Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-07-14
STAUNToN, VA. FRIDAY, JULY II, 1865
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PASSED BIZ THE

LATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. =.
An Act to provide for the amendment Of
the third article Of tas Constitution. 49,
Passed Dune 2is 1860
SECTION l Be 1t enacted IN tie General
assembly Of Virginia, That Inc. Governor
Of this Commonwealth is hereby authorized
to submit to the qualified voters Of this
State. at the next election for members Of
Congress aud OF the General Assembly, the
question: Shall the next General Assembly
be clothed with powar to alter or amend the
third article Of the Constitution And if
a majority of the votes so east shall be in
favor of vestiug such poser in the General
Assembly, the Governor shall communicate
the result to that body at its next session
Provided, Aoseever, That the Governor shall
give at least thirty days notice of the SUBJ
mission If said question, and shall at the
same time prescribe the mode and manner
of taking the vote thereon.
SECTION g This act shall be ia force
from its passage.
An Act to make provision for the support
Of the Lunatic Asy]ums at williamsburg
and Staupton, and of the Institution for
the Deaf, Dumb and the Blind. Passed
June Fl, 1865.
SECTION |. Be 1t enacted BY the General
Assembly Of Viryinio, That the Governor
of this Common wealth be, and he is hereby
authorized to draw from the Treasury of
Virginia, from time to time, such sums as,
in his opinion. shall be necessary to defray
the expenses incurred to support and main
tain the Lunatic Asylums at Staunton and
Williamsburg, and the Institution for the
Deaf and the Dnub and the Blind for the
present year.
SEcr1oN 2. This act shall be in force
from Its passage.
An Act to Divorce Jane Graft, of Norfolk
county from her Husband. Passed June
q, 1865
SECTION l. BE 1T enacted by the General
Assfsad9y of Virginia, That Jane Craft, OF
Norfolk county, be, aud she is hereby, di-
! vorced oinculo naatrinonii from her hus,
band, George Graft, with the right to resume
der maiden name OF Jane Cotton, and that
she shall have the custody and care of her
child by the said George Craft.
SECTION 2. Be 1t further enacted, That
this act shall be in force from its passage.
an Act to amend and re. enact tho first sec
ond. third, fourth and fifth sections 0!
the fourteenth chapter of the Code and
for other purposes. Passed June %,
1865.
SECTION 2, Be 1t enacted by the General
assembly, That the first, second, third,
fourth and fifth sections Of the fourteenth
chapter of the Code Of Virginia be, and the
sane are hereby, revived aud re-enacted.
aud all acts aud ordinances coming within
the provisions of this act are hereby repeal
ed; tut nothing in this act shall be 50 CON
s!rucd as to authorize the appointment Of
more than one clerk in the Second Auditor S
Office.
SECTION 2. Be 1t further enacted, That
when any clerk provided for in either Of the
sections named in the first section of this
act SHALL, by direction of the Governor,
have performed the duties Of such office, his
compensation shall be computed from the
date Of his appointment; and that the sala-
RES of the Auditor and Treasurer, under
this act, shall commence with the current
quarter
SECTION 3. This act shall be in force
from its passage,
An Act to amend and rs-enact the thirty
| sixth section Of the eighty eighth chapter
Of the Code Of Virginia Of eighteen hun
dred and sixty. Passed Jnne q, 1868
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Genefa
assembly Of Virginia, That the thirty sixth
section Of the eighty eighth chapter Of the
Code of eighteen hundred and sixty be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as il
now stands, except that, in the third line
of said section, the words sgt Richmond
one cent shall be stricken out
SECTION 2. Ills act shall be in force
from its passage.
An Act prescribing means by which persons
who have been disfranchised by the third
article of the Constitution may be restor
ed to the rights Of voters. Passed Jnnt