The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-28
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The General Assembly meets annually.
No eession to be longer than ninety days
unless three-hfths Of the members elected
agree to extend it thirty days,. No lottery
she'll be hereafter authorized by law, and
the buying, selling, or transferring OF
tickets or chances, in any lottery, shall be
prohibited. No church or, religious demo
mination shall be incorporated, but the
title to church property may be secured.
The courts will continue to grant charters
and divorces, and change the.names Of per-
soma. The Legislature shall not do these
things.
We stated yesterday the constitutional
provisions as to judges. They are oil to
be elected by the General Assembly.
County Judges ore to be "learned in the
law of the State"--language which seems
to imply that they need not be lawyers b5
profession, as these are supposed to be
LEARNED in the law" generally.
: All irregular elections" for city or town
officers shall be on the fourth Thursday in
May, and the officers 60 in July LIST. The
Legislature will provide, we suppose, for
! irregular elections. Cities and towns OF
only 5000 inhabitants elect clerk, who
shall serve both in the circuit and hustings
court. Commonwealth attorney ditto.
They also elect city sergeant, treasurer,
a commissioner of the revenue, and a
mayor. Cities are to be governed by gene
raj lsvs, and not by special charters, ex-
cept where the object of special act can
not be attained by general laws. Cities
containing over 10000 people elect two
clerks. AS to judges, the Constitution pro-
vides that "for" o city of 10000 inha-
bitants the General Assembly shall elect
zone city Judge" but it also provides
that /" in" such cities there may be elected
an additional judge to hold courts Of pro-
bate and record separate and apart from
the other court. This variation of language
may confer upon the people the right to
elect this latter judge. We throw down
this apple of discord for the benefit of the
lawyers. All other officers, whether in
cities and towns or in the country, or whe-
Their State officers or not, are to be elected
or appointed, as the Legislature may deter
mine, if the Constitution does not provide
otherwise. Gail laws or city ordinances
'in conflict with the provisions of the pre-
ceding sections shall be uoid from and
"aftsr the adoption Of this Constitution"
ARTICLE VII.
COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS.
SECTION |. There shall be elected by the
qualified voters of the county one sheriff,
one attorney for the Commonwealth. who
shall also be the Commonwealth attorney
for the circuit court one county clerk, who
shall also be the clerk of the circuit court,
except that in counties containing fifteen
thousand inhabitants there may be sepa-
rate clerk for the circuit court one county
treasurer one superintendent of the poor
and there shall be appointed, in the manner
provided for in article S, one superinten-
dent of schools: Provided, That counties
containing less than eight thousand inhabi-
tants may be attached to adjoining counties
for the formation Of districts for superin-
tendents of schools Provided also, That
in counties containing thirty thousand in
habitants there may DO appointed an addi-
tional superintendent Of schools therein.
All regular elections for county officers
shall be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, and oil officers
elected or appointed under this provision
shall enter upon the duties OF their e'1ees
on the lst day of January next succeeding
their election, and shall hold their othces
for the term of three years, except that
the county and circuit court clerks shall
hold their Offices for four years.
Townships.
SECTION 2. Each county of the State
| shall be divided into so many compactly
located townships as may be deemed ncces-
Sary, not less than three Prouided, That
after three have been formed, no additional
township shall DO made containing less
than thirty Equare miles. Each township
shall be known as the township of 1890
in the county Of -, and may sue and
be sued by such title. In each township
there shall be elected annually one super
visor, one township clerk, one esstss0r,
one collector, one commissioner eof 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 of the first
election held under this provision there
shall be three justices Of the peace and three
constables elected whose terms shall be one;
two, and three Years, RESP eetiVely. All
regular elections for township officers shall
take place on the fourth Thursday in May,
and all officers so elected shall enter upon
the duties Of their respective offices on the
LIST day of July next Succeeding their cleo
ton. The Supervisors of each county shall
constitute the Board of Supervisors for that
county, and shall assemble at the court
house thereof on the first Monday in Deem
Der in each year, and proceed to audit the
| account of said county, examine the books
of the assessors, regulate and equalize the
| valuation of property, fix the county !evies
for the ensuing year, apportion the same
| among the various townships, and perform
| such other duties as shall be prescribed by
law.
School Districts.
SECTION 8. Each township shall be d..
yided into 80 many compact located
school districts as may be deemed neces-
| sary: Provided, That no school district
shall be formed containing less than 100
inhabitants. In each school district there
shall be elected or appointed annually one
school trustee, who shall hold his Office
three years: Provided, That at the first
election held under this provision there
shall be three trustees elected, whose terms