Journal of the Senate of Virginia

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Commonwealth of Virginia, 1893 - Virginia

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Page 424 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 261 - That in all capital and 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 and be allowed counsel in his favor, and to a fair and speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty, (except in the government of the land and naval forces,) nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself.
Page 210 - February the twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled an act to provide for the settlement of the public debt of Virginia not funded under the provisions of an act entitled an act to ascertain and declare Virginia's equitable share of the debt created before and actually existing at the time of the partition of her territory and resources, and to provide for the issuance of bonds covering the same, and the regular and prompt payment of the interest thereon, approved February the fourteenth,...
Page 261 - ... of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty ; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty, except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Page 23 - The State shall not be a party to, or interested in, any work of internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work, except in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property...
Page 586 - The general assembly shall provide by law for adjusting with the state of West Virginia, the proportion of the public debt of Virginia, proper to be borne by the state of Virginia and West Virginia...
Page 476 - Church, in the county of Fairfax, as amended by an act approved February 27, 1879, entitled an met to amend and re-enact sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Falls...

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