Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-02-11

treasurer, attorney general, sheriffs. sergean'
of a city or town, commissioner Of the revenue
county surveyors, constables, overseers of thu
Door, commissioner of the board of public
works, Judges Of the supreme court, judges
of the circuit courts, county courts mayor.
recorder, aldermen, councilmen of a city OF
town j; coroners, escheators; inspectors Of
tobacco, -four, Sc, clerks Of the supreme,
district, circuit and county courts, and Of
the court of hastings; and attorneys for the
commonwealth Provided, That the Legis.
lature may, by a vote of three ffths of both
houses, remove the disabilities incurred by
this clause from any person included therein
by a separate vote in each case. jasN fa1
(7He above clause (4) aoas STRICKEN out by
a large majority ofthe popular eote.)
Sec. 2 All elections shall be by ballot,
and all persons entitled to vote shall be
eligible to any Office within the gift of the
people, except as restricted in this Gonstitu-
ton.
Sec. 3. All persons entitled to vote and
hold office, ard none other, shall be eligible
to sit as jurors. 3i
Sec. d. The General Assembly shall. at
its first session under this Constitution, enact
a general registration law; and every person
offering or applying to register shall take
and subscribe before the officer charged with
making a registration Of voters the following
oath: atyee- s~3.iisu2 ri ID i~arlE3als ~
II, -, do solemnly swear Cor afirm)
that I am not disqualified from exercising
the right of suffrage by the Constitution
framed by the Convention which assembled
in the city Of Richmond on the third day of
December, 1867, and that [ will support
and defend the same to the best Of my
ability" ."5 49, -; +.
Sec. S. No voter, during the time Of
holding any election at which he is entitled
to vote, shall be compelled to perform military
service, except in time Of war or public
danger to work upon public roads; or to
attend any count as sutton, juror, or witness;
and no voter shall be subject to arrest under
any civil process, during his attendance at
elections, or in going to or returning from
them. y ,. NJ
ei' OATH OF OFFICE.
Sec. 6. All persons, before entering upon
the discharge Of any function as officers of
this State, must take and subscribe the
following oath or affirmation i j 1a+ ID.
Il, -, do solemnly swear Cor afirm)
that I will support and maintain the Constl-
tuition and laws of the United States, and
the Constitution and laws of the State of
Virginia that | recognize and accept the
civil and political equality of all men before
the laws ; and that will faithfully perform
the duty 81 to the best of my ability.
So help me God"
Sec. Z. In addition to the foregoing oath
of Office, the governor, Acknowledgements
members Of the general assembly, secretary
of state, auditor Of public accounts, state
treasurer, attorney general, all persons cleo
ted to any convention to frame a c~onstitu-
ton for this State, or to change, alter, or
amend or revise this Constitution in any
manner, and mayor and council Of any city
or town, shall, before they enter on the du-
ties Of their respective offices, take and sub
scribe the following oath or affirmation j:
Provided, The disabilities therein contained
may be Individually removed by a three
ffths vote Of the General Assembly
II do solemnly swear Cor ahirm) that l
have never voluntarily borne arms against
the United States since I have been a citizen
there that ] have voluntarily given no aid,
countenance. counsel or encouragement to
persons engaged in armed hostility thereto ;
that I have never sought nor accepted, nor
attempted to exercise the functions Of any
office whatever under any authority or pre-
tended authority in hostility to the United
States that I have not yielded a voluntary
support to any pretended government, au-
thority. power, or constitution within the
United States hostile or inimical thereto
And 1 do further swear Tor AFFIRM that, to
the best of my knowledge and ability, I will
support and defend the Constitution Of the
United States against oil enemies, foreign
and domestic; that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same that l take this
oblig cation freely without any mental reser-
walton or purpose of evasion, and that | will
well and faithfully discharge the dutiSs Of
the office on which I am about to enter. 80
help me Gad.n
The above oath shall also be taken by all
city and county officers before entering upon
their duties, and by all other State officers
not included in the above provision.
(IHe foregoing section Cd was stricken ont
By a large majority Of the popular pote.)
THE LIEUTENANT
The provisions Of the constitution oflS50-
81 are followed exactly in regard to this
officer, except that he is allowed a casting
vote, when present, of the senate and that
hodv ;e EQUALLY dividad
SECRETARY OF II COMMONWEALTH, TREAS.
URER AND AUDITOR.
The provisions Of the constitution OF 1901.
81 are followed exactly in regard to these
officers, except that s'the salaries of each
shall be determined by law," and that "all
fees received by the secretary shall be paid
into the treasury" The following are added.
Sec. Is. There may be established in the
office of the secretary of state a bureau OF
statistics and a Bureau Of Agricultural
Chemistry and Geology, under such regula.
tious as may be prescribed by law.
Sec. 18. The General Assembly shall
have power to establish a Bureau of Agri-
culture and immigration. under such regus
~lations as may be prescribed.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Sec. II. There shall be a board of Public
Works, to consist of the Governor. Auditor
and Treasurer Of the commonwealth /: under
such regulations as may be prescribed by
law.
ARTICLE ~.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..
~ THE
[section I, and II, are verbatim copies
from Article V. Of the constitution Of 1850