CHAP. 1.—An ACT to provide for the payment of contingent and _ inci-
dental expenses of the general assembly, and to appropriat erat

for the same.
Approved January 28, 1916.

Whereas, there are certain contingent and incidental ex-
penses of the general assembly which cannot be provided for
specifically and which must be paid; and

Whereas, there has been no appropriation made to meet the
same; and

Whereas, section one hundred and eighty-six of the Constitu-
tion provides that no money shall be paid out of the State treas-
ury except in pursuance of appropriations made by law, and
section fifty of the Constitution provides that no law shall be
enacted except by bill; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the auditor of public accounts be, and he is, hereby directed to
issue his warrant upon the treasurer of the State for such
amounts as may be required for such contingent and incidental
expenses as may be provided for by resolution either of the
senate or house of delegates.

2. It is hereby made the duty of the clerk of the senate and
clerk of the house of delegates, respectively, to keep an itemized
account and statement, giving the name of each person receiv-
ing any money on account of any contingent or incidental ex-
pense authorized under any and all resolution or resolutions as
may be hereafter adopted by their respective houses in reference
to any contingent and incidental expense thereof; said itemized
account and statement shall show also for what service or ac-
count, and have a reference to the resolution authorizing the
same, and shall be appended to the end of the journal of their
respective houses and published therewith as document “A”.

8. It is hereby made the duty of the auditor of public ac-
counts to keep a separate account of the contingent and inci-
dental expenses of the senate and house of delegates of Vir-
ginia, respectively, as authorized by resolution as aforesaid,
showing the amount expended under each resolution and to in-
clude the same in his annual report to the governor and general
assembly of Virginia.
4. To pay the expenses above referred to, there is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of seventeen thousand dollars, one-half
of which shall be set apart for the use of the senate, and the
other half for the use of the house of delegates.

5. There being a necessity for the payment of said ex-
penses, an emergency is declared to exist, and this act shall be
in force from its passage.