Chap. 434.—A RESOLUTION proposing amendment to section 186 of the
Constitution of Virginia. [lI J R]

Signed March 4, 1918.

Resolved by the senate, the house of delegates concurring (a
majority of the members elected to each house agreeing), That the
following 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 one hun-
dred and eighty-six, which is in the following words:

Section 186. All taxes, licenses, and other revenues of the State,
shall be collected by its proper officers and paid into the State
treasury except in pursuance of appropriations made by law; and
no such appropriations shall be made which is payable more than
two years after the end of the session of the general assembly, at
which the law is enacted authorizing the same; and no appropriation
shall be made for the payment of any debt or obligation created in
the name of the State during the war between the Confederate
States and the United States. Nor shall any county, city, or town
pay any debt or obligation created by such county, city, or town in
aid of said war.

And insert in lieu thereof the following:

Section 186. All taxes, licenses, and other revenue of the State,
shall be collected by its proper officers and paid into the State treas-
ury except in pursuance of appropriations made by law; and no
such appropriations shall be made which is payable more than two
years and six months after the end of session of the general as-
sembly, at which the law is enacted authorizing the same; and no
appropriation shall be made for the payment of any debt or obliga-
tion created in the name of the State during the war between the
Confederate States and the United States, nor shall any county, city,
or town pay any debt or obligation created by such county, city, or
town in aid of said war.