Chap. 267.—JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to section 186
of the Constitution of Virginia. [SJ R 4]

Signed March 23, 1926.

1. Whereas, the proposed amendment to section one hundred and
eighty-six of the Constitution of Virginia, hereinafter fully set forth,
was agreed to by a majority of the members elected to the two houses
of the general assembly at its session of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, and referred to this, the next general assembly, and published
for three months, as required by the Constitution of Virginia, and as
shown by report of such publication by the clerk of the house of dele-
cates; now, therefore,

Resolved, by the house of delegates, the senate concurring (a
majority of the members elected to each house agreeing thereto), that
the following amendment to section one hundred and eighty-six of the
Constitution of Virginia be, and the same is hereby, proposed in con-
formity with the provisions of section one hundred and ninety-six of
article fifteen 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 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 hy 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
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.