Journal of the Constitutional ConventionD. Turner, printer to the State, 1864 - 52 páginas |
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A. M. The minutes adjourned until 12 adoption or rejection amend by striking amendment was adopted amendment was concurred amendment was lost ayes and nays Ayes-Messrs BEACH moved Bill of Rights Boush Committee on Emancipation Constitution Constitution of Virginia Convention adjourned Convention then adjourned County DOWNEY moved DOWNEY submitted Edwards Fairfax County FERGUSON BEACH following resolution Gover HAWXHURST moved Henshaw inserting the word Legislative Department length by Messrs LeRoy G line by inserting Loudoun County meeting were read minority report Moore motion the Convention motion was concurred moved a re-consideration moved to amend nays being demanded Nays-Messrs o'clock offered the following ordinance of secession Penn President previous meeting printed Qualification of Voters question then recurring read and approved recorded as follows Resolved Sergeant-at-Arms special order submitted an Ordinance submitted the following substitute table and ordered Tennis Thomas to-morrow United vote of ayes WATSON moved WEBB moved WING moved WING submitted Wood
Passagens conhecidas
Página 20 - No soldier, seaman or marine in the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this state in consequence of being stationed therein.
Página 12 - All elections shall be by ballot; and every white* male** citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, or upwards, who has been a resident of the State for one year, and of the Legislative District of Baltimore city, or of the county, in which he may offer to vote, for six months next preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote, in the ward or election district in which he resides, at all elections hereafter to be held in this State...
Página 13 - States, of the age of twenty-one years, or upwards, who has been a resident of the State for one year, and of the Legislative District of Baltimore city, or of the county, in which he may offer to vote, for six months next preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote, in the ward or election district in which he resides, at all elections hereafter to be held in this State...
Página 35 - ... after the end of the session of the General Assembly, at which the law is enacted authorizing the same; and no appropriation shall be made for the payment of any debt or obligation created in the name of the State during the war between the Confederate States and the United States. Nor shall any county, city, or town pay any debt or obligation created by such county, city, or town in aid of said war.
Página 35 - The general assembly shall provide by law for adjusting with the state of West Virginia, the proportion of the public debt of Virginia, proper to be borne by the state of Virginia and West Virginia, and shall provide that such sum as shall be received from West Virginia shall be applied to the payment of the public debt of the state.
Página 12 - State poll taxes, as hereinafter required, shall be entitled to vote for members of the general assembly and all officers elective by the people...
Página 20 - Provided, nevertheless, that the right of suffrage shall not be exercised by any person of unsound mind, or who shall be a pauper, or a non-commissioned officer, soldier, seaman, or marine, in the service of the United States, or by any person convicted of any infamous offence.
Página 35 - ... shall ever be made for the payment of any debt or obligation created in the name of the state of Virginia, by the usurped and pretended state authorities assembled at Richmond during the late war ; and no county, city or corporation shall levy or collect any tax for the payment of any debt created for the purpose of aiding any rebellion against the state, or against the United States.
Página 17 - The Legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide by law for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such a manner that the poor may be taught gratis.
Página 20 - But a citizen of the United States, who had previously been a qualified voter of this State, and removed therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided in the election district, and paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, after residing in the State six months...