The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-18


to any civil Office Of profit under the Com
monwealth which has been created, or the
emoluments Of which have been Increased,
during such term, except Offices filled by
elections By the people.
SECTION 9. Bills and resolutions may
= originate in ether of the two Houses Of the
General Assembly, to be approved or re-
jected by either, and may be amended by
either House with the consent Of the other.
, SECTION 10. Each House Of the General
Assembly shsll keep journal Of its pro-
cceiings, which shall be published from
time to time, and the yeas and nays Of the
members of either House on any question
shall, at the desire Of one.ffth Of those
present, be entered on the journal. No bill
shall become q Law until it has been read
on three different days Of the session in
the House in which It originated, unless
two-thirds of the members Ia that House
shall otherwise determine.
SECTION IL. The members Of the General
Assembly shall in all cases, except treason,
felony, or breach Of the peace, be pri7i-
legged from arrest during the sessions Of
their respective Houses and for any speech
or debate in either House they shall not TO
questioned in any other place. They shall
not be subject to arrest under any civil
process during the session Of the General
Assembly, nor for fifteen days next before
the converting and after the termination Of
each session.
SECTION r. The whole number Of mem
bers to which the State may at any time be
entitled in the House Of Representatives Of
the United States shall be apportioned, as
nearly as may be, amongst the several
counties, cities, and towns of the State, &C.
cording to their population.
SECTION IS. In the apportionment the
State shall be divided into districts CORE
spending in number with the representa-
tives to which it may be entitled in the
House of Representatives Of the Congress
of the United States, which shall be formed,
respectively, of contiguous counties, cities,
aud towns, be compact, and include, as
nearly as may be, an equal number Of
population.
SECTION II. The privilege Of the writ Of
habeas corpus shall not be suspended I'M
less when, in cases Of Invasion or rebellion,
the public safety may require it. The
General Assembly shall not pass any bill Of
atsainder, or any ca post facto law, or any
law impairing tho obligation Of contracts,
or any law whereby private property shall
be taken for public uses without just COM
pensation, or any law abridgirg the free
dom of speech or Of the press. No man
shall be compelled to frequent or support
any religious worship, place, or ministry
whatever, nor shall any man be enforced,
restrained, molested, or burthened in his
| body or goods, or otherwise suffer on ac-
count of his religious opinions or belief,
l,,A Ill oI,n ha N nd
by argument to maintain, their opinions in
matters of religion, and the same shall in
nowise affect, diminish, or enlarge their
civil capacities. And the General Assembly
shall not prescribe any religious test what
ever or confer any peculiar privileges or
advantages on any sect or denomination,
or pass any Law requiring or authorizing
any religious society, or the people Of any
district within this Commonwealth, to levy
on themselves or others any tax for the
erection or repair Of any house Of public
worship, or for the support of any church
or ministry, but it shall be left free to every
person to select his religious instructor, and
to make for his support such private con-
tract as he shall please.
| SECTION IS. No law shall embrace moro
than one object, which shall be expressed
in its tile nor shall any law be revived
or amended by reference to its title, but
the oct revived or the section amended
shall be reGnacted and published at length.
SECTION 1G. The Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Judges, and oil others offending
against the State by maladministration,
| corruption, neglect of duty, or other high
| crime or misdemeanor, shall be impeacha-
bic by the House of Delegates, and be pro-
secuted before the Senate, which shall have
the sole power to try impeachment. When
sitting for that purpose they shall 30 on
oath or affirmation, and no person shall be
convicted without the concurrence OF two
thirds Of the members present. Judgment
in case of impeachment shall not extend
further than 20 removal from office, and
disqualification to hold or enjoy any office
of honor, trust, or profit under tho Com
monwealth but the party convicted shall,
nevertheless, be subject to indictment,
trial, judgment, and punishment, according
to law. The Senate may sit during the
recess Of the General Assembly for the
trial Of impeachment.
| SECTION II. The General Assembly shall
not grant charter Of Incorporation to any
church or religious denomination, but may
secure the title to church property to on
extent to be limited by law.
SECTION IS. No lottery shall hereafter
be authorized by law, and the buying, sell
ing, or transferring Of tickets or chances in
any lottery phall be prohibited. 80
SECTION 10. No new county shall be
formed with an area Of less than six hum
dred aquare miles nor shall the county or
counties from which it is formed be reduced
below that area; nor shall any county
having population less than ten thousand
be deprived Of more than one fifth of such
population nor shall q county having
= larger population be reduced below eight
thousand. But any county, the length OF
which is three times its mean breadth, or
which exceeds fifty miles in length, may be
divided, at the discretion Of the General
Assembly. In all general elections the
voters in any county not entitled to sepa-
rate representation shall vote in the same
election district. 1850.
SECTION 20. 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 il
fan,s and other persons under legal dsa-
bilties but shall not, by special legisla-
ton, grant relief in such cases, or In any
other case Of which the courts or other tri-
bunals may have Jurisdiction.
SECTION q. The General Assembly shall
provide for the annual registration OF
, births, marriages, end deaths.
SECTION %. The manner Of conducting
and making returns Of elections, Of deter
, mining contested elections, and Of filling
vacancies in office, in cases not specially
, | proy;da1 FIR nv thia Constitution, shall be