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SEC. 26. Persons qualified to vote at next election shall be admitted to regis-

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SEC. 30.

General Assembly may prescribe property qualification for voting in
county, city or town elections.

SEC. 31. Electoral boards; appointment and composition; powers and duties of;
who ineligible,

Qualifications of officers and of notaries public.

SEC. 32.

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SEC. 36.

SEC. 37.

General Assembly shall enact laws to regulate elections.
Voting machines.

SEC. 38.

Duties of treasurers, clerks of county and corporation courts and
sheriffs in regard to making, filing, delivering and posting list of
unpaid poll taxes; how same corrected.

ARTICLE III.

DIVISIONS OF POWERS.

SEC. 39. Departments to be distinct.

ARTICLE IV.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

SEC. 40. General Assembly to consist of Senate and House of Delegates.
SEC. 41. Number and election of senators.

SEC. 42. Number and election of delegates.

SEC. 43.

SEC. 44.

Apportionment of State into senatorial and house districts.
Qualifications of senators and delegates; who ineligible; removal from
district vacates office.

SEC. 45. Salaries of members of General Assembly to be fixed by law; members
not to be elected or appointed to civil offices of profit except by
election by the people.

SEC. 46. Time and duration of meetings of General Assembly; adjournments;
majority shall be a quorum; power of smaller number than a quorum.
SEC. 47. Powers of each house of General Assembly to elect its presiding officer,
make its own rules, fill vacancies, and judge of the election and
qualification of members, and punish and expel members.

Privileges of members of General Assembly.

SEC. 48.

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SEC. 50.

Enactment of laws; tax laws shall specifically state the tax and re-
quire a vote of majority of members.

SEC. 51. Standing committee on special, private and local legislation.

SEC. 52. Law shall embrace but one object, which shall be expressed in its
title; how laws revived or amended.

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SEC. 54. Impeachments; proceeding under; extent of judgment under; indict-
ment, etc., to lie.

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SEC. 55. Apportionment of State into congressional districts by General

Assembly.

SEC. 56. Directions to General Assembly concerning elections and declaring
offices vacant.

SEC. 57. Power of General Assembly to remove disabilities.

SEC. 58. Prohibitions on General Assembly as to suspension of writ of habeas
corpus, and enactment of laws referring to religion and other laws.
SEC. 59. General Assembly shall not incorporate churches or religious denomina-
tions; may secure church property.

SEC. 60. Lotteries and sale of lottery tickets prohibited.

SEC. 61.

SEC. 62.

SEC. 63.

Formation and division of counties.

Power of General Assembly to enact liquor laws.

Powers which General Assembly shall confer on courts; cases in which
General Assembly shall not enact special laws.

SEC. 64. General Assembly shall enact general laws in cases mentioned in pre-
ceding section, and wherever general laws will apply; amendment or
partial repeal of general law shall not enact special law; restrictions
as to laws.

SEC. 65. Powers of local and special legislation may be conferred by General
Assembly, by general law, on supervisors and councils.

SEC. 66. Clerk of House of Delegates to be Keeper of the Rolls, without com-
pensation; General Assembly shall prescribe number and compen-
sation of its clerks and employees.

SEC. 67. Limitations on appropriations by General Assembly to charitable and
other institutions; exceptions.

SEC. 68. Auditing Committee, appointment and constitution; powers and duties.

ARTICLE V.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

SEC. 69. Governor, term of office.

SEC. 70.

How and when elected; how result ascertained; how tie or contested
elections decided.

SEC. 71. Qualifications of Governor.

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SEC. 75.

Commissions and grants; how they shall run and how attested.

SEC. 76.

Bills, duties of Governor in regard to; proceedings of General Assembly
in passing bills over veto of Governor; effect of failure of Governor
to sign.

SEC. 77. Lieutenant-Governor, election and qualifications.

SEC. 78. Duties of Lieutenant-Governor.

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SEC. 84.

Checks and balances on officers entrusted with collection of revenue,
establishment of.

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SEC. 88.

Supreme Court of Appeals, composition and jurisdiction; exceptions
to jurisdiction; temporary vacancies, how filled.

Special Court of Appeals.

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SEC. 105. Judges shall not practice law or hold office of public trust; exception.
SEC. 106. Writs and indictments.

SEC. 107. Attorney-General, election, commission, duties and compensation;
how removable.

SEC. 110. County officers, number, terms and compensation.

SEC. 111. Magisterial districts, supervisors; how chosen, powers and duties.
SEC. 112. Elections for county and district officers, when held; terms of officers.
SEC. 113. No person shall hold more than one office at the same time. Additional
security may be required of officer.

SEC. 114.
SEC. 115.

County not responsible for acts of sheriff.

Examination of books, accounts, etc., of officers handling public funds.

SEC. 126. Corporate limits, contraction or extension of, General Assembly shall

provide for.

SEC. 127. Concerning bonded indebtedness of cities and towns.

SEC. 128. Assessment of real estate therein.

SEC. 129. Free schools to be maintained.

SEC. 130. State Board of Education, composition; vacancies, how filled.
SEC. 131. Superintendent of Public Instruction, how elected, term of office;
how vacancies filled, duties.

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SEC. 141.

State appropriations prohibited to schools or institutions of learning
not owned or exclusively controlled by State or some subdivision
thereof; exceptions to rule.

SEC. 142. Boards of visitors and trustees of educational institutions, how ap-
pointed, and term of office.

SEC. 143. Department of agriculture and immigration, where maintained, how
controlled, composition, qualification of members, how appointed
and term of office.

SEC. 144.

SEC. 145.

Powers and duties of same.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration; term of office; how
elected; powers and duties.

SEC. 146. President of Agriculture and Immigration to be ex-officio member of
Board of Visitors of Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Board of directors of same, number, how appointed, powers; super-

intendents and surgeons.

SEC. 149. Boards of directors for State hospitals for the insane, number of
members; how appointed, powers and terms of office.

SEC. 150. General board of directors of State Hospital for the Insane, compo-

sition and powers.

SEC. 151. Superintendents of State Hospital for the Insane; how appointed;
how and for what removable; powers; how other resident officers
of insane hospitals appointed; terms of office of superintendents.
SEC. 152. Commissioner of State Hospitals for the Insane; how appointed; term
of office, powers and duties; bond, salary.

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