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... adopted by that con- vention is the most complete summary of the rights of man and the principles of free government that has ever been furnished to the world . The Constitution of Virginia adopted on the 29th of June , 1776 , continued ...
... adopted by that con- vention is the most complete summary of the rights of man and the principles of free government that has ever been furnished to the world . The Constitution of Virginia adopted on the 29th of June , 1776 , continued ...
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... adopted by some of our sister states of the South . The new Constitution of Mississippi adopted in November , 1890 , which , with some modifications , has been adopted by South Carolina , confers the right of suffrage upon all the sane ...
... adopted by some of our sister states of the South . The new Constitution of Mississippi adopted in November , 1890 , which , with some modifications , has been adopted by South Carolina , confers the right of suffrage upon all the sane ...
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... adopted or rejected by a majority vote of the members pres- ent . Upon a motion to suspend a rule of the Convention , the mover shall be allowed five minutes to state the reasons for his motion , and one member opposed to the motion ...
... adopted or rejected by a majority vote of the members pres- ent . Upon a motion to suspend a rule of the Convention , the mover shall be allowed five minutes to state the reasons for his motion , and one member opposed to the motion ...
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... adopted . The question was then put upon the adoption of the first resolution and it was adopted . The President then put the question of the adoption of the resolutions as a whole , including the preamble , and they were adopted . Mr ...
... adopted . The question was then put upon the adoption of the first resolution and it was adopted . The President then put the question of the adoption of the resolutions as a whole , including the preamble , and they were adopted . Mr ...
Page 82
... adopted : Resolved , That the Auditor of Public Accounts be requested to furnish for the use of this Convention a report showing the amount of real and personal property exempted from taxation under the existing laws of the State in ...
... adopted : Resolved , That the Auditor of Public Accounts be requested to furnish for the use of this Convention a report showing the amount of real and personal property exempted from taxation under the existing laws of the State in ...
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absence was granted Assembly Ayers AYES-Messrs Barbour Barham Barnes Bill of Rights Blair Boaz Bouldin Braxton Bristow Brooke Brown Cameron Carter Chapman Claggett Cobb Convention adjourned Convention assembled Convention was called Crismond Dunaway Earman Eggleston election Epes Fairfax Fletcher following members G. W. Jones Garnett George K Gillespie Gilmore Gregory Gwyn Hamilton Hancock Hardy Harrison Hatton Hooker Hubard Hunton Ingram James W Keezell Kendall Lawson Lincoln Lindsay Lovell Manly H Marshall McIlwaine Meredith Messrs Moncure motion moved to amend Mundy noes NOES-Messrs O'Flaherty P. W. Campbell Parks Pedigo pending question Pettit Phillips Pollard Portlock Prayer by Rev Preamble and Bill present and answered proceedings was read Quarles R. L. Gordon read and ap reconsider the vote Richmond Rives Robertson Stebbins Stuart Tarry Thom Thomas H Thornton Turnbull TURNBULL reported vote was recorded W. A. Anderson Waddill Walker Walton Moore Watson Wescott Willis Withers Wysor Yancey
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Page 11 - Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 416 - Shall there be a Convention to revise the Constitution, and amend the same?" shall be decided by the electors qualified to vote for members of the Legislature...
Page 2 - 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 57 - If the Legislature be in session, he shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated a copy of such statement, and the items objected to shall be separately reconsidered.
Page 2 - That in all capital or criminal prosecutions a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation...
Page 4 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community.