Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia: Passed at Called Session, 1862, in the Eighty-seventh Year of the CommonwealthW. F. Ritchie, public printer, 1862 - 36 pages |
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... five hundred thousand dollars is hereby appro- Amount appro- priated priated , to be paid out of the treasury , upon warrant to be issued by the auditor of public accounts , upon the orders of the governor in Orders of go- writing , to ...
... five hundred thousand dollars is hereby appro- Amount appro- priated priated , to be paid out of the treasury , upon warrant to be issued by the auditor of public accounts , upon the orders of the governor in Orders of go- writing , to ...
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... five years , not exceeding ten thousand at any one time , and not exceeding in any county , city or town five per centum of the entire slave population thereof . Such requisition shall be apportioned ratably among all the slaveholders ...
... five years , not exceeding ten thousand at any one time , and not exceeding in any county , city or town five per centum of the entire slave population thereof . Such requisition shall be apportioned ratably among all the slaveholders ...
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... five per centum of the entire slave population thereof , apportioning the same among the slaveholders , as herein above set forth , as near as may be , and holding the same not longer How long they than ninety days for the uses and upon ...
... five per centum of the entire slave population thereof , apportioning the same among the slaveholders , as herein above set forth , as near as may be , and holding the same not longer How long they than ninety days for the uses and upon ...
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... five days after a draft is made , and on a day to be designated by the board , the trial of cases of exemption and excuse shall commence ; and the same shall be disposed of in a summary manner as speedily as may be . The clerk of the ...
... five days after a draft is made , and on a day to be designated by the board , the trial of cases of exemption and excuse shall commence ; and the same shall be disposed of in a summary manner as speedily as may be . The clerk of the ...
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... five thousand dollars , and be subject to imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twelve months , at the discretion of the court . " 2. This act shall be in force from its passage . Commencement Acts of 1861-2 amended License to ...
... five thousand dollars , and be subject to imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twelve months , at the discretion of the court . " 2. This act shall be in force from its passage . Commencement Acts of 1861-2 amended License to ...
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Page 151 - 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 152 - That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.
Page 10 - 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...
Page 152 - ... they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections, in which all, or any part of the former members to be again eligible or ineligible, as the laws shall direct.
Page 152 - 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 152 - 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...
Page 152 - That, in all capital or criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty...
Page 9 - Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a free state.
Page 18 - Judges may be removed from office by a concurrent vote of both Houses of the General Assembly, but a majority of all the members elected to each House must concur in such vote, and the cause of removal shall be entered on the Journal of each House. The Judge against whom the General Assembly may be about to proceed, shall...
Page 10 - ... all men shall be free to profess, and by argument, to maintain their opinions in matters of religion; and the same shall, in no wise, affect, diminish or enlarge their civil capacities...