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The State of Tennessee. Constitution of the State of Tennessee
Constitution of the State of Tennessee
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
Sec. 3. Legislative authority -- Term of office
Sec. 4. Apportionment of senators and representatives
Sec. 5. Number of representatives -- Apportionment
Sec. 5a. Representation by qualified voter
Sec. 6. Number of senators -- Apportionment
Sec. 6a. Representation by qualified voter
Sec. 7. Time of elections
Sec. 8. Legislative sessions -- Governor's inauguration
Sec. 9. Qualifications of representatives
Sec. 10. Senators -- Qualifications
Sec. 11. Election of officers -- Quorum -- Adjournments
Sec. 12. Each house to make its own rules
Sec. 13. Privilege of members
Sec. 14. Power to punish other than members
Sec. 15. Vacancies
Sec. 16. Limitation upon power of adjournment
Sec. 17. Origin and frame of bills
Sec. 18. Passage of bills
Sec. 19. Rejection of bill
Sec. 20. Style of laws -- Effective date
Sec. 21. Journal of proceedings
Sec. 22. Open sessions and meetings -- Exception
Sec. 23. Compensation of members of General Assembly
Sec. 24. Appropriation of public moneys
Sec. 25. Defaulters ineligible
Sec. 26. Ineligibility -- Lucrative offices
Sec. 27. Right of protest
Sec. 28. Taxable property -- Valuation -- Rates
Sec. 29. Counties and towns -- Power to tax -- Credit
Sec. 30. Articles not taxable -- Inspection fees
Sec. 31. Acts forbidden the State
Sec. 32. Amendments to Constitution of United States
Sec. 33. No State bonds to defaulting railroads
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. 3. Oath of office mandatory
Sec. 4. Statutes of limitations
Tenn. Const. Appx
ORDINANCE ORDERING ELECTION ON CONSTITUTION OF 1870
Sec. 1. Election ordered
Sec. 2. Duty of returning officers
Sec. 3. Election -- Votes
Sec. 4. Certificate of result -- Governor's proclamation
Sec. 5. When proclamation to be issued
APPENDIX TO PRIOR TENNESSEE CONSTITUTIONS
SCHEDULE TO AMENDMENTS OF 1853
Tenn. Const. § Appendix- Note
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS OF 1865
Tenn. Const. § Appendix- Note
SCHEDULE TO THE AMENDMENTS OF 1865
Tenn. Const. § Appendix- Note
