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ginia, and Providing for Publishing
Said Amendment and Certifying the
Same to the Next General Assembly.
Approved March s. 1891.
!. Resolved by tho house OF delegates and sem
ate "a majority OF the members elected to each of
the two houses agreeing thcreto), That the fol-
lowing amendment to the constitution of Vir-
ginia be, and is hereby proposed, and is hereby
the next general election OF senators and mem.
bcrs of the house OF delegates for its concurrence
In conformity with the provisions OF section one,
OF article twelve OF eaid constitution, namely.
strike out from the constitution OF Virginia the
nth clause of article ten, which is in the follow
s 8. The general assembly may levy n tax not
exceeding ono dollar per annum on every male
citizen who has attsincd iho 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 cent? per annum, for all
purposes
And insert in lieu thereof the following:
o. The general assembly may levy tax not
exceeding one dollar per annum on ovc'y male
citizen who has attained tho age of twenty.onc
years, which shall be applied exclusively in aid of
public free schools; aud counties and corpora :.
lions shall have power to impose a capitation
tay. 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
working, not exceeding two days in any one
herein, subject, however, to such exemptions
from duty az may be from time to time pre-
sCrlDeO Dy law.
3. Resolved, That the clerk OF the senate or the
clerk OF the house of delegates, or, IL q yacau cy
happen in both OF the said offices, the presiding
ofhcer OF either house Of the general assembly,
be authorized and required to cauec this proposed
amendment and these resolutions to be published
In one newspaper published in each OF the cities
OF the commonwealth having moro than ten
thousand Inhabitants. once q week for three con-
secutivc months previous to the time of choosing
the members OF the genera, assembly at the next
general election Of senators and members of the
house Of delegates.
B. Received, That the clerk of the senate and
the clerk OF the house OF delegates be required to
transmit to the general assembly to be chosen ut
the next general election OF senators and men,
Dcrs OF the house OF delegates certified copy of
SAID proposed amendments and or these rcsolu-
tons, together with the certifcatcS OF publica-
ton by the publishers OF the new .papcrs in which
the said proposed amendments shall have been
published
OFFICE OF CLERK OF House OF DELEGATES,
RICHMOND, VA, July 25, 1925.
The foregoing is copy of joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the fifth section OF
article III OF the constitution OF Virginia, and pro-
viding for publishing said amendment and GER
ufyinE the same to the next general assembly
which was agreed to during the sessions OF 1893
lS!ll by majority of the members elected to each
or the two houses, and so recorded, and which
Joint resolution was approved by the governor on
March 5, 1874, and is published in accordance
with provision contained therein.
j. BELL BIGGER,
Clerk OF House of Delegates and Keeper Of tho
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