Chap. 429.—A RESOLUTION proposing amendment to section 32 of article
2 of the Constitution of Virginia, and providing for publishing said
umendment and certifying the same to the next general assembly.

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Signed Januury 20, 1918S.

Resolved by the senate, the house of delegates concurring (a ma-
jority of the members elected to each house agreeing), That the fol-
lowing amendment to the Constitution of Virginia, be, and the same
is hereby, proposed, and referred to the general assembly to be
chosen at the next general election of members of the house of dele-
gates, for its concurrence, in conformity with the provisions of sec-
tion one hundred and ninety-six, of article fifteen of the said Con-
stitution, namely:

Strike out from the Constitution of Virginia section thirty-two,
which is in the following words:

Sec. 32. Every person qualified to vote shall be eligible to any
office of the State, or of any county, city, town or other subdivision
of the State, wherein he resides, except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, and except that this provision as to residence shall
not apply to any office elective by the people where the law provides
otherwise. Men 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.

And insert in lieu thereof the following:

Sec. 32. Every person qualified to vote shall be eligible to any
office of the State, or of any county, city, town or other subdivision
of the State, wherein he resides, except as othefwise provided in this
Constitution, and except that this provision as to residence shall
not apply to any office elective by the people where the law provides
otherwise; and except, further, that the requirements of this section
as to residence and voting qualifications shall not apply in the ap-
pointment of persons to fill positions under a municipal government
requiring special technical or professional training and experience.
Men and women eighteen years of age shall be eligible to the office
of notary public and qualified to execute the bonds required of them
in that capacity.