Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-19

vent the injection Of poison into bill I'M
der tho prctence Of sending IL to . CON-
mit,ee. II would be good rule to add to
the rules OF the two houses OF Congress.
We quote again:
.scc,ion c4l. The manner Of administering
an oath or affirmation shall re such a. u most
consisten, with the conscience Of tho deponent,
ana shall be esteemed by the General Assembly
the most solemn appeal 10 God.
"sccsion 24e. All laws which on the 1st day
of June, 1902 we're In force In the State OF Viz
ginia and which are OF general nature and not
local {, that State. and not ropusnant to this
Constitution or TO the laws which have boon en-
acted by the General Assembly OF this Common
wealth. shall DO in force within this State until
they shah be altered or repealed by the General
Assembly"
"sc,,,ion 42. Each house Of the General As
sombly shall keep and publish daily Journal OF
| its proceedings; and the yeas and nays OF the
members on any question shall, at the desire OF
| any two Of the members elected, DO entered on
| tho Journal
"sertlon 20. To guard against transgrcsslon
| OF the high powers which we have delegated, we
declare that everything In this bill Of rights Is
excepted out Of the general powers OF govern
ment, and shall forever remain inviolate: and
all laws contrary thereto, or contrary to this
| Constitution. shall be void.
All these sections are worthy OF notice.
| The pad seems to include the Virginia
statute on kindred subject.
We quote again:
"soction o.. All prisoners shall be bailable by
SUFFICIENT securities unless for capital offences,
whom the proof IL evident or the presumption
| great and the privilege OF the writ OF habeas
corpus shall not be suspended unless whom, In
case OF rebellion or Invasion, tho public safety
may require It.
"section 252. The General Assembly shall by
| law FIX the minimum ages at which children may
| be employed In places dangerous TO lie or
health or Injurious 10 morals, ard shall provide
| adequate penalties for violations OF such law.
| "sectlon 253. All wage-earners In this CON-
| monwealth employed In factories, mines, work
shops or by corporations shall be paid Tor their
| labor IN awful money. The General Assembly
shall prescribe adequate penalties for violations
| OF this section"
The Alliance men might make note OF
| some of these amendments TO the Ken
lucky Constitution. They would be as
effective passed by the Virginia Legisla-
ture as If adopted by State constitu-
tional convention so long as public opin-
ION was in favor of them.
Once more we quote:
"Section 257 A grand Jury shall consist oil
twelve persons, nine Of whom concurring may
ind an indictment. In civil and mlsdcmeanor
cases in courts inferior to the Circuit Courts a
Jury shall consist OF six persons. The General
Assembly may provide that in any or all trials
of civil cases In the Circuit Courts three fourtha
or more Of the Jurors concurring may return n
verdict which shall have the same force and
| effect as II rendered by the entire panel. But
where a verdict IL rendered by less number
than tho whole Jury il shall be signed by all the
Jurors who agree TO IT,"
Here is an old law Of Virginia:
assertion 246. No member Of Congress, or any
person holding or exercising any orice Of trust
or profit under the United States. or either OF
them, or under any foreign Power. shall be eligi-
lie 10 hold or exercise any Office Of trust or profit
under this Constitution or the laws made In pur-
suance thereof"
Our correspondent who wrote to us re-
Gently that he had held both Federal
and State Office at the same time will see
| that TO do 80 in Kentucky will hereafter be
! as certainly in violation of the new Con-
stitution as it has long been of the old Vir-
glnia statute on the subject. Lastly we
quote as follows:
"No property shall be exempt from taxation
except as provided In this Constitution. and
every grant OF franchise, privilege, or exemp-
ton shall remain subject to revocation, altera-
tion or amendment"
"Section 234 No armed person or bodies OF
men shall be brought into this State for the pre-
servation Of the peace or the suppression OF do
nestle violence except upon the application OF
the General Assembly or Of the Governor when
the Assembly may not be in session."
ain all indictments for libel the jury shall
have tho right TO determine the law and the facts,
under the direction Of the court, as in other
casss."
Theseare not the most striking of the
provisions Of the new Kentucky Constitu-
ton, but some important ones which we
omitted when we some time ago quoted
from that instrument some of Its pee uliar
| features.