Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-29
I'LL O Nav Constitution.

,ears old who shall have been resident OF
30 Stata twelve months, and OF the county,
etv or town. 10 which he shall! offer to vote
three months next preceding anY elect!on' Is q
roter whether disqualified tor holding once
o. not The l4th amendment 10 the Federal
Constitution disquallfcs certain persons tor Of
6ce holding; but Congress may remove thelr
| dsqualiticatons.
r.on, thr lat tiay of January ncxc succeeding |
h;s n,cctop. and is Ineligible Tor the next term,
and also INELIGIBLE to any other State o1hee dur
;nu b;s tc1m His salary is five Thousand dol.
Is,y He has power to convene the Heheral
Assembly at will. He has the veto mower.
Noue Of his predecessors have ever he'd that
mover since the colonial days
The Lieutenant Governors TO take the GoV-
ernor's place, if necessary. He presideS over
the Senate, and votes in case OF a lie-not
otherwise He receives the same pay as the
Speaker OF the House Of Delegates
A secretary of the Commonwealth, treasurer
and auditor Of public accounts, are elected Nv
the Legislature. Pay fixed by law :, 81,
The General Assembly meets Annually. NO
0ess;on 70 be longer than ninety days unless
three fitha OF the members elected agree to eX'
tend il (lhiry days) No lottery shall be here
after authorized BY law, and the Hu9'ug, sell
inc or transferring Of tickets Or chances IN
any lottery, shall be prohibited. No church
ny RELIGIOUS denomination shall! b" incorporated,
but the title to churcn property laay be serur'
cd The courts will continue ~ grant charters
and divorces, and change the names OF per-
sons. The Legislature shall! 10; IL these
, things.
The Judges are all to be elected by the ten
eral Assembly. County Judges tre 10 DC
'slearp, d in the lew of the State = language
which seems to Imply that they need not be
lawyers b. profession, as these are supposed
r 10 be Learned in the law generally W
| ALI regular elections Tor cry OF ,'"n
officers shall be On the fourth Thursday in May,
J and the officers 60 in July lst. The hegIala
tire will pfoviir, We suppose, ior lrregu!af
, elections Cities and towns OF OILY j,OUO IN
habjtauts elect 4 clerk, who shall serve both IN
: ihr circuit and hn5lnps cJurt Common,
, xealtb's attorney ditto. They also elect q city
t. sargant, Il treasurer, commissioner o. ina rove
nue., and mayor. Cities arc 20 BE- governed
( BY general laws, and net by special charters
. except wcro the object OF q special i''t cannot
. be attained hy general laws Ci;!e3 e8h'slnlnE
opar 80 900 pcorIc eject iwo clerks. As to
;ndros thc j,onstituti1n provides that tor &
c civ Of "a. % inhabitants the General Assem-
g biz shs:! c:ec! zone ci;y Judge but IT also
y provides that "ir.' san cites there may De
elected an additional JUDGE IL Mold courts III
II nrobatc std record separate ani apart from
, the other court This variation ii language
"a nav confer upon the people the right t" elect
this latter Judge.
.]l other officers whether in cities and towns
> O. 10 the country Or whether state ottte'5 OF
n,,, are 70 be elected Or appolntid, Is tht
I,ois,stura may determine, il the Constitution
Of dos not nroyide otherwise ''All laws or c!t5
ordinances in conflict with the provisions 81 tn
rrecee!inr sections shall br void 1rom and a1Ie
lie adoption If this CONSTITUTIONS.
County ORGANIZATIONS. -SErli"N |
: There snail be elected by the qualified voters .
iu tie county, one sheriff, one attorney i,r 4h'
"a Commonwealth, who shal! also be the ''oh
~ ,nnweath's attorney for the circuit conri; OH
ha nn,ntv clerk, who shall also be the clerk VI tn
r cirut court, except lh;. in r"ul.tle" contain
al iop fifteen th0uy.n! !nilai,ilaHtS there may B.
, Spuaratc clerk for tho "'s""', "N''~.' ,ir
=, ;, ,.a,snrer: one superintendent OF I'll" pour
ct anJ t,nrr .,aN be appointed, N me iit""
ii provided Tor III GriGlsaid Inhabitants may g.I
u slLcutd to adjoining counties for the forma
ton OF districts for surrrint cndens of schools:
: Provided also, That in counties containing
thirty thousand inhabitants there may be up.
- pointed an additional superintendent OF schools
+ | therein. Ali regular elections Tor couaty OH.
GERS shall be he'd OH the first Tuesday after the
,, first Monday in November. and alloficars elect
Cd or appointed under this provision shall
enter uron the duties oi their Offices on the st
- day OF January next succeeding their election,
- and shall hold their oloesto the term OF three
years, except that the county and circuit court
clerks shall hold their Offices for four years
c NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Q Each county OF
r the State shall be divided into so many cou,
pacty located townships as may he deemed
. necessary, not less than three Provided, That
after three have been formed, no additional
township snail BE- made containing less Than
: thirty square miles. Each township shall be
known as the township d.. in the coun
ty o., and may sue and be sued by such
title In each township there shall be elected
annually one supervisor, one township clerk,
one assessor, one collector, one commissioner
OF roads, one overseer Of the poor, one justice
Of the peace, who shall hold his Office three
years: one constable who shall hold his Office
three years, Provided, That at the first cleo
ton held under this provision there shall be
three Justices Of the peace and three constabIes
elected, whose terms shall be for one, two aud
three years, respectively. All regular elections
for township officers shall take place oa the
fourth Thursday in hlay, and all officers go
elected shall enter upon the duties OF their re.
Spcctve Offices on the lst day OF July neyt"
succeeding their election. The supervisors of
each county shall constitute the Board of
Supervisors for that county, and shall assem-
bic at The courthouse thereof on the first Mon
day in liacemher in each year, and proceed tn
audit the accounts Of said county, examine the
books VI the assessors regulate and eQuali2e
the valuation of property, fix the county levies
for the ensuing year, apportlon the same among
the various townships, and perform such either
duties as shall be prescribed by law
SCHOOL DISTRICTS. -SEcTIoN 8. Each town
ship shall be li2idcd into so many compartly-
located school districts as may be deemed neces.
sary Provided, That no school district shall
lie formed containing less than 100 inhabitants
In each school district there shall be elected or
appointed annually one school trustee, who
shall hold his ofEcn three years Provided, |
Tina! Mt the first election held under this provi.
sion there shall h. three trustees elected whose
| terms shall be one, Two, aud three years, re
spectively.