The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-01-30
Proposed Amendments to the Constitu-
ton.

I,IPoRTANT RECOMMENDATIONS AGREED UPON BY THE
JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTs-A MATTER OF INTEREST TO BANKERS
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS. 81
[From Richmond Dispatch of 24th]
The Joint Committee on Constitutional Amend
ments, at their session yesterday evening. agreed
to make report recommending the following
amendments
Section2, articles. concerning the elective fran
to strike out the provision which requires ali
elections to be by ballot, and leave the manner OF
voting to be regulated by the General Assembly.
Section A. article 4, amended SO as to reduce the
salary of the Governor from five thousand to four
thousand dollars per annum.
Strike out section 81, articles. which requires
the General Assembly to provide for 1.-THE annual
registration Of marriages. births and deaths, y
which will save about $4,000 per annum
The LIST, End, 4th and 18th sections of article g.
SO altered as to give the Court of Appeals juris-
diction in all cases W here the.amount in contro-
yersy exclusive OF interest, exceeds 5000. And
writing in cases involving new principles all
other cases are left to their discretion.
County judges to be abolished, and a county
court is required to be held monthly by three
justices, except when the county levy is laid
when two thirds OF all the justices are required
vice and consent OF the Senate, to appoint four
justices from each magisterial district, to hold
gnt years years except the first under this
into four classes, and the term of office OF one
from each district expires at the end Of every two
years vacancies occurring after the first appoint
ment to be filled by the Governor upon the re-
commenda1ion Of the justices Of the county.
is rFae Whc Tor city
ing the taxes to be collected by the sheriff.
The lst and End sections of article are SO chan
county superintendent of schools, and supervi-
sors. and provides for the appointment OF com
and overseers Of the poor by the county court
The term Of office OF the sheriff is reduced to
two years, and he is required to duly account for
all public dues before he can be reelected.
All regular elections for county officers are re-
quired to be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November.
And section provides that justices of the
peace, sheriffs, attorneys for the Commonwealth,
clerks OF court, and all other county officers shall
be subject to indictment for malfeasance, misfea-
sance, 1ncompetency, or neglect OF official duty
and upon conviction thereof their offices shall
become vacant.
Section 2, article 6, is proposed to be so amend
ed as to take away from the Board of Education
the power OF appointing and removing county
superintendent of public free schools, and the
management and Investment of all county school
funds.
Section 8, article 8, so amended as to strike out
the provision requiring the General Assembly to
apply IAN annual tax upon the property .of the
state OF not less than one mill nor more than five
poses, and provision instead providing that
leach county shall raise additional sums by tax
schools, Of not less than one mill nor mere than
five mills on the dollar in any one year."
that the General Assembly shall have - power to
exempt from taxation for period not exceeding
ten years, all foreign capital brought within the
State and invested in mining and manufacturing
enterprises.
Section 2, article 10. which provides that mo
tax shall be imposed for the privilege OF taking
or catching oysters from their beds with tongs,S
is STRICKEN out. which leaves the oysters subject
to license tax. should the General Assembly de-
BANKABLE MATTERS.
The following bill to amend and reanact chan
ter al OF the code of 1878, in relation to promis
sorry notes, introduced by Mr.. Niche and report
be OF some Importance
+dn Be It eaeetsa By tie Gsnsra! Assembly, That sec
and the same are hereby amended and reenacted
SO as to read as follows-viz:
5 4 Every promissory note or check for money
heretofore or hereafter drawn and made payable
in this State at particular bank at a particu-
lar office thereof for discount and deposit, or at
the place of business ola savings institution or
savings bank, or at place OF business of licen-
SEQ broker or banker, and every inland bill OF ex
cnange payable in this State shall be deemed ne
non-acceptance or non-payment, be protested,
and the protest be in each case evidence OF dis
bill OF exchange.
So. The protest, whether heretofore or hereafter
made, both in the case of foreign bill and in the
other cases mentioned in the preceding section.
shall be prima eJacie evidence of what is stated
therein, or at the foot on the back thereof, in
relation to presentment, dishonor and notice
thereof
2. This act shall take effect from its passage.
THE sCHooL-MoNEY.
The following has been reported to the Senate
by the Committee on Education
Substitute for Senate bill No. 10:
Be 1t enacted by the General assembly of Virginia,
That 1t shall be the duty OF each county and cor
poration treasurer in the Commonwealth when
making his payments into the treasury, as he now
is or may hereafter be required to make them, to
retain in his hands, in money, the entire capita
tion tax, less costs of collection, and fifth net
OF that which he shall have collected on property;
provided that when the amount collected by him
in money be less than the said capitation tax net
and one fifth net of that which is derived from the
tax on property, he shall only retain so much of
said revenue as was collected BY him in money.
2. The money retained by him shall be for
the support OF the public free schools of his re-
spective county or corporation, and subject to
and governed by all the regulations now in force,
or which may be hereafter enacted, for the col
lection and disbursement OF State school funds. |
8. 1t shall be the duty OF the Board of Education
as soon as practicable after the last settlement
OF said treasurers with the Auditor in each fiscal
year, to apportion to tthe counties and corpora
tionS of the Commonwealth their respective quo
tas OF State school funds Thereupon the Audi |
tor shall call upon those treasurers who have re-
tanned more than the quotas of their respective |
counties or corporations TO pay the excess into |
the treasury, and authorize those who have re- |
taned less TO draw upon the treasury for the res
ldue to which they may be entitled.