Chap. 848.—A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the fifth
section of article ten of the constitution of Virginia, and providing for
publishing said amendment and certifying the same to the next general
assembly.

Approved March 8, 1894.

1. Resolved by the house of delegates and senate (a majority of
the members elected to each of the two houses agreeing thereto),
That the following amendment to the constitution of Virginia be,
and is hereby, proposed, and is hereby referred to the general assem-
bly to be chosen at the next general election of senators and mem-
bers of the house of delegates for its concurrence in conformity with
the provisions of section one of article twelve of said constitution,
namely, strike out from the constitution of Virginia the fifth clause
of article ten, which is in the following words:

§ 5. The general assembly may levy a tax not exceeding one dol-
lar per annum on every male citizen who has attained the age of
twenty-one years, which shall be applied exclusively in aid of public
free schools; and counties and corporations shall have power to
impose a capitation tax, not exceeding fifty cents per annum, for all
purposes.

And insert in lieu thereof the following:

8 5. The general assembly may levy a tax not exceeding one dol-
lar per annum on every male citizen who has attained the age of
twenty-one years, which shall be applied exclusively in aid of public
free schools; and counties and corporations shall have power to im-
pose a capitation tax, not exceeding fifty cents per annum, for all
purposes; and the general assembly may impose upon every male

inhabitant of the state, between the ages of sixteen and sixty years,

the duty of working, not exceeding two days in any one year, upon

the public roads and highways therein, subject, however, to such

exemptions from said duty as may be from time to time prescribed
y law.

2. Resolved, That the clerk of the senate or the clerk of the house
of delegates, or, if a vacancy happen in both of the said offices, the
presiding officer of either house of the general assembly, be au-
thorized and required to cause this proposed amendment and these
resolutions to be published in one newspaper published in each of
the cities of the commonwealth having more than ten thousand in-
habitants, once a week for three consecutive months previous to the
time of choosing the members of the general assembly at the next
general election of senators and members of the house of delegates.

3. Resolved, That the clerk of the senate and the clerk of the
house of delegates be required to transmit to the general assembly
to be chosen at the next general election of senators and members
of the house of delegates a certified copy of said proposed amend-
ments and of these resolutions, together with the certificates of
publication by the publishers of the newspapers in which the said
proposed amendment shall have been published.