Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of VirginiaCommonwealth of Virginia, 1916 - Virginia |
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act approved March act entitled act to amend act to provide Adams amend and re-enact approved March 14 Assembly of Virginia Baker Baum Beale Beattie bill to amend bill to authorize bill to provide bill was referred Birrell board of supervisors Bonham Brewer Bristow Browning Buck Buhrman Burke Cato charter Clement Code of Virginia Coldiron Commins committee in session Committee on Special Constitution of Virginia Constitution was recorded Cornett Crockett Daniel Dodson entitled an act February 15 Flanagan Fuller Gatewood GEORGE L Gilpin Gordon Henley heretofore amended Hobson Horsley Hudgins Hundley Jett Joint Committee Jones Kent Leedy Lowry Mann Meetze Moss Murray Musgrave Myers nays Noland opinion the object Owen Parr Pence Phillips Pitts Price Ramsey re-enact an act re-enact section recorded as follows Reed Rolston Russell Senate bill Shumate Sproul Stant Steck Stephenson Stubbs Sutherland thereof Thos Tiffany Valentine vote required Walton Willis Winston Wise county Witten Wright YEAS-Messrs
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Page 975 - An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure...
Page 14 - He shall preserve order and decorum ; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House by any two members — on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House.
Page 526 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature...
Page 786 - The first power reserved by the people is the initiative, and not more than eight per cent. of the legal voters shall be required to propose any measure by such petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon.
Page 527 - ... then it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such...
Page 698 - The presiding officer of each house shall, in the presence of the house over which he presides, sign every bill that has been passed by both houses and duly enrolled.
Page 789 - The legislative power of the State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Delegates.
Page 356 - It will not be contended that Congress can delegate to the courts, or to any other tribunals, powers which are strictly and exclusively legislative. But Congress may certainly delegate to others, powers which the legislature may rightfully exercise itself.
Page 564 - January, nineteen hundred and thirteen, from segregating for the purposes of taxation, the several kinds or classes of property, so as to specify and determine upon what subjects, state taxes, and upon what subjects, local taxes may be levied.
Page 16 - The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Jefferson's Manual shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the...