Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of VirginiaSuperintendent Public Printing., 1914 Includes some House documents as appendices. |
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act approved February act approved March act entitled act to amend act to provide amend and re-enact approved March 14 Assembly of Virginia Barley bill to amend bill to authorize bill to provide Birrell board of supervisors Bonifant Branscomb Brewer Brown Cawthorn Chalkley chapter Clement Code of Virginia Commins Committee on Special Constitution of Virginia Constitution was recorded Crockett Daniel Dodson Earman Easley entitled an act February 26 Ferebee Flanagan following House bills Francis W Franklin Gordon Grasty Gregory Gunn Harris Harrison Hartley Heflin Hobson Horner Houston Huff Hughes January 21 John Orr Kent Kinsey Leedy Lowry Malbon Massie Meetze Miller Milstead Montague Myers nays NAYS-Messrs Nelson Noland Oliver Pennington Philpott Pitts Powell Radford re-enact an act re-enact section recorded as follows Reed Robertson Rolston Senate bill Smith Spatig special Joint Committee Spessard Stearnes Steck Stephenson Stubbs Terrell Tiffany Toney vote required Walton Weaver Williams Willis Winston YEAS-Messrs
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Page 14 - Speaker shall, or any member may call him to order ; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the house shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal the decision of the chair shall be submitted to. If the decision be in favor of the member called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed ; if otherwise...
Page 14 - He shall preserve order and decorum ; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House by any two members; on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House.
Page 842 - The presiding officer of each house shall, in the presence of the house over which he presides, sign every bill that has been passed by both houses and duly enrolled. Immediately before this is done, all other business being suspended, the title of the bill shall be publicly read. The fact of signing shall be entered on the journal.
Page 842 - On the final passage, in either house of the Legislature, of any act which imposes, continues or revives a tax, or creates a debt or charge, or makes, continues or revives any appropriation of public or trust money or property, or releases, discharges or commutes any claim or demand of the State, the question shall be taken by...
Page 856 - The legislative power of the State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Delegates.
Page 850 - ... next preceding, and whether he has previously voted, and, if so, the State, county, and precinct in which he voted last; and, Third.
Page 854 - No voter, during the time of holding any election at which he is entitled to vote, shall be compelled to perform military service, except in time of war or public danger; to attend any court as suitor, juror, or witness; and no voter shall be subject to arrest under any civil process during his attendance at election or in going to or returning therefrom.
Page 846 - The duties and powers of the State Board of Education shall be as follows: First. It may, in its discretion, divide the State into appropriate school divisions, comprising not less than one county or city each, but no county or city shall be divided in the formation of such divisions. It shall, subject to...
Page 855 - ... precinct of his county or city, a like certified copy of the list, which shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated for the purpose of voting. The clerk shall also, within sixty days after the filing of the list by the treasurer, forward a certified copy thereof, with such corrections as may have been made by order of the court or judge, t'o the...
Page 845 - January next succeeding the election of the members of the House of Delegates and not oftener unless convened in the manner prescribed by this Constitution. No session of the General Assembly, after the first under this Constitution, shall continue longer than sixty days; but with the concurrence of three-fifths of the members elected to each house, the session may be extended for a period not exceeding thirty days.