The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-13

ah Amenomont 10 the Fifth Section of
Article Ten of the Constitution OF vir-
Said Amendment and Certifying the
Same to the NeItGeneral Assembly.
Approved March s. 1894.
1. Resolved by the house or delegates and sem
the two houses agreeing thcrcto) That the fol-
lowing amendment to the constitution of Vir-
ginia be, and is hereby proposed, and is hereby
referred to the general assembly to be chosen ut
the next general election OF senators and men,
beers of the house of delegates for it's concurrence
IN conformity with the provisions OF section one,
or article twelve or said constitutions namely,
strike out from the constitution OF Virginia the
nth clause OF article ten which is in the follow
IS. The general assembly may levy tux not
exceeding one dollar per nnnum on every male
citizen who has attuined The age OF twenty one
years, which shall be applied exclusively in aid of
public free schools; and counties and corpora
lions shall have power to impose capitaticn
tax, not exceeding fifty cents per annum, for all
purposee
And insert in lien thereof the following:
3. The general assembly may levy a tax not
exceeding one dollar per aDnum on eve.y male
citizen who has attained the age of twcnty.one
years, which shall be applied exclusively in aid of
ttons shall have power to impose n capitation
tay, not exceeding fifty cents per aDnum, for all
purposes; and the general assembly may impose
upon every male ,nhabtant of the State between
the ages of sixteen ana sixty years, the duty of
working, not exceeding two days in any one
year. upon the public roads and highways
from duty as may be from time to time pre-
scribcd by law.
2 Resolved, That the clerk OF the senate or tho
clerk OF the house of delegates, or, II u yacar CIV
happen in both of tho said offices, the presiding
ofbcer of either house of the general assembly,
be authorized and required to cause this proposed
amendment and these resolutions to be published
In ono newspaper published in each OF the cities
or the commonwealth having more than ten
thousand inhabitants once week for three con-
sccutivc months previous to tho time OF choosing
the members OF the genera! 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 required to
tranemit to the general assembly to be chosen at
the next general election OF senators and menu
bers OF the house of delegates q ertjled copy of
said proposed amendments and OF these resolu-
lions, together with the certificate, of publiea-
tion by the publishers of the new .papers in which
the said proposed amendments shall have been
published.
OFFICE OF CLERK OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
RICHMOND, VA, July IS. 1885,
The foregoing is copy of a joint resolution
proposing an amendmep Mt to the fifth section of
article III OF the constitution OF Virginia and pro-
viding for publishing said amendment and GER
tlfying the same to the next general assembly
which was agreed to during the sessions of 1893
1871 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 s, 1894, and is published in accordance
with provision contained therein.
j. BELL BIGGER
Clerk of House OF Delegates ana Keeper OF the
ioiis Oh virginia. s am law