CHaP. 103.—JOINT RESOLUTION proposing amendment to section 32
of the Constituticn of Virginia and providing for publishing the said
amendment and certifying the same to the next general assembly.

Resolved by the senate and house of delegates (a majority
of the members elected to each house agreeing thereto) :

That the following amendment to the Constitution of Vir-
yinia, be and the same is hereby proposed and referred to the
yeneral assembly at its first regular session held after the next
yeneral election of members of the house of delegates, for its
concurrence in conformity with the provisions of section one
Aundred and ninety-six of article fifteen of the Constitution.

Strike out of the Constitution of Virginia section thirty-two
f article two, which reads as follows:

Sec. 32. Every person qualified to vote shall be eligible to
iny office of the State or of any county, city, town, or other sub-
livision of the State wherein he resides, except as otherwise pro-
rided in this Constitution, and except that this provision as to
esidence shall not apply to any office elective by the people
vhere the law provides otherwise. Men and women eighteen
ears of age, shall be eligible to the office of notary public
nd qualified to execute the bonds required of them in that
apacity.
nd insert in lieu thereof the following:

Sec. 32. Every person qualified to vote shall be eligible to
ny office of the State, or of any county, city, town, or other
ub-division of the State wherein he resides, except as other-
vise provided in this Constitution, and except that this pro-
ision as to residence, shall not apply to any office elective by
he people, where the law provides otherwise, and except that
his section shall not be construed to prevent the appointment
0 municipal offices of persons having techincal skill, or, for
ther good reason, although not resident or qualified voters.
fen and women eighteen years of age shall be eligible to the
office of notary public and qualified to execute the bonds re-
quired of them in that capacity.

Resolved further, that the clerk of the house of delegates be
authorized and required to cause this proposed amendment and
these resolutions to be published for three months previous to
the time of the next general election of members of the house
of delegates.

Resolved further, that the clerk of the house of delegates be
and he is hereby required to transmit to the general assembly at
its first regular session held after the next general election of
members of the house of delegates, a certified copy of the said
proposed amendment and of these resolutions, together with a
certificate of publication by the publishers of the newspapers
in which said amendment shall have been published.