Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of VirginiaCommonwealth of Virginia, 1927 - Virginia |
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act approved March act entitled agreed amend and re-enact appeal appointed Assembly assessed Barton Bear bill to amend bill to authorize Bird Bolling Bolton bonds Booker Boschen Boyd Breneman Brewer Bruce Carter changed Clerk Code of Virginia Coiner Cole commission Committee Constitution construction corporation court district Doosing Dovell duties election entitled an act Folkes Fuller Gary George Gordon Governor Graham Graves Hall Hamner Harman House bill House of Delegates hundred interest issue Jesse joint Jones judges Legislation Lyon Malbon Milstead Moore nays Norris Parker passed person powers prescribe Price Proposed Amendments re-enact section Read recorded as follows referred regulations relating reported resolution roads Saunders Savedge Senate bill session Shepherd Sinclair Smith Snead Speaker Special term therefor thereof tion town Virginia vote vote required Waller Warren Watts Weeks Wood Wright Young
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Page 174 - Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the...
Page 102 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 49 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 174 - 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...
Page 106 - I, AB, do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.
Page 102 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services ; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge, to be hereditary.
Page 32 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Page 30 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly, ought to be free ; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses, without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented, for the public good.
Page 103 - That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, or whose offence is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted.
Page 102 - ... which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration ; and...