The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-15
TO TEST THE LAW.
Full Text of the Petition Filed i'll the
Sun-cmc CnuTt Yesterday.

Full Text of the Petition Filed III the
Supreme Court Yesterday.
The petition filed in the clerks Office of
the Supreme Court of Appeals yester-
day by number Of gentlemen through
their attorneys, and referred to in yes
terday's Times, is as follows:
ITO the Honorable Judges Of the Supreme
Court of Appeals of Tirg.niI:
Pour petitioners, James McMenamin,
Segar Whiting, J. B. Leake, Robert P.
Orr, "A. ~. G. Klor, Frank Lee, NJ. A.
Armstrong, w. E. Cottrel!, T. w. Oar.
ling, G. A. Schmeltz. D. S. Jones. A. G.
Jones. J. B. Jennings, and W. J. Payne,
respectfully represent that they are citl-
zens and Taxpayers of the State Of Vir-.
ginia, and are interested in having the
laws of their State properly administered,
and in having declared what is law and
what is not the law. They are aggrleved
and injured, and their rights, along with
those of all the citizens of the State. are
endangered by the enrolment among the
: laws of the Commonwealth, by William
Henry Mann, clerk Of the House OF Dele
gates and Keeper of the Rolls q Virginia,
Of a certain pretended act Of Assembly.
entitled an act to provide for the appoint
ment of Commissioners of Valuation and
Z to define their duties, and alleged to be
: in force from its passage, and by his re-
fusal to strike thet said pretended act
from the said rolls, and which was desl5-
mated on the House Journal and known
as House bill NO 553. And also, by tie
wrongful act of J. Fl. O'Bannon, Euperin-5
,tendent of Public Printing of Virginia,
in failing and refusing to omit the sald
pretended act from the Acts of Assembly,
and by his proceeding to publish and dis
tribute the same as an act of the GeneEal
Assembly of Virginia.
'And your petitioners further show to
the court, that unless the said pretended
act be declared void by this honorable
court, it will be distributed as an Act of
Assembly, and the appointments mace
Hereunder by the board therein pretended
to be appointed as directed by the said
pretended act.
IMPOSES APPROPRIATIONS.
"And it is further shown to this
honorable court that the said pretend
ed act imposes appropriations of public.
money, and that the vote on its passage
in the Senate of Virginia was not &C.
termined by ayes and noes, and the
names of the persons voting for and
against the same were not entered on
the journal of the said Senate. and that
a majority of all the members elected
to the Senate did not vote for the sa:a
pretended act on its pretended passage
A copy of the journal Of the Senate. OF
that days proceedings-to-wit. the day
on which the. said pretended act Was
pretended to have passed the SAD
Senate, in so far as pertained to said
act-is herewith presented and PLAYED
to be read as part of this petition,
to show the vote as aforesaid, on the
passage of the said pretended act: ana
a copy of the said pretended act is also
herewith presented and prayed TO be
read as part of this petition.
Your petitioners further show 10
this honorable Court that the said pre-
tended passage of the said pretended
act, inasmuch as said act appropriated
public money, is clearly violative OF the
18th section of the 10th article Of the
Constitution of Virginia, which provides
that 'on the passage of every act which
imposes continues, or revives any ap-
preparation of public or trust money, or
property. or releases. discharges. or COM
mutes any claim or demand of the State.
the vote shall be determined by ayes and
noes, and the names of the persons voting
for or against the same shall be entered
on the journals of the respective houses.
and a najorityiof all the members elected
to each house shall be necessary to give
it the force of a law
KEEPER OF ROLLS NOTIFIED.
with view of applying to this
court for a writ of mandamus, your
netitioners have notified the: said VIII
liam Henry Mann, Keeper of the Rolls.