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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,

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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

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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,

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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

second class,

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,

Officers of,

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Division of powers,

156i

Upon organization of, Board of
Public Works and office of Rail-
road Commissioner shall cease

to exist; papers of same trans-
ferred to commission,

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Amendments to act creating,

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tion ex-officio president of, 131

Education, State Board of, how
composed,

Superintendent of Public Instruc-

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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,

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Duties, compensation and tenure
of office of officers of Supreme
Court of Appeals to be prescrib-
ed by law,

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Places

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of sessions of Supreme
Court of Appeals to be fixed by
law,

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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,

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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-

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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,

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Salaries of judges to be fixed by
law,

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