Chap. 553.—P; i ion 51 itution of Virgini
HAP. 5. lillie amendment to Section 51 of the Constitution (HR 20

Agreed to by House of Delegates February 5, 1948
Agreed to by the Senate February 10, 1948

Whereas, the proposed amendment to 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 the session of nine-
teen hundred forty-six 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 Delegates ; Now, Therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, 2
majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, that the follow-
ing amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be and the same is hereby
proposed in conformity with the provisions of section one hundred ninety-
six of the Constitution, namely :

Strike out from the Constitution of Virginia section fifty-one, which
is as follows:

Section 51. Standing committee on special, private and local
legislation.—There shall be a joint committee of the General Assembly,
consisting of seven members appointed by the House of Delegates, and
five members appointed by the Senate, which shall be a standing com-
mittee on special, private and local legislation. Before reference to a
committee, as provided by section fifty, any special, private, or local bill
introduced in either house shall be referred to and considered by such
joint committee and returned to the house in which it originated, with
a statement in writing whether the object of the bill can be accomplished
under general law or by court proceedings; whereupon, the bill, with
the accompanying statement, shall take the course provided by section
fifty. The joint committee may be discharged from the consideration of
a bill by the house in which it originated, in the manner provided in
section fifty for the discharge of other committees.

And insert in lieu thereof the following :

Section 51. (Omitted)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION