Journal of the Senate of VirginiaCommonwealth of Virginia, 1881 - Virginia |
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act to amend act to authorize act to incorporate affirmative-ayes amend and re-enact Atkinson AYES-Messrs Bailey Barnes Berry bill to amend bill to authorize bill to incorporate Bliss chapter clerk inform committee for courts committee on finance committee on roads concurrence therein Delegates thereof Diggs Edmunds Elliott engrossed and read entitled an act Eskridge finance and banks Fletcher Glasgow Hale Heaton House bill entitled House of Delegates Hurt inform the House joint resolution Jones Koiner Lovell Lovenstein Lybrook Lynchburg March 20 Martin Mayo Newberry noes NOES-Messrs Norton ordered Powell President pro tempore put thereon Ques question on agreeing railroad company Rawles re-enact section read a second read a third read the second read the third read twice recorded as follows referred reported without amendment request their concurrence Richmond Riddleberger roads and internal Stevens taken Thurman Twyman vote was recorded Walker Webb Willcox Williams Wingfield of Hanover
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Page 28 - State for twelve months, and of the county wherein he may offer his vote for six months next preceding the day of election, shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, and other civil officers for the county or district in which he resides...
Page 9 - Any member may call for the division of a question, which shall be divided if it comprehend propositions in substance so distinct, that one being taken away, a substantive proposition shall remain for the decision of the House.
Page 144 - Shall there be a convention to revise the Constitution, and amend the same?"* shall be decided by the electors qualified to vote for members of the...
Page 9 - When any member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise from his seat, and respectfully address himself to "Mr. Speaker," and shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personality.
Page 93 - The general assembly shall apply the annual interest on the literary fund, the capitation tax provided for by this constitution for public free school purposes, and an annual tax upon the property of the state of not less than one mill nor more than five mills on the dollar...
Page 61 - That a committee of two on the part of the senate and three on the part of the...
Page 59 - And it is further resolved, That his excellency the governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to the governor of Virginia, that it may be communicated to the legislature of that state.
Page 50 - I desire to call the attention of the board to the fact that...
Page 10 - No petition shall be received claiming a sum of money or praying the settlement of unliquidated accounts, unless it be accompanied with the certificate of disallowance from the executive or auditor, containing the reason why it was rejected. But this order shall extend to no person applying for a pension.
Page 92 - In each district there shall be elected one supervisor, three justices of the peace, one constable, and one overseer of the poor, who shall hold their respective offices for the term of two years.