Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-19

NHAPTER s4S.-A JOINT RESOLU-
" TON proposing an amendment to the
fifth section of article ten of the Constitution
of Virginia, and providing for publishing said
amendment and certifying the same to the
next general assembly.
Approved March 8, 1894.
1. Resolved by the House of Delegates and
Senate IA majority of the members elected to
each of the two houses agreeing thereto),
That the following amendment to the Con-
stitution of Virginia be, and is hereby pro-
posed, and is hereby referred to the general
assembly to be chosen at the next general
election of senators and members of the
House of Delegates for its concurrence in con-
formity with the provisions of section one of
article twelve of said constitution, namely,
strike out from the Constitution of Virginia
the fifth clause of article ten, which is in the
following words:
5. The general assembly may levy tax
not exceeding one dollar per annum on every
male citizen who has attained the age of
twenty. one years, which shall be applied ex-
clusively in aid of public free schools; and
counties and corporations shall have power
to impose a capitation tax, not exceeding fifty
cents per annum, for all purposes.
And insert in lieu thereof the following:
5. The general assembly may levy tax
not exceeding one dollar per annum on every
male citizen who has attained the age of
twenty lone years, which shall be applied ex-
clusively in aid of public free schools and
counties and corporations shall have power
to impose capitation tax, not exceeding fifty
cents per annum, for all purposes and the
general assembly may impose upon every
male inhabitant of the State between the ages
of sixteen and sixty years, the duty of work.
ing, not exceeding two days in any one year,
upon the public roads and highways therein,
subject, however, to such exemptions from
said duty as may be from time to time pre-
cribed by law.
Q. Resolved, That the clerk of the Senate
or the clerk of the House of Delegates, or, if a
vacancy happen in both of the said offices, the
presiding officer of either house of the gener-
al assembly, be authorized and required to
cause this proposed amendment and these re-
solutions to be published in one newspaper
published in each of the cities of the Common
wealth having more than ten thousand in
habitants, once week for three consecutive
months previous to the time of choosing the
members of the general assembly at the next
general election of senators and members of
the House of Delegates.
3. Resolved, That the clerk of the Senate
and the clerk of the House of Delegates be re-
quired to transmit to the general assembly to
be chosen at the next general election Of sena-
tors and members of the House of Delegates
certified copy of said proposed amendment
and of these resolutions, together with the
certificates of publication by the publishers of
the newspapers in which the said proposed
amendment shall have been published
OFFICE OF CLERK OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
RICHMOND. VA, July 25, 1895.
The foregoing is a copy Of q joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the fifth section
of article 10 of tho Constitution of Virginia,
and providing for publishing said amendment
and certifying the same to the next general
assembly-which was agreed to during the
sessions of 1893-1S94 by majority of the
members elected to each Of the two houses,
and SO recorded, and which joint resolution
was approved by the Governor on March 8,
1894, and is published in accordance with
provision contained therein.
J. BELL BIGGER,
Clerk of House of Delegates and Keeper of
the Rolls of Virginia.
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