House of Williamson, House of Davidson, Robertson, and Montgomery, Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Key, Mabry, McDougal, Morris, Meeks, Netherland, Nicholson, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Seay, Shelton, Staley, Stephens, Taylor, Thompson of Davidson, Thompson of Maury, Turner, Williamson and Wright 43. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Arledge, Blizard, Branson, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Deaderick, Dibbrell, Fielder, Finley, Gaut, Gibbs, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Hill of Gibson, Ivie, Jones of Lincoln, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, McNabb, Martin, Parker, Sample and Warner -25. Mr. House of Davidson, Robertson and Montgomery, moved to reconsider the vote adopting the amendment, and further moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table, which latter motion prevailed. PRINTING THE JOURNAL AND DEBATES. Mr. GARNER called up the resolution heretofore offered by him, from the Committee on Printing, in relation to printing the Journal and Debates. Mr. BAXTER moved to amend the resolution by striking out the words "and debates," and demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the amendment adopted. Yeas... Those voting in the affirmative are : .48 ..17 Messrs. Arledge, Bate, Baxter, Blizard, Branson, Brandon, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Burkett, Burton, Byrne, Campbell, Carter, Chowning, Cypert, Deaderick, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Dromgoole, Fielder, Finley, Gardner, Gaut, Gibbs, Gibson, Gordon, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Hill of Gibson, Jones of Lincoln, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, Mabry, McDougal, McNabb, Martin, Morris, Meeks, Netherland, Nicholson, Parker, Sample, Staley, Stephens, Taylor, and Warner-48. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Fentress, Garner, Heiskell, House of Williamson, House of Davidson, Robertson and Montgomery, Ivie, Jones of Giles, Key, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Seay, Shelton, Thompson of Maury, Turner, Williamson and Wright-17. On motion of Mr. JONES of Lincoln, the resolution of the Com-mittee on Printing was laid on the table. 1 'MEMORIAL. Mr. KIRKPATRICK presented a memorial from a number of citizens of Hawkins, Grainger and other counties, praying the establishment of a new county, which, without being read, was referred to the Committee on New Counties and County Lines. REVISION AND ENROLLMENT. Mr. STEPHENS offered the following resolution: Resolved, That a Committee on Revision and Enrollment, to consist of five members, shall be appointed, whose duty it shall be to have correctly enrolled upon parchment, in a fair round hand, the Constitution as proposed to be amended by this Convention, in correct language, and have the amendments properly inserted in the places and as adopted by the Convention. On motion of Mr. STEPHENS, the rules were suspended and the resolution adopted. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT FURTHER CONSIDERED. Mr. MARTIN offered the following resolution, as an independent section to Article III of the Constitution: The Governor shall not, in any event, call into service the militia for any party or political purpose, and shall not call them into service in any case except that of rebellion and invasion, and in such case the General Assembly shall declare the public safety requires it. On motion of Mr. FENTRESS, it was ordered that 100 copies be printed for the use of the Convention. On motion of Mr. NICHOLSON, the Convention adjourned until Monday morning, at 101⁄2 o'clock. MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1870, The Convention met pursuant to adjournment, Mr. President BROWN in the Chair. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. WESCHLER. The Journal of Saturday was read and approved. COMMITTEE ON REVISION, ETC. The PRESIDENT announced the following gentlemen as constituting the Committee on Revision and Enrollment: W. H. Stephens, H. R. Bate, A. Blizard, A. O. P. Nicholson, John F. House. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On motion of Mr. DOHERTY, leave of absence was granted Mr. Meeks on account of sickness. Leave of absence was also granted Mr. THOMPSON, of Davidson, on account of sickness. MEMORIAL. Mr. KIRKPATRICK presented a memorial from citizens of Washington, Green, Hawkins and Sullivan Counties, praying for a new county to be formed out of fractions of said counties, which, without being read, was referred to the Committee on New Counties and County Lines. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Mr. STEPHENS, from the Committee on the Legislative Department, made the following report, 100 copies of which were, on motion of Mr. Gardner, ordered printed for the use of the Convention. MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the Committee on the Legislative Department to report that they have had under consideration the various matters referred to them; and not supposing it necessary to repeat here each proposition, or to discuss its merits, they have deemed it sufficient to announce the following as their unanimous conclusion upon the whole matter. The change of dates in some of the sections of Article II, which they recommend, are such as are necessary to adapt the Constitution to the new starting point from which we are setting out. The more important amendments which they propose to engraft on Article II, such as those regulating the compensation of members of the General Assembly, and the mode of enacting laws, and the power of the Legislature to embark the State in debt, and the power of counties and incorporated cities and towns to loan their credit, and to become joint stockholders with others, are, all of them, the result of an earnest conviction on the part of the committee that some such changes in the organic law are essential to the prosperity of the State. It appearing that the subjects embraced within Section 28 of Article II, were properly within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Finance, Internal Improvements, and Corporations, the consideration of that section, by mutual agreement, was referred to that committee. The section recommended by them, in lieu of Section 28, is inserted in its proper order in this report. Taking up Article II, I am instructed to recommend that said Article be amended as follows: Sectiou 3-To the end of this section add the words, "who shall hold their offices for two years from the day of the general election." Section 4-Strike out the word "forty-one forty-one" in the third line, and insert the word "seventy-one. Section 7-Strike out the word "thirty-five" in the third line, and insert "seventy-one." Sec. 8-Strike out the word "thirty-five" in the third line, and insert "seventy-one." Sec. 11-Strike out in the fourth line the words "Two-thirds of each House," and insert "Not less than two-thirds of all the members to which each House shall be entitled." Sec. 17-Add to the end of this section the words, "No bill shall pass which embraces more than one subject; that subject to be expressed in the title. All acts which repeal, revive or amend former laws, shall recite in their caption or otherwise the title or substance of the law repealed, revived or amended." Sec. 18-Strike out all after the word "shall," near the end of the third line, and insert "have been read and pased on three different days in each house, the assent of a majority of all the members to which that house shall be entitled under this Constitution; and shall have been signed by the respective Speakers, in open session, the fact of such signing to be noted on the Journal; and shall have received the approval of the Governor, or shall have been otherwise passed under the provisions of this Constitution." Sec. 21-Strike out "two," in the sixth line, and insert "five." Sec. 23-Strike out the word "first" in the third line. After the word "Assembly," at the end of the third line, insert "elected after the ratification of the Constitution." After the word "services," in the fourth line, strike out all of said section, and insert, "But no member shall be paid for more than seventy-five days of a regular session, or for more than twenty days of an extra or called or adjourned session, or for any day when absent from his seat in the Legislature, unless physically unable to attend. The Senators, when sitting as a Court of Impeachment, shall each receive four dollars per day of actual attendance. Sec. 28--Amended as reported by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, etc. Sec. 29-Add to the end as follows: "But the credit of no county, city, or town shall be given or loaned to or in aid of any person, company, association or corporation, except upon an election to be first held by the qualified voters of such county, city, or town, and the assent of three-fourths of the votes cast at said election. Nor shall any county, city or town become a stockholder with others in any company, association, or corporation, except upon a like election, and the assent of a like majority." Section 31-Strike out this section and insert: "The credit of this State shall not be hereafter loaned or given to or in aid of any person, association, company, corporation or municipality; nor shall the State become a stockholder with others in any association, company, corporation or municipality." With these amendments, Article II, in its complete form, will read as hereinafter written. Respectfully submitted, WM. H. STEPHENS, Chairman. January 24th, 1870. ARTICLE II. DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS. Sec. 1. The powers of the Government shall be divided into three distinct departments: the Legislative, Executive and Judicial. Sec. 2. No person or persons belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any of the powers properly belonging to either of the others, except in the cases herein directed or permitted. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Sec. 3. The legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives, both dependent on the people, who shall hold their office for two years from the day of the general election. Sec. 4. An enumeration o the qualified voters and an apportionment of the Representatives in the General Assembly, shall be made in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and within every subsequent term of ten years. Sec. 5. The number of Representatives shall, at the several periods of making the enumeration, be apportioned among the several counties or districts according to the number of qualified voters in each; and shall not exceed seventy-five until the population of the State shall be one million and a half, and shall never thereafter exceed ninety-nine. Provided, That any county having two-thirds of the ratio shall be entitled to one member. Sec. 6. The number of Senators shall, at the several periods of making the enumeration, be apportioned among the several coun |