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81. Each county shall Be laid Of into districts !,
nearly equal As may be 10 Territory and population
IL each district theFe shall Be excited By the voters
thereof feuF Justices OF ihe peace who shall -
commissioned BY the Governor. reside in their re-
speciive districts. and bold their once for thelerm
OF four years Theljnslices elected shall choose
one Of their own body, who shah b The presiding
justice Of the county court and whose duty II shall
be 10 attend each Term Of said cosrt TIE other
justices Shslf be classified by law for the PERFORM
ance Of their duties In court
.. The justices shall receive for their services
in court pr diem comPensasiou 10 Be asceftained
b law, and paid olt Of the county treasury; ara
shall not receive any Zee OF emolument Tor Other
90 The power and jurisdiction Of Justices 81 a.
Peace within their respective counties shah be pre-
seTlbed BY law.
Comfy Offers.
so. TheEoters oi each county shan elect ! elefk
oflhe county court surveyor an Attorney for he
Commonwealth a sheriff. and so many commits.
sioners OF the revenue NAV be authorized by law
who shall hold their respective Offices as follewS:
The clerk and the surveyor, for the term Of six
years the attorney for the term of four wears the
sheriff and commissioners foF the term Of two
years; constahes and oveFseefs ofthe poor shall he
elected ~ the voters as may Be prescribed BY law
81. The officers mentioned IN the preceding
section except The Attorneys shall reside 10 The
Counties or Districts for which they were respec-
lively elected Nqperson elected Iorlwo successive
terms 10 the oLe bfs Sheriff shall be reelibihIe To
the same office foF the nexl succeeding term; nor
shall he. during bis term Of service or within one
year hereaitrr be eligible 70 any political office.
-. be Justices OF the Peace Sherifis Attorneys
for The Commonwealth, Clerks Of the Circuit and
County Courts, and all other County officers shall
be subject % Indictment for malfeasance, misfea-
sance. or neglect Of official duty and upon convic-
lion thereof, their bf6ces shall become vacant.
.EorparatiaA Es6l<rtS and Qtf1erS.
So The General Assembly may vest such jufis-
detion as shall be deemed necessary In Corporation
Courts, and IN the Magistrates who may belong 10
the corporate body.
81 All officers apperiaining 10 the Cities and o,h-
er Municipal Corporations, shall be elected by the
qualified volers OF appointed by the constituted au-
lhorities Of such Cities OF Corporations as may be
prescribed by law
Done in Convention in the city Of Richmond, on
the first day Of August, in the year Of our Lord
i one thousand eight hundred and ffiY-one, and in
the seventy-sixth year Of the Commonwealth Of
Virginia. JOHN II. MASON,
Presidept Of the coartalien
S. D, WATrLE, Secretary q As Ceareatloa
SCHEDULE.
l. Il shall be the duty Of The President OF this Com
vention Immediately on adjournment, to certify 10
the Governor copy ofIhr Bill Of Rights aud Constitu.
ZION adopted. together wfth this Schedule.
Jpn the receipt Ofsurh certified tpy, The Cover.
nor sha forthw ill., the fact By proc anaficA
be Published iii such newspapers Of the State rs ay
be deemed requisite for general informaiion shall
annex his proclamation copy Of the Bill Il tights
and CONSTITUTIONS together with The Sehesulr which
Proclamation BllO Rights Constitution and Schedals
shall be published in The hanner Indicated Tor the Pc
rod ofone month"; aud prnted copies thereof shall
by The Secretary of the Commonwealth, be Immediately
transmitted by mail. to the clerk of each county and
corporation e1nFt III this Commonwealth 10 De by sneh
clerk submitted 70 the examination OF any person des
3 The officers authorized by existing laws conduct
general elections. SHALL ahe places appointed for hold.
lnUfh a AIrp a mil hsikp ON
ia October next 10 be headed, The Constitution -
amended and Schedule" and to contain Two separate
/ columns The first column be headed, for Tatiiy
Ing - The other 10 be headed :. fer rejecting y And
such officers, keeping said paiseprn Tor The space of
three days shall thea aud there reeeSe and record IN
said poll book HE votes for and aga6A this COnstltu
ton and Schedule of NIL persons qualified under the
shg OF amended Constitution loexerese The right Of
suffrage.
a. The taking the polls the dulles to be performed
By lhe officers lht privileges OF tie voters and hs
penalties attaching for misconduct gu the part OF any
person. shall be, in all things prt sctbed by The Sc;
cond third, ionrh, seventh, eighth aud ninth sections
Of tie of The General Assembly, passed March The
funrh Thousand eight hundred and htly, emitted
San lake The Of The people npon the call Of
"a Convention aud prev ding iOr organizing HE same
so the prov s0 81 said seceIspay be aplenble
S. II shall be thr duty Of the Governor upon receiving
the ofsaid officers, 10 ain The fes There:
J. Of AMI forthwith 10 declare HE same by his pfyeana-
ton stating lie sggrs sale 10 The Slate for and
against the faIieaiip OF the amended CONSTITUTION aud
Sclr,ulr which shall be published leasto 81 aMeek
until ME second Monday in December heFt, IA such
t tea ksfFaof and nd if Il apess
that majority Of the vGtesSeast IS IN favor of ra6r
ton, the Governor al the time and in like man.
ner, shall make proclamation for holding, on the day
last mentioned, General Election throughout llie
State In Delegates and Senators 10 the General Assem-
bly, according 70 the airport onen aud districts pre-
tcfIbsd IN this and also Tor the eeJion
Of "a Governor Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney
General.
g. The officers authotized by4e1isting laws 70 hold
and conduct General Elections, shall hold aud cohddcI
litp 81 hpfa nufFa
eoher persons shall be governed and controlled Ihereia
by the provisions Of said laws, far as the same may
be applicable toAnd necessary FIR, the proper conduct.
ing Of the sad elections Duplicate polls shall be seIa-
Iairiy kept Tor Governor and LieHlenat ernor for
Attorney General and for Senators and Delegates 10
the General Assembly, which shall be verified by :,
oails Of The Officers conducting the elections ien.
y The verified duplicate polls for Governor hosed
ant Governor and Attorney Gepera shall hirs Who
with the clerks Of lie severed eonntess and transmits
shall retain one in their respective ofS The common
tic o.her by mail, 10 the Secretaff+
| wealth. "a T,.Iss,ss for dis.
In the eeciion OF ~, INV ,Sa &
rcis formed gilmore than oIe1hr e,urlshensrs of The
cars conducting the ,nino each district shall
several counties and es afer The CONNIE ment Of
asseHDie on tnt esnli courthouse Of The county Of
. e .e Of the counties oil ihe pisl5lc',
shall compare The 80 c,,ss oC election accord
shall deliver aBele'.e 80
4 inc Ia the laws luW y NY l., - al..,ad
= mn, ro,,oers o The General Assembly so else'eo
shall meet u The eapilo me s ~, - M abansaSd
III, Rived and fifty TWO. and then and there organ
zs T. ~ General assembly Of Nirg ina but Seizure
% yss, cation they shall respectively lake The oah
~ 6J-1v 10 the Commonwealth; and the otller palhs
~ of aI;ce required BY the laws now 10 force
nd HE election If Members fthe General Assem-,
b sdrr this Constitution, shall yacdte the seats Of
fboe elected under The present Constitution
IL The official terms Of the Delegates iirsi elected 10
tbe General Assembly under this Constitution shall ex
pire on the thiFiIet day oil June IN the year one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty three
u The Official terms Of The first eoFeEnor Lleulen-
AMI Governor and Attorney General elected under his
Constitution shall expire the thiriy.hrsi day Of De-
cemhrr, in the year thousand, eght handred ana
ifty-fve.
peaIs and The Circuit Courts, and their snceesfors
who may be appointed under the=eAisIng Constitution,
shall remain 10 Office until such time a. the law may
nrrscrbe the commencement ofthe ufleal terns OF
the Judges under The amended consultation ahn 70
longer i1ich Time shall be nore than sx months
after the termination Of the first session Of the General
Assembly under The amended Constitution.
III II Thu EsAesiiss neParnlenI OF the government
shall remain as present organized and the Governor
and Councillors Of State and their Successors appointed
under The existing Constitution shall continue in office
sHn Governor elected under this Constitution shall be
qualified aud all other persons in office when this Con-
stituiion is adopted, except herein otherwise
pressy directed, shall continue in Office until their
cessors qualified; and vacancies in office. happening
before such qualification, shall be filed in the
nuw4prescribed by lawA
Is All the Courts Of Justice existing shall con-
time with their present Jurisdiction nn and except
far The Judicial system may shall BE- otherwise
ganized and all laws in f0Fee when this Construction
Is adopted, and Inconsistent herewith, and AL
rights, nIons, actions claims and contracts shall
remain and>conIinue as If this Constitution not
adopted
i6 The General Assembly shall pass all laws neces-
sary for carrying this Constitution into fall effect and
, operation.
Done i Convention, in The city Of Richmond, "a
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