Clerks of courts in cities, how elected, term of office; shall per- form other duties required by law, Only one clerk of courts in city of less than 30,000 inhabitants, 118 In cities, term of office to begin coincidently with that of judge, 122 Commissions shall be in name of Commonwealth attested by Gov-
ernor, Committee on Special, Private and Local Legislation, duties of, Commissioner of the revenue of county, how elected or appointed; term of office, number, duties and compensation to be provided by law,
Exercise of eminent domain and police power shall never be abridged as to corporations, Long and short distance trans- portation rates, Transportation or transmission company shall not give free transportation, or rebate in charges for same to any officer other than members of corpo- ration commission; penalty, 161 Foreign, restrictions and pro- visions as to,
Right of Commonwealth to con- trol and regulate certain corpo- rations never surrendered or abridged,
Right of railroad, to parallel; re- ception and transmission of passengers and freight by con- necting roads; right of General Assembly to prevent building of railroad parallel to Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, Issue of stock and bonds by, to be regulated by General Assem- bly; statement to be filed with corporation commission; pen- alties to be provided and how enforced,
How property of railroad and canal companies taxed, Franchise tax to be paid by rail- road and canal companies, How franchise tax ascertained, Annual report of railroad and canal companies to corporation commission; when taxes to be paid; taxes to be lien on prop- erty of company, May appeal from ascertainment of sections 176 and 178; pro- ceedings on appeal, Corporation Commission, State, com-
position of; how appointed; term of office; vacancies, how filled; when members to enter upon duties and when not; who ineligible; at least one member to have qualifications prescribed for judge of Supreme Court of
Penalty on corporation refusing to obey order of commission, How action of commission ap- pealed from; Attorney-General to represent it on appeal, Supreme Court of Appeals alone to have power to review, or en- join or in any way interfere with action of commission, Action of commission not sus- pended pending appeal until sus- pending bond shall have been ex- ecuted, Corporation to keep accounts of excess charges pending appeal, and excess returned, Proceedings on appeal; facts, etc., to be certified to appellate court; jurisdiction of appellate court, 156f Appellate court, on reversing order of commission, shall enter such order commission as should have entered; commission may make new rates based on new circumstances pending appeal, such orders not to be retro- active, Proceedings by persons in courts against corporations not affected by fine of commission; action of commission not to be questioned in such proceedings; no case based upon or involving order of commission shall be heard or dis- posed of pending appeal from such order,
Reports of, what may be recom- mended therein,
Proceedings on appeal from as- certainment in sections 176 and
178, Corporation courts, shall appoint electoral boards,
Shall hear and decide applications to correct list of unpaid poll- taxes,
One in each city of the first class, When in city of second class, how abolished,
Ceases to exist when, in city of
Counties, formation and division of, General Assembly may grant by general law powers of local legis- lation to supervisors,
General Assembly not forbidden to authorize appropriations by, to charitable institutions,
Upon organization of, Board of Public Works and office of Rail- road Commissioner shall cease
to exist; papers of same trans- ferred to commission,
Amendments to act creating,
tion ex-officio president of, 131
Education, State Board of, how composed,
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
Committee on special, private and local legislation, duties of, Shall apportion State for Con- gressional districts,
May declare when any office va- cant where no provision made in Constitution,
Shall prescribe manner of con- ducting elections, returns thereof, of determining contested elec- tions and of filling vacancies in cases not specially provided for in Constitution,
May remove political disabilities as to duelling,
Duties, compensation and tenure of office of officers of Supreme Court of Appeals to be prescrib- ed by law,
of sessions of Supreme Court of Appeals to be fixed by law,
Number of terms of circuit courts to be prescribed by law, May provide for a Special Court of Appeals, how constituted, Shall have management of Law Library,
Shall not pass certain laws, Shall not incorporate church or religious denomination, but may secure title to church property, 59 May form and divide counties, when,
May enact local option or dispen- sary laws or other laws controll- ing liquor traffic,
Shall confer on courts power to grant divorces, to change names of persons, to direct sale of es- tates of infants, and may regu- late punishment by courts for contempt,
What local, special or private legis- lation prohibited,
May enact general laws, however, in such cases; limitation of amendments of such general laws,
May confer by general law powers of local legislation on super- visors and councils, Shall prescribe number and com- pensation of its employees, Appropriations to churches and in-
To elect judges of Court of Ap- peals by joint vote,
May provide for Special Court of Appeals,
May rearrange judicial districts, how,
Shall elect circuit judges,
Shall elect city court judges,
Salaries of judges to be fixed by law,
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