Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1862-01-21

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charges, or commutes any claim or demand Of the
State the vote shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names of the persons voting for and against
the same. Shall be entered the journals of the
spectlve houses, and majority of all the members
elected to each House shall be necessary give 1.-THE
81. The liability to The State of any incorporated
company or institution 10 redeem the principal and
pay the interest OF any loan heretofore made which
may hereafter be made by the State to such company
or institution, shall not be released; and the General
Assembly shall not pledge the faith OF the State,
bind it III any FORM the debts obligations OF any
company or corporation. - ~
%. There shall be apart annually, from the ac
crung revenue, equal to per cent. OF the
State debt existing the first day of January in the
year one thousand eight hundred and hfty-two. The
fund thus ses apart shall be called the Sinking FUND.-
and shall be applied to the payment of the interest of
State debt and the principal Of such part as may be
redeemable. If no part be redeemable then the res
due of the Sinking Fund after the payment Of such
interest," shall be in the bonds or certlhcates
of debt of this Common wealth. or of the Confederate
States or of of the States of this Confederacy
and applied to the ayment OF the State debt as Il
shall become redeemabe. Whenever, after the sale
first day of January debt snail have been or shall
be contracted by the Commonwealth, there shall be
set apart in like manner, annually for thirty four
years. exceeding by per cent. the aggregate
amount of the annual interest agreed to be PAID there
on at the time of its contraction which shall be
part of the Sinking Fund and shall be applied IN the
manner before directed The General Assembly shall
not otherwise appropriate any part of the Sinking
Fund its accruiDg interest except in time OF war,
instruction invasion.
80. The General Assembly may, at any time, direct
sale of stocks held by the Commonwealth in inter-
nal Improvement and other companies; but the pro-
ceeds of such sae it made before the payment OF the
public debt, shall constitute a part Of the Sinking
Fund and be applied in like manner.
80. The General Assembly shall not contract loans
or cause to be issued certificates of debt or bonds of
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ty-four years.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
81. The General Assembly shall no. grant charter
OF incorporation to any church religious denomna-
tiOn but may the title to church property to an
extent to be limited by law.
81. No lottery shall hereafter be authorized by law
and the buying selling or transferring of tickets or
chances IL any lottery not authorized by law of
this State shall be prohibited. 1ff 10 tt 81
33. No new county shall be formed with area of
less than six hundred square miles, nor shall the
county or counties from which it is to be formed be
reduced below that area shall any county having
white population less than five thousand be depriv-
ed Of more than one-6fth of such populations; nor
shall county having larger white population be re-
duced below four thousand. .-sGai esq fi a~ q
3D. The General Assembly shall confer on the courts
the power to grant divorces, change the names of
persons and direct the sale of estates belonging to
infants and other persons under legal disabilities but
shall not by special legislation grant relief in such
cases. in any other of which the courts or
other tribunals may have jurisdiction. ~. "
IS. The General Assembly shall provide for the Pc
riodcal registration in the several counties cities and
towns of the voters therein and for the annual regis
tration of the Births marriages, and deaths ia the
white population, and Of the births aud deaths of the
coored population Of the same, distinguishing be-
tween the number OF tbs free colored persons and
slaves. .t' ~4
e6 The manner of conducting and making returns
of elections of determining contested elections, and
of filing vacancies in Office in not specially pro-
vided for by this Constitution shall be prescribed by
law. And the General Assembly may declare the cases
in which any office shall be deemed vacant, where no
provision is made for that purpose in this Constltu
ton.
81. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to
provide by law adequate protection against all nrac-
tons of the rights guaranteed to the citizens of this
Comm onwealth by the seventh, eighth and tenth
tons Of the Bill OF Rights of Virginia, and by the
fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth and seventeenth cau-
of the ninth section of the first article OF the Con-
stitution of the Confederate States.
ARTICLE v.
RXECUTIvR DEPARTMENT.
Goyernor.
l. The chief executive power Of this Common wealth
shall be vested in the Governor, He shall hold the
office for term Of four years, to commence on the
first day of January next succeeding his election and
be Ineligible to the same office for the term
ceeding that for which he was elected, and to any
other office during his term Of service. go
9. The Governor shall be elected by the voters at
the times and places of choosing members of the Gen
eral Assembly, Returns of eeection shall be trans
nitted under SEAL by the proper officers to the Sec
rotary of the Commonwealth who shall deliver them
to the Speaker of the House of Delegates the first
day Of the next session of the General Assembly
The Speaker of the House OF Delegates shall, within
week thereafter in the presence of majority of
the Senate and House of Delegates, open the said
turns, and the votes shall then be counted The per-
son having the highest number of votes shall be de-
clared elected, if such number be majority of the
whole number Of votes cGsssand if no person have
such majority then from the persons having the high
est number of votes exceeding three the General
h1v hail hyq IN nf ITO of ha two
elect the Governor Contested elections for Governor
shall be decided by like vote and the mode of pro-
ceedng IN such cases shall be prescribed by law.
8. No person shall be eligible to the office of Gov
unless he has attained the age of thirty years,
is native citizen OF of the Confederate States
and has been citizen of Virginia for i've years next
preceding the election
A. The Governor shall reside at the seat of Govern
ment; shall receive five thousand dollars for each
year of his service and, while in office, shall receive
no other emolument from this or any other Govern
ment.
s. He shall take care that the the laws be faith
fully executed; communicate to the General As
semby at every session the condition of the Common
wealth recommend to their consideration such meas
ures he may deem expedient; and convene the
General Assembly application of majority of the
members of both Houses thereof, or when, in his
opinion, the interest of the Commonwealth may re-
0ulre it. He shall be COMMANDMENTS Chief of the
land and naval forces of the State have power
body the militia, repel INVASION to suppress nsur
rectlon and enforce the execution Of the laws;
person In Sucn OIner as shall
be prescribed by law, all intercourse with other and
foreign States; and during the recess of the General
Assembly fill pro tenpore all yacance sin those Offices
for which the Constitution and laws make provl-
sion but his appointments to such vacancies shall be
by commissions expire the end OF thirty days after
the commencement OF tbs session OF the General
Assembly. He shall have power to remit fines and
penalties in such cases and under such rules and reg
ulations as may be prescribed by law; and except
when the prosecution has been carried on by the
House of Delegates, or the law shall otherwise par
tcuiary direct to grant reprieves and pardons after
VictIOn, and to commute capital punishment; but
he shall communicate to the General Assembly, at
each session. the particulars OF every case OF line or
penalty RENTED. OF reprieve pardon granted and
of punishment COMMITTED, with his remit.
ting, granting, or committing the same.
g. He may require information IN writing from the
officers in the Executive Department upon any sub
ject relating the duties of their respective Offices
and may also require the opinion In writing OF the
Attorney General upon any question of law connected
| with his official duties.
7. Commissions and grants shall run in the name OF
the Commonwealth of Virginia, and be attested by
the Governor, with the seal of the Commonwealth an
nexed.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
S. Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the same
time and for the same term the Governor and his
qualification and the of his election in all re-
| spects shall be the same.
9. In case of the removal of the Governor from Of
fee or of his DEATH failure to qualify, resignation
removal from the State, inability to discharge the
powers and duties of the Office the said Office with its
compensation, shall cevOiy upon the Lieutenant Gov
ernor and the General Assembly shall provide by
law for the discharge Of thu Executive functions in
1 other necessary cases.
| 10 The Lieutenant Governor shall be President Of
the Senate but shall bave vote and, while acting
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