Chap. 484.—JOINT RESOLUTION proposing amendment to section 186 of the
Constitution of Virginia. [SJR 2]

Signed March 18, 1924.

Resolved by the senate, the house of delegates concurring (a majority
of the members elected to each house agreeing), That the following
amendment to section one hundred and eighty-six of the Constitution of
Virginia be, and the same is hereby proposed and referred to the general
assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election
of members of the house of delegates, for its concurrence, in conformity
with the provisions of section one hundred and ninety-six of the said
Constitution, namely: .

Strike out from the Constitution of Virginia section one hundred and
eighty-six, which is in the following words:

Section 186. All taxes, licenses, and other revenue of the State
shall be collected by its proper officers and paid into the State treasury.
No money shall be paid out of the State treasury except in pursuance of
appropriations made by law; and no such appropriation 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 obliga-
tion created in the name of the State during the war between the Con-
federate 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 treasury.
No money shall be paid out of the State treasury except in pursuance of
appropriations made by law; and no such appropriation shall be made
which is payable more than two years and six months after the end of
the session of the general assembly, at which the law is enacted authoriz-
ing 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.