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Constitution of the State of Tennessee - The State of Tennessee
The State of Tennessee
Constitution of the State of Tennessee
Published by Good Press, 2022
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Table of Contents
PREAMBLE
Article I DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
Sec. 1. All power inherent in the people -- Government under their control.
Sec. 2. Doctrine of nonresistance condemned.
Sec. 3. Freedom of worship.
Sec. 4. No religious or political test.
Sec. 5. Elections to be free and equal -- Right of suffrage.
Sec. 6. Trial by jury -- Qualifications of jurors.
Sec. 7. Unreasonable searches and seizures -- General warrants.
Sec. 8. No man to be disturbed but by law.
Sec. 9. Right of the accused in criminal prosecutions.
Sec. 10. Double jeopardy prohibited.
Sec. 11. No ex post facto laws.
Sec. 12. No corruption of blood or forfeiture of estates.
Sec. 13. Treatment after arrest.
Sec. 14. Prerequisites to criminal charge.
Sec. 15. Bailable offenses -- Habeas corpus.
Sec. 16. Restrictions on bail, fines and punishment.
Sec. 17. Open courts -- Redress of injuries -- Suits against the State.
Sec. 18. No imprisonment for debt.
Sec. 19. Freedom of speech and press.
Sec. 20. No retrospective laws.
Sec. 21. No man's services or property taken without consent or compensation.
Sec. 22. No perpetuities or monopolies.
Sec. 23. Right of assembly.
Sec. 24. Militia -- Civil authority.
Sec. 25. Martial law -- Punishment.
Sec. 26. Right to bear arms -- Regulations.
Sec. 27. Quartering soldiers.
Sec. 28. No one compelled to bear arms.
Sec. 29. Navigation of the Mississippi.
Sec. 30. No hereditary honors.
Sec. 31. Boundaries of the state.
Sec. 32. Prisons and prisoners.
Sec. 33. Slavery prohibited.
Sec. 34. Right of property in man.
Sec. 35. Rights of victims of crimes.
Sec. 36. [Proposed.] Abortion.
Article II DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS
Sec. 1. Division of powers.
Sec. 2. Limitation of powers.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Article III EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Sec. 1. Governor's executive power.
Sec. 2. Election of Governor.
Sec. 3. Governor's qualifications.
Sec. 4. Governor's term of office.
Sec. 5. Governor as commander-in-chief -- Calling out militia.
Sec. 6. Pardons and reprieves.
Sec. 7. Governor's compensation.
Sec. 8. Governor may require information.
Sec. 9. Governor may convene the legislature.
Sec. 10. Governor to execute laws.
Sec. 11. Governor to give information to the legislature.
Sec. 12. Vacancy in office of governor.
Sec. 13. Ineligibility for governorship.
Sec. 14. Governor to make temporary appointments.
Sec. 15. Seal of State.
Sec. 16. Grants and commissions to be sealed and signed by the governor.
Sec. 17. Secretary of state.
Sec. 18. Bills to be approved by the governor -- Governor's veto -- Bills passed over governor's veto.
Article IV ELECTIONS
Sec. 1. Right to vote -- Election precincts -- Military duty.
Sec. 2. Right of suffrage may be excluded for crime.
Sec. 3. Privileges of voters.
Sec. 4. Mode of voting.
Article V IMPEACHMENTS
Sec. 1. Impeachment.
Sec. 2. Trial of impeachments.
Sec. 3. How prosecuted.
Sec. 4. Who may be impeached.
Sec. 5. Officers liable to indictment and removal from office.
Article VI JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Sec. 1. Judicial power.
Sec. 2. Supreme court.
Sec. 3. Supreme court judges.
Sec. 4. Judges of inferior courts.
Sec. 5. Attorney general and reporter.
Sec. 6. Removal of judges and attorneys.
Sec. 7. Compensation of judges.
Sec. 8. Jurisdiction of inferior courts.
Sec. 9. Judge's charge.
Sec. 10. Certiorari.
Sec. 11. Incompetency of judges -- Special judges.
Sec. 12. Requisites of writs and process.
Sec. 13. Clerks of courts.
Sec. 14. Fines exceeding fifty dollars to be assessed by jury.
Sec. 15. Districts in counties -- Justices and constables. [Repealed.]
Article VII STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS
Sec. 1. County government -- Elected officers -- Legislative body -- Alternate forms of government.
Sec. 2. Vacancies.
Sec. 3. Treasurer and comptroller.
Sec. 4. Other elections and vacancies.
Sec. 5. Civil officers -- Election -- Vacancies.
Article VIII MILITIA
Sec. 1. Militia officers to be elected.
Sec. 2. Staff officers to be appointed.
Sec. 3. Exemptions from attending musters.
Article IX DISQUALIFICATIONS
Sec. 1. Ineligibility of ministers and priests to seats in legislature.
Sec. 2. No atheist shall hold a civil office.
Sec. 3. Duelists shall hold no office.
Article X OATHS, BRIBERY OF ELECTORS, NEW COUNTIES
Sec. 1. Oath of office.
Sec. 2. Oath of members of the general assembly.
Sec. 3. Punishment of electors and candidates for bribery.
Sec. 4. New counties -- Approach of county lines to courthouse -- Limit to reduction of counties -- Exceptions -- Vote necessary to detach fractions for formation of new counties or to remove a county seat -- Liability for existing debt.
Sec. 5. To vote with old county.
Article XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 1. Existing laws not affected by this Constitution.
Sec. 2. No impairment of rights.
Sec. 3. Amendments to Constitution.
Sec. 4. Power to grant divorces.
Sec. 5. Lotteries.
Sec. 6. Changing names -- Adoption -- Legitimation.
Sec. 7. Interest.
Sec. 8. General laws only to be passed.
Sec. 9. Power over local affairs -- Home rule for cities and counties -- Consolidation of functions.
Sec. 10. Internal improvements to be encouraged.
Sec. 11. Homestead and personal property exemptions.
Sec. 12. Education's inherent value -- Public schools -- Support of higher education.
Sec. 13. Game and fish.
Sec. 14. Racial intermarriage. [Repealed.]
Sec. 15. Religious holidays.
Sec. 16. Bill of rights to remain inviolate.
Sec. 17. County offices.
Sec. 18. Marital contract defined.
SCHEDULE
Sec. 1. Terms of public officers -- Appointments -- Exceptions.
Sec. 2. Supreme Court judges -- Vacancies -- Attorney general and reporter.
Sec.