Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-08-01


% The General Assembly may levy tax on incomes,
salaries and Licensees but no tax Shall be levied on property
from which any income taxed is derived or on the capt.
invested in the trade business in respect 10 which the
license taxed is issued.
26 No money shall drawn from the treasury but in pur
of appropriations made by law; and statement vi
receipts Disbursements appropriations and onns shall be
published after the adjournment of each session of Tho Gene
raj Assembly, with tie acts and resolutions thereof.
a. On tile passage OF every act which imposes continues
rcvves tax, debt charge, or makes
inues revives any appropriation OF public trust money
property or releases discharges or conmues any claim
or deTand the Stale shall be determined by yens
and nays and the names OF the persons voting r ana
the shall be entered the Journals of the respective
houses md majority of all the members elected 10 euch
house shall be necessary 10 give il the force Of law
% The liability the Stale of any incorporated company
institution redeem the principal and the interest Of
any loan heretofore made which hereafter be made
by The State such company institution shall not be
leased and the General Assembly shall not pledge the faith
Of the State bind in form, for the debts oblga
tions OF any company or c0ip"rttinn
g. There shall be set apart annually, from The accuing
revenue, equal per cent. of the State debt
existing the first day Of January in the thousand
be called the Sinking Fund and shall be applied the pay
,ncut tho of the State debt. and the principal Of
such part may be redeemable II part be edeema5c
then residue of the Sinking Fund after the payment Of
such interest shall be invested in The bonds certificates Of
debt this Common wealth. Of the United States Of
some of The States of this Union and applied the pay
m, nj of the State debt, shall become redeemabe =
Whenever after the said first day OF January debt shall
be contracted by the Commonwealth there shall be apart
ing per the aggregate amount of the annual in
agreed be paid at tile time OF its contraction,
which sun, shall be part of the Sinking Fund and
shall be applied in before directed The General
Assembly shall otherwise appropriate part Of the
Sinking Fund its accrung interest, except in time of
insurTtction INVASION.
80 The General Assembly may al any Tine direct sale
of stocSs held by the commonwealth in internal i'm
provcncnt and other companies but the proceeds OF such
sale if made before the payment OF the public debt shall
constitute part of tie Sinking Fund and be applied in like
manner.
81. The General Assembly shall not contract loans
be issued certificates of debt or bonds Of the State
redecmabe for period greater than thirty -four years.
General Prorisions.
3d. The General Assembly shall grant charter OF In
corporation any church religious denomination, but
the title church property to an extent 10 be
limited by law
49, No lottery shall hereafter be authorized BY law and
the buying, selling transferring OF tickets or chances in
any lottery authorized by law OF this State, shall
be prohibited
g. No county shall be formed with area less than
six hundred square miles snail the county counties
from which il is formed be reduced below that area
shall county having white population less than FIVE
latun shall county having larger white population
be reduced below four thousand But any county, the length
of which times its breadth, which exceeds
fifty miles length may be divided at the discretion of the
General Assembly In all general elections the voters In any
county, not entitled separate representation shall vote in
the same election district.