On motion of Mr. STEPHENS, the motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

Mr. PORTER, of Henry, moved to adjourn until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.

Mr. BAXTER demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the motion to adjourn failed.

Those voting in the affirmative are:

Messrs. Allen, Arledge, Bate, Brooks, Brown of Henry, etc., Burton, Campbell, Deavenport, Doherty, Droomgoole, Fentress, Gardner, Gordon, House of Davidson, Robertson and Montgomery, Jones of Giles, Morris, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Seay, Shepard, Shelton, Stephens, Taylor, Thompson of Davidson, Williamson and Wright--26.

Those voting in the negative are:

Messrs. Baxter, Blackburn, Blizard, Branson, Brandon, Britton, Brown of Davidson, Burkett, Byrne, Carter, Chowning, Coffin, Cummings, Cypert, Deaderick, Dibbrell, Fielder, Finley, Fulkerson, Garner, Gaut, Gibbs, Gibson, Heiskell, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Hill of Gibson, House of Williamson, Ivie, Jones of Lincoln, Kennedy, Key, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, Mabry, McDougal, McNabb, Martin, Meeks, Netherland, Nicholson, Parker, Sample, Thompson of Maury, Turner and Warner-46.

REPORT ON EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERED.

On motion of Mr. BROWN, of Davidson, the Convention proceeded to the consideration of the report of the Committee on the Executive Department.

The report of the Committee was read, when, on motion of Mr. HOUSE, of Davidson, Robertson and Montgomery, the Convention proceeded to the consideration of the third Article of the Constitution of the State, section by section.

Sections 1, 2 and 3 were adopted without amendment.

Mr. HOUSE, of Davidson, Robertson and Montgomery, offered the following in lieu of the fourth Section :

The Governor shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and shall not be eligible for more than four years in a period of eight years.

Mr. JONES, of Giles, demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the amendment was adopted.

Yeas.......
Nays.....

Those voting in the affirmative are:

40

30

Messrs. Allen, Bate, Baxter, Branson, Brandon, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Brown of Henry, etc., Burton, Byrne, Campbell, Carter, Cummings, Deaderick, Doherty, Dromgoole, Fentress, Fulkerson, Gibson, Heiskell, House of Williamson, House of Davidson, Robertson and Montgomery, Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Key, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, Mabry, McNabb, Morris, Nicholson, Parker, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Shelton, Thompson of Davidson, Turner, Williamson and Wright-40.

Those voting in the negative are:

Messrs. Arledge, Blackburn, Blizard, Burkett, Chowning, Cypert, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Fielder, Finley, Gardner, Garner, Gaut, Gibbs, Gordon, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Hill of Gibson, Ivie, Jones of Lincoln, McDougal, Martin, Meeks, Netherland, Sample, Shepard, Stephens, Taylor, Thompson of Maury and Warner-30. Mr. HOUSE submitted the following, as an independent section to said Article:

Every bill which may pass both Houses of the General Assembly shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the Governor for his signature. If he approve, he shall sign it, and the same shall become a law; but if he refuse to sign it, he shall return it, with his objections thereto in writing, to the House in which it originated; and said House shall cause said objections to be entered at large upon their Journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill. If, after such reconsideration, a majority of all the members elected to that House shall agree to pass the bill, notwithstanding the objections of the Executive, it shall be sent, with said objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered. If approved by a majority of the whole number elected to that House, it shall become a law the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of all the members voting for or against the bill, shall be entered upon the Journals of their respective Houses.

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If the Governor shall fail to return any bill, with his objections, within five days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall become a law without his signature, unless the General Assembly, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not become a law.

Every joint resolution, or order, (except on questions of adjournment) shall likewise be presented to the Governor for his signature, and before it shall take effect, shall receive his signature; and on

being disapproved by him, shall, in like manner, be returned with his objections; and the same, before it shall take effect, shall be repassed by a majority of all the members elected to both Houses in the manner and according to the rules prescribed in case of a bill.

It was ordered by the Convention that said amendment be laid on the table and one hundred copies printed, and that the consideration of said section be postponed temporarily.

Sections 5 and 6 were adopted without amendment and without a division.

To Section 7 Mr. WILLIAMSON offered the following amend

ment:

"He shall receive, as compensation for his services, at least five thousand dollars per annum, but his salary shall not be increased during the period for which he shall have been elected."

During the pendency of said amendment, on motion, the Convention adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.

FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1870.

The Convention met pursuant to adjournment, Mr. President BROWN in the Chair.

Prayer by the Rev. Mr. SAMPLE, a member of this body.
The Journal of yesterday was read, corrected and approved.
The roll was called for memorials and petitions.

TO AMEND THE RULES.

Mr JONES, of Lincoln, proposed to amend the rules of the Convention as follows:

Insert after the word "order," in the second line of the last rule on page 5, the words "within two days thereafter."

On motion of Mr. JONES, the rules were suspended and the amendment adopted.

Mr. JONES, of Lincoln, moved to reconsider the vote adopting the amendment, and further moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, which latter motion prevailed.

PAY OF MEMBERS.

Mr. JONES, of Lincoln, submitted the following resolution, which was adopted by the Convention:

Resolved, That the Treasurer of the State of Tennessee is hereby authorized and required to pay the members of this Convention their per diem and mileage, and the officers of this Convention their per diem the same as members and officers of the Legislature, due up to the time of calling for the same.

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED.

Mr. WRIGHT submitted the following resolution, which was read and referred to the Committee on Miscellaneous Provisions:

Resolved, That it be engrafted in the Constitution of Tennessee that any officer or officers having in charge public moneys for the benefit of the Common Schools, shall, for any violation of public trust be dismissed from office, and become ineligible to any office of trust or honor in the State, and shall be subject to severe penalties, pecuniary and corporeal.

BILL OF RIGHTS FURTHER CONSIDERED.

On motion of Mr. KEY, the vote by which Mr. Campbell's amendment to Section 25 of the Bill of Rights was adopted, was reconsidered.

On motion of Mr. BAXTER, the amendment was altered so as to read, "under the martial or military law;" and thus amended, was adopted by the Convention.

The Convention proceeded to the consideration of special orderthe 14th Section of the Bill of Rights.

Mr. HOUSE, of Davidson, Robertson and Montgomery, offered the following in lieu of the 14th Section of the Bill of Rights, as reported by the Committee:

Strike out Section 14 of the Bill of Rights, and insert, "No person shall be held to answer any criminal charge, except by present

ment, indictment or impeachment; but the Legislature, in cases of petit larceny, assault, assault and battery, affray and vagrancy, may dispense with an inquest of a Grand Jury, an indictment or presentment, and may authorize prosecutions for said offenses, before such inferior Court or Courts as may be established by law; and the proceedings in such cases shall be regulated by law; and all defendants so arraigned, shall have the right of trial by jury, unless the same shall be expressly waived in such manner as may be prescribed by the Legislature.'

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Mr. WARNER offered the following in lieu of Mr. House's:

Amend the 14th Section by adding after impeachment, "Except in cases of misdemeanors meriting impeachment, which may be fixed by the Legislature."

Mr. BROWN, of Davidson, offered the following amendment to Mr. House's amendment:

"Provided, That in all cases of trial of the offenses above specified, the prosecution shall be required to prefer an information on oath, describing the matter of the offense, with reasonable certainty, and the place and time of its commission."

Which was accepted by Mr. HOUSE.

Mr. JONES, of Lincoln, moved to lay the pending amendments on the table.

Mr. BAXTER demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the motion to lay on the table sustained.

Yeas..
Nays.....

Those voting in the affirmative are:

37.

35.

Messrs. Arledge, Bate, Baxter, Blackburn, Blizard, Branson, Brandon, Britton, Burkett, Carter, Deaderick, Fentress, Fielder, Finley, Garner, Gaut, Gibbs, Gibson, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Hill of Gibson, Ivie, Jones of Lincoln, Kirkpatrick, Mabry, McDougal, McNabb, Martin, Morris, Meeks, Netherland, Parker, Sample, Shepard, Shelton, Stephens, and Thompson of Maury-37. Those voting in the negative are:

Messrs. Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Brown of Henry, Carroll, Gibson and Madison, Burton, Byrne, Campbell, Chowning, Coffin, Cummings, Cypert, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Dromgoole, Fulkerson, Gardner, Gordon, Heiskell, House of Williamson, House of Davidson, Robertson and Montgomery, Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Key, Kyle, Nicholson, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Seay, Staley, Taylor, Thompson of Davidson, Turner, Warner, Williamson, and Wright-35.