The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-12
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N, creditsorto grant7publicgmoney or tnfpg
Of 9aIue f,1aid ofsor to any indtFiduai' asso'
,cintfou. OF Cor poratIon Whatsoever, or 10 De
come stnekholdersin suchEcorporat'on' as
socIation, or company. - ..,,,
,asciion 48. The General Assembly shall
have no power TO grant, or TO autnoilLe "ny
county or municipal authority to grant, any
extra compensation, fee, or allowance W
nnhlicl officer. agent, servant, or contractor,
after service has been rendered or acontact
~bas been~ entered into aud-~periormed ~
whole or in part; nor pay, nor auLhoIa1e ~,
payment of, any claim bereaiter createua .,
the State, or any county or mtin'c'panty y.
the State, under any agreement OF conuss,
made without express authority u "a" az"
all such unauthorized agreements oi eon'
tracts shall be null and void :,
Section 40. The General Assembly SUM- w,
no power hereafter to suoscrlos VI musuJ =
ize the subscription of stock on oena. VI VI.
State in any corporation or assoI ;s $40
cept for the purpose OF securing .oius ,nora-
tofore extended to certain 1allfouo eoi poA'
tons by the State. .h,r ebo,l
,oro No mower 10 release or ALLEVIATE the llen
hold hv the State upon any railroau, vi III
ano wise change the teuor or meaning OF
nass any act explanatory thereof; out Tue
s.n,e sho|l he enforced in accordance Win Tue
nria;n.l terms upon which it was acquired,
Section 81. The General Assembly, sna'I
boy q No mower to release or extlpgulsh, or
an,horize the releasing or extinSulSoing. 10
u,hola mr. in mart. the Indebtedness, Liability,
ar ALLEGATION of any corporation or lpaiVl-
dual TO this State, or to any county OF otnef
municipal corporation therein.
section 3. No person while kept at any
mon. house or other asy lum at puolc eA'
nense nor while confined 10 any pubic prl'
son. shall be entitled to vote ut any election
under the laws of this state. .u
section 7. The General Assembly snali
nrovide bv general laws for the organization
and classification of cities and towns. Inc
number of such classes shall not exceed
fcur: and the power Of each class shall ne
defined BY general laws, Sc that all Sucn ilu T.
nicinal corporations of the same class shail
Dosscss the same powers and be suhJect 10
tbc ,ome restric; ions. The General Assem-.
hIv shall also make provisions by general
"a " whereby any city, town, or village eA'
istino by virtue Of any special or local IL "
NAV elect to become subject TO ana DC gov
erned by the general laws relating 10 s4ch
corporations. :, ,;t,
therein containing over one hundred thou
sand inhabitants the ely and county govern
ment thereof may be consolidated in sucf
manner as may be provided by law.
Section 1G. Any city having popula'lor
of more than one hundred thousand lnhaolt
onts NAV frame charter for its own govern
ment, consistent with aud subject TO Tue
Constitution and laws of this State
nv causing board of thirteen free
holders. who shall have been Tor a
least five years qualified voters thereof, TO o'
elected by the qualified voters OF such city
at any general or special election; Wmct
board shall within ninety days after suct
election return to the chief magistrate o
such CITY draft of such charter, signed D.!
the members of such board, or majority 0
them. Within thirty days thereafter suci
propo>ed charter shall be submitted to TIT
qualified voters of such city at general o.
speca election, and if fOur-Scventbs OF sucl
uualjfed voters voting thereat shall ratltI
the same, it shall, at the end Of thirty day
thereafter, become the charter OF such city
and supersede any existing charter aG(
amendments thereof. A duplicate certificate
shall he made setting forth the charter pro
posed and its ratification, which shall b.
signed by the chief magistrate OF such citI
and authenticated by its corporate sea-. On'
of such certificates shall be deposited il
the office of the Secretary Of State, ant
the other, after being recorded in the OF
flee of the recorder of deeds for the count,
in which such city lies, shall be deposited
among the archives OF such city, and al
courts shall take judicial notice thereof
Such charter so adopted may be amended by
proposal therefor, made by the aw.m1king
authorities of such city, published for al
least thirty days in three newspapers o.
largest circulation in such city, on Of which
shall be I newspaper printed in the German
language, aud accepted by threc-tilths of the
qualified voters OF such city voting 1t u
general or special election, and not other
wise: but such charter shall always 'ic in
harmony with and subject 10 the Constr u.
ton and laws of the Stule.
Section II. 1t shall be feature Of ali such
charters bat they shall provide, among other
things. for Il mayor or chief magistrate. and
two houses Of legislation, one OF which at
least shall be elected by general ticket; and
! in submitting any such charter or amend
mcnt thereto to the qualified voters OF such
CITY any alternative section or article may be
presented for the choice of the voters, be
voted on separately, and accepted or rejected
separately, without prejudice to other artI-
Giles or sections of the CHARTER or any amend
ment thereto.