor with this I Constitution, and which Love ceriusr expired jby their own bmitatioae bo< beeu rspe.Md shall have the force o» >,w subject to ; judicial decision, as to s.fc ».r--'AUdit/ when eu | acted, and to any imposed by their ! own terms. ' Ail judgre mts, decree, orders, aud oth ler proceedings o' '•: several courts ot this ■ .tat •• »-<•>. „re .made, *itbio iha limits of i ‘heir several jurisdi uoni, are hereby ratified | afliriiioi . subject only to past and future reversal, by mo? on for new trial, appeal bill !■ 1 review, or cun proceed tags, in conformity I with the law r>f : res-, when they were made, i 8. Ah rights, priveiegfes and immunities I which may Lave vested in, -or Accrued to any I person or persons, in his, her, or th«ir i own iiffht, or lu any judiciary capacity, under j and in virtue of any act of the General Assem bly, or of. any j i.l go*< •* decree, or order, or j other proceeding of a■■ y url of competent I jnrlsdk tion u-.ia State. sin h the frsi dey oi niuarv. A. i> eighteen hunch ©d aud sixty one, ! h all ■ h«i-I i violate t»y ail courts before *j u. / :>e orou.'iht in question, unless ..Mac-Red for f’auu. s Ihe marriage relation between white per ■ • '■>rtio ;icau descent, is forever roc: . no . mb. u marriage shall be null ai dit ch ill be the duly of he f.k ,!or Assembly tc enact Jaws tor the pun ishment o- any ■ fficer who shall knowiegly iciue a i'rc; si for the celebration of such mar r;- j; 1 or i , oiiioer or minister of the gospel who ball w-'.ny tch persons together 10. AO ichi'.bi cud county officers shall be elocte by {.•-« people, under soun regulations b pave b‘ ■■■- »>r may be prcs.-ribed by law l- I'his Constitution may be altered or :i iiendad only by a convention of the people. or that purpouo by act- of the General A-wmbiy. ■•'o S:on* Sac* .--It is quite unu .. n e snow in tbeae iatituvies so early u. >•- e have all heatd of ’‘winter ling-* lug in the lap of spring.” The oil fol low. thC time, setm-i to be hastening to sit Ip t.V lap of autumn. In Marne, they have had -It. v :i" - for more than a week., la Portland. "•« V: ie trot came off daring a severe tu O'-- A.-. n New Hampshire. Terai at, ■■iic von: - &o.d v. stern parte of M- a ■ uoh etts. acow ieli Cos - ,ne depth of several laches on Friday Iu Vermont, on the Hot of the Vermunt Central railroad, ov t r a foot of snow ha: fallen, and the storm of laat mght and i > day Las been rag*ng as a snow storm over a vast extent of country —Boston Courier October 23. tre Kicuruond Enquirer is revived by Wise and Tvb*r, its late proprietors, and Coleman, and has a salutatory in wide., in. editors say dh'J v -3 tor v-: j. : they contended r-ae gone •i 'vu fore vet. The unsettled question of su i -*macy between Elates and Fedura: govern menl had i-teo deciiedby i’:e irbitratnent cf ! o: war. Now we acknowledge a-iegianc* to ;be union before we held al Agianoe due first to the Btatt. The same honesty und sinoeritv which made the sons oi Vugfuia brave iht: ; •au-.<--iv, cf ta*tie aud suffer uncomplainingly ! the ua.'i'-iiips c four years of -"ar will icaLc j th<-m saiths ul to the oath of allegiance.” S; i oui? and Galveßton, Teua* a- to be ; connected by a railroad. tienry V,. Alien, who was slecte-l. Governor : <-t that poriioa of Louisiana lying cateida of j the Federi-’ 'u ■* in 1862 is in :he city oi 1 Mexico, and has started a there id the j EDglishianguc.-e eaikvi the. Mexican Tim.- - .lie I *1 ■‘-aatLiucola Monument Associate c • hai now iS4, V i toe ii-eaiiary, Cn tl « cue Lqcdfedi and twenty-am; ietnatee Lunatic Afcyi.n- of I'pcuesree, s-'ity : are reported hatiug become JPiacgcd by I ihe exoi : r«niclsQt to the war [From M.icon Telegraph ] (itor ia ftntc ioitvcatioH, MOK I'AT AFTI.BHOON. NOVXUBKK (i. Mi*. Ohappeii s repudiation ordinance was the Older of tbe atie :;0,.n. i?ev eral new ordi nances were offered, also several tmendmenU, all of which was lost TCBrUAT MOSMNO, NOV»MBBK 7. Mr Jenkins from the Commut eof sixteen Introduced the following ad.hess to the Presi dent of the United Statep, which w»s ndopt tod The Committee of sixteen report for the con sideration of the Convent iou the following ad dress to the President of Jhe United States and respectfully recommend its adoption to be signed on their part, by the President ot this Convention. To His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, Prer-i --deot of the United staves of America : The people o* tho Stale of Georgia, now in convention, having repealed ali ordinances and resolutions, by them heretofore adoptel, with a purpose to separate themseive from the United Sffites, and to enter into another Con federacy, and having adopted a constitution strictly republican, wh. rein tne supremacy of the CoDsthutiou, constitutional laws, and treaties of the United" States of America are distincly sfflrmed, having therein recognized the emancipation, by the United Strtes Gov ernment, of persons previously held as slaves in thi3 State, and ordained, in the fundamental law, that neither slavery, nor involuutaiy s«st vitnde, (save asypunishment for crime.) shall hereafter exist i™Geoigia , and having, as they conceive, done all things necessary and proper on their part, to the full and complete restoration of the:r Stale to her light* and privilege, as a State and as a member of tbe American Union, respectioily inquest iinti all needfu* executive aud legislative measures be taken to effect such restoration us speedily hh possible. We, the delegates of the people, fully in formed as to their purposes and desires, assure your bxcellency, that it is their fixed intention to perform their whole duty as citizens of the United States, that their desire is to live under the constitution, in peace and harmony with the whole people, ami to sao sectional strife towards them ; and tbffir anticipation.* of y m* conciliatory and trustful consideration of then acts and doing** a this convention. Tee convention ' ..t. edto adjourn Wednes day at 12 o’clock, a. The ordinance of Mr Chappell, repudiating the war debt, was taken up and passed by a *.oto oi’ yeas 183. nays 1.17, as follows : Those who voted in the affirmat *•« are Messrs. Adams of Elbert, Allen, Alexander of pt-:e, Alexander ot Thomas, Ashley, Barlow, ‘,’rassf.n, Bsxtt-r, 801 l of Forsyth, Bethume, Black of Walker, Bower, Bow-. •*, K von, Boyd, Brady, Brantley, Brewti u of Bulloch, Bnghtwelb Bush, Cameron, Chappell, Clark, Colley, Crawford of Decatur, Cutis Cureton, Dickey, Dixon, Dorminev, Dorsey, Douglass, Driver, Ellington of C line:, Knglaud, : !-- warde, Fraser, 3 ant, Diky, Goode of Pick oust, Graham, Henry, lb r ug, Hill of Mor gan, Hopkins,-Hudson ot Schley, Highauutb., Howard of Towns, Hopps, Hue of Clayton, Harlan, Hood, Johnson ol Campbell, John sou oi 11 jatd, Johnson of Sp- Uitug. Jordan, He' •* -■ i, irki&nd, King of Rabun, Kimbrough, Knight. Lassetter Lewis of Dooly, Logan oi D**. si-- L •liman, Monroe, Mote!, Morris, vtiiM ;u of CavroH, Martin of Haber sham, Mathews oi Upson, Mattox, McCutch con, McGregor, M-toi-vie, Mcßae of Mont gomery, Morrill, Nr-il. Sow, on, MichohkP&f --t-jrd, Parrott, I’m k. t'nilk, Foul and, Qullliau, jtu,wls, Redding, ui .. ,i dson, RiU-y ot Taylor, Riley of Lumpkin, Robotts of U -tiy Roberts of JX.'jls, Robinson of Laureus, R-tg rs of Gordon, Rug. rs of Milton, Rouse, Kumph, Bafford, Scrnggs, Scoff, Seward, Sbarman, Sin gleton, Skelton, Smith of Bryan, Smith of Coweta, Strickland, Taliaferro, Thompeou of J.vjkiou. Thompson of Gor in, Tuckur Dirk, Turnips >ed, Walker of Carroll, Warren of Pu- Isbki, Warren of li. us<on, Watkius, Wurner, Ware., Watson, Weaver, WhehTel, Winn, Wil liams of Bryan, Wiliiatuß of Harris, Wiliiamsof Ware. Wiku.-, Womack, Wooten of Terrill. Wright oi Emanuel, Young Those who voted ; n the negative a>e Messrs. Adair, Anderson, of- 'ffidbiun, Andemon, of Cobb. Arnold of Henry, Arnold of Walton, Atkir-aon of Troup, Au.im-on of Camden, B<o’-un, “ kadale, Birselt, Beil of Webster, Blft.:.’« B'ouotf Brower, Burts, Oabauiiw*, Ca - awey, (.• . t.-, CLandler, Cohen. Cole. Cook Covhigtc-n, Dart, i-'avi- of Floyd, IDvid ol Jackson, DtGroJ .nrj 1, 1 -jw.ia, i: iP .se„ Du pree. Ftoemaa, • -..ton, Fiovu, Gun., Gibson, Gnaseis, Do ode »-.* li* Giovnr, Horne, ! ill oi l’r- up, Holt of Hurubur, 1-iiid gou of Brooks, Holmes, Harris of Clarke. Harris of Hancock, Hams . Worth, Hook, Hammond, Hownr ol Bartow, Hank, Haaseil, Harvey, Hale, it win, Jenuins, J.A-.ru>',i of Ciai! Jones ol Columbia, Jot v M. in of Bo kfi, Jonea If. T. of Burk, Kfrsey Kenan, KiDg of Greene, King of Bichin mi!, Lams', Lawson, Lawrence Levdg ( .j Gr*. a.., Logan, of White, Logan of Bibb, Lovett, Loyu, Mid (Teton, Moore cf Floyd, Moore of W*. hater, Morgan, Murphey, Mallard, Manning, Mathews of Oglethorpe, Mathews ot Wasaington, Mc- Donald. McDuffie oi M trior, McLeod, Wash, Patton, pi-.udlefon, Perry, I’uckett, Ke ee, Reynold Ridley of Tro .p Robot ~f 'V .r .-n, Tlobmsonot Jt i.y, f-aie, S'tarpe, uhookiey, Simmons of Gwinett. Simmon- of Crawford, Smith of Ch ; :toa, Solomon Sorrells, Siapie ton, Si- jjii*j.- Stew .rt, Tho.nav. Turuer of Campbell, i'mne of Quitman, * Under wood, Wn.iakcr, Williams ot Bak**r, V, iTlnghaij;, Wimberly,, Wooten of DeKa'b Wright of OoweU, Wright of Dougherty, Zv:ht*ry. T(J*S6I. MOVE M 3BB 7. A reaclulioii giving tha Secrot-aiy of; the Convention two hundred dollart for making out and arranging the joornal, and bringing »p t>'e un.iaibbvd porri of the journal, and attending • othei unfinished business, was passed A resolution paying Rev. W. W. Flynn tor his nerviccft us Chaplain, wan passed. I'he folicwieg ri - jiutir.n was adopted : Eesolved, That a committee of 6 be ap pointed Oy the chair, whose duty ir, ?hr.L he to memorialize h:s Excellency. Andre.? Jofaticon, Freeideat of the United hi- -, -ns iking ih<. executivo clem : . y ic be bait of ihoee r.r OQt feiiow citizens belonging to the classes except ed from the be ,-,fcfce cf lb- late ; nroc laoiatir.n, a:.i ■■.■ ho naay b.- ns yet i:pardoned. The reaclutioo was adoptee!, and ta« Prcei dsi'.', appointed the following corumitu-ft.. Holt of Lobe, L of Bcr.ven. '. sveun-r of HeKaib, Whitaker of Fulton, & . de ll ,it> ton. Mr. Hill o. Morgan, chairman of ti .j roßi-- mltee o‘ rive reported the following ordinance. AN OUDINANCis. To Rrt.ks valid private contracts entered into all exts. u' id during the war agi’iast the United «>»&?—•, and .0 authorise tbo Courts of this Stat- 1 to adjust the equ,t;es between parties to contrac** made, bn:, not ? seated, and to aultorlza settieuients of such con tracts by persona acting iu a fiduciary charac ter. Sec. 1 Ts-o people of Georgia, in »';oaved tion aescmblfd, do ord .m. That -...private oontiricle made and executed during the war against the fJiiiicc :*tatee, ao l act in viola tion of the Oou?l;tu;«on aud laws of this State or of e Lm.ted States shai- be as valid and i bindir.g ae it male aud executed before hoe ) tilitics cxjcumeocud. cec. 2. And it ia farther ordained, Thai, ail ; contracts make between Ist June. fool, and i Ist J oe, lSlio. whether expressed in »■ ' ting j or implied. - • -hating iu parol, and not yet | executed,elm ; eceive ar. equitable conatrnc- j tiou. And either party it any suit fc.; f’oe eu- ; forceiner i of any such contract may, upon the [ trial, givu in evldecre the consideration and! lb 9 value thereof at :>.ny lime, and the mten-| tio*> ct the panic: a? to tlie partieul »r curren- | cy in wcicU payment v.-.c< to b-j m.xie, and the ' line i. 1 such currency a; *uy time ; aud ihe ' verdict, and judgment rendered shah be on | le« of equity Provider ■ it contract* j executed within |he time spec's! i aud wore ousiply h* renewal ct ©riac.il contracta raigie brtore the gfjd let day lune, shall «taad qpoa the footing of ocoia . ■ executed belor- bcsulltiea comanmced. Sec. -8. And it & farther -nM,icod, That exe- i eutore, udiainigtratorß, gou. -i: . a -<d iru<jtees. i • hall have power to —ttl© • , -mw i»e til vJiuais o 6vi(idQC6b us la t i * i CKnN J Letw,,eri tee Ist ,;j»y of June/ t ... . the ist day of June, 186-5. oyjitract' j wj»i-. tv ! ference In payment iu Coufcderate Suites of America treastti j no*.*, ot «*thei car: <-ncv ot a depneiatvd vain , and accept as athfeutou of such indebtedness t ne fair and reuscnuble vain-* Ot such cTitUlri Ihe onbuftiico was adopted. Mr. Wik!;* : Mr. President—As chairman <> r the EOtntnitiee of seven, to whom \va. referred the Governor’s moseage aud accompanyiug documents on tho subject of cotton purchased by the State, I beg leave to submit the follow ing report : The committee finding it imprectkable, fiom the limited lime which the convention uistv coet-iiue iu session, to perform tbe duty a-signeu them in giving the finances of It.c State that investigation the importance of the subject demum s, recommend to the Conven tion the adoption of the fcllowiug retdotioos. 1. R. solved. That his Excellency, the Gov ernor be recommended to appoint a commis sion of three competent persous to whom shall be assigned the duty of making a thorough examination and investigation oi the financial operations ol tho State from the Ist ,'ai.naiy, 1861, to the present time, and report Ihe result of such Investigation to the Legislature. 2. That the commissioners so at-*- Jut. I shsll, before entering on the discharge of t** duties, be sworu faithlully to discnaigo tt. duties of said commission, and be author to administer oaths, send for persons papeis, sad have power to compel rho rt dauce of witnesses and to Squire all financial agents of the State to make such reports of their receipts anffigdißborsements as may bo necessary for to arrive at «U the facts necessary to a proper dUtchm. of their duty. 3. That ihe Governor be auth'.rize.l to p-.y such commissioners as he may appoint, a fad , »nd reai.ouable compensatior: for ih-it* aet vitwe. Be it further rosuivad. That the Provisional Governor be requested to take from Mr. Henry Brigbam au assignment ot ail his micros’, u the 1660 bales of cotton, purchased by . Henry Brigham from A Wilbur, agoofc foi the State, and on receiving such assignn:«*pt tl, l he pay Mr. Brigbam any expense he may have Incurred In and aiwut said cotton, provided th( same do not exceed ■k'kOO, and also deliver up tbe notes of said Brigham, gir..., i . • oft! United States, be respeotf.d!y utgei to press the claim of this State for *1 * * cotton, and all other cot-on belonging io this Statu and taaen possession of ey tbe United Stabs, authorities. J. K VVtKt,.;, Gbuirman tom tni the. An ordinance for the relief ot Hank was voted down. Mr. Jenkins, of Richmond : Mr. Fuw.ient; I < fter the following resolutions : Whereas, under the t ots of the Congress of the United Slates, and tbs instructions of fiit' Treasury department, the for the Slate of Georgia ate about to arsese a tax up on real estate, upon tho *. ibi-.ttion of 18t’0, an 1 whereas, the value of that de-. ripiion of prop erty now, when tho n.ss.-sament is about to bo ir-ade, is much below that of the year 18(0, and will operate injuriously upon the agricul tural interest or too b‘ate gt.-atiy depressad therefore.. Resolved, 1. That a committee of five iuclu ding the President of the Conw.ntin, as chair man, be appointed by the VmiJ(*i witoec duty it shall be to memorialize the IT.-a. Hugit McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury, request ing a suspension of tin a assensment untii tho meeting oi tbe Congress of tho United Flat.... and that, if compatible with the seme of jus - ties he i»conr«e&cd such a modification of the Internal revenue laws as will allow ihe ars. ssmeot for Lhe tax of 1804 to be >,u»-h» upon the present value of real ■■state. 2. That said committee p’a-.e tin* ;r •■ - :I T when prepared, in the h ».uis . a tn. .-uonni• Governor, with the request that ho toi wv**d i» t he Secretary of theTtrasi y, uml give t teuce ol his recommendation, if i com >is sense of proprie.y. - . WPre • ogvid relations of tin* nil! he large uttm. i r • f per - them as slav'ea, but now ,gn...ed on, and cf tbe Imperative obligation resting >i» tlio ferniei to gifo efficient ptotection tw the iatier. aad to promote umong them ffie observaucu of iaw and order, habits of industry and moral improvement. 1. Bo it resolved, That a commt: ion of five persons, viz . Messrs Euenezjr Starns of Rich • mond, Linton Stephens o ? Hancock, Wna Hope JJuti, oi Clarke, Logau K. BlP?k!oy of At ” • and Lewie N. Whit.le of BP-h, l*«, and t are hereby appoi sted forthwith to preparo report to the Governor at tho earliest practical day, to belaid befcio the Ge ■ *irl Ar.^rra 1 tbe next session, a cod or -vstou* of ~w carry luto ctf *ct tho sla paragraph of ffia ' section of the 2d article, and tue ‘i cliti.r a of the* second section of the lib aittc'.o of th-. constitution adopted by this CnuvcntT. . aad that 1.0 requested to meet <>i. Miliedgoville ou lIL lJiii ius*:. 2 That any (area of said c-'-m ui.. loners n . act and may in th* *r discretion CU vac ■ ie -n . t. .at or resignation of any an mb >.■• ot it. r-r . that these reso’utir...*B bo communicated by the secretary to such committee. 3. That the General Assembly he requested to make provision lor thei** compensatiou. The res*ilutionß were adopted. T i.e lollowing message was wdve J ftorn Ids Excellency, James Johnson, ivo isional Go*, uor of Georgia * Kxkctjtivs Ofu c. Miu.ki.ue u,k. Nov. I • ■ Gentiemea o f to: ..L .. I r*:*wo jn»«. received the folk wing tele? ram :. iei- I'rov. Uov. of <’ t. vVxraistoxoN, Nov. sth, : • .*. Jamoa JoL - .» -’c.iv 'Tov —'the t -ic.zt tiou of a police force in the neveral -out.o, for the purpose of arresting marauders, sup pressing crime and enforemg the civil author ity, indicated hi vour preamble and resolm tion, meets v : ;u approbation It ip hoped tba; your people will, aa soon as practic >l'!e, take upon tbcmsclves the responsibility oi vnfotcin:r and sustain lug all laws, State and F<%ier?.!, in conformity tc the constitution of ;ne Hatred •States, Akuhiw Johnson. President United State-. The commUtee of 10 re.-omtaeu the adop tion of the tot lowing reeolotions 1 Resolved. That lha thanks f this Co venfioo be tendered to His f ct> , ncy. tna I'rovisiooa! Governor, . r !., the office ; fi>v <be nidei kiu-J.;. which he n»« adtuiniAteted S’, delictit« -,n { difficultdatbhs, ind for nis crjurrasy to i• ■ body, k. "hat hie Exoellency ba requesu to for ward i-> U»e President cf tho ('nitou Stale' copies of the repeal!: g Ord'aaiM .f. -oil of s other ordinal es at: reauictions lui may defen proper : also copies of tie Const:tutioui and ■:e artdrea-to itio Fre-iident, adopted by the Oonvemion. ?> Thai U:b Excolleucy, the ”o;er«or, be requcr.ed io draw bi- warram, or war nt up.>n tae Treasury, .n piyment o< t.i xc counts for the printing ordered by tui- Con ventioc,. and, also, the ? /,f 'dar s iiun’shed Ordinaries io administer ti c amt > ty oath, at the rates fired by Mw, a.- : c sarm airy be executed, if there b© funds iu . ,a Treasury to meet said demands. The ree datloßa were adopt- and. WioFhXEXDA i~ZoVimuZK S A. DoliC*3 to f6CDDSi«I6t, tiic O*"- 1 - ' f|Tj r ; 4 Ttf leasing the backs from the pains and penaUie ol suspending specie payment was lost Mr '/ikle moved a safest that the President of the convention La aiitboiizei) call the convention toge'.be- at any lime wltiiiu I:: mouth* from the present time. The reaciutiou was adoptee. A reaoli'.uon providing for the pay c f m. Dim L ft-vo for 5 rin*;*ig -lone for th ,a , >a tioa was •-** to. A report from the committr-e a poii and to memorialise the Hresidcnt >a ti e -übj- ti. the pardon e? those -.-h< unio iu iho exoeptt** obiss. The report ras taker! up and adopted. A resolution oi ttumius to the President was pas^-xi, A resolution of tb> nka to tho come,!-too of oi” *.n was passed Convention, after i\ thrilling -o, .- b frota 1 ad{aarced, anbject fe> the -at* of sic-r, if such call be m v e with luatod cm td.iui K ; ar. t 5 Naahv!,.- ;• an., «»*• q.uued '*i L->- 6? . Goto be? )»;•:.