and Archives

Commission

Sam Houston
Regional Library
and Research Cemer

P.O. Box 310

Liberty, Texas
77575-0310

936-336-8821

www.tsLstate.tx.us

The following pages contain the Constitution of the United States with the 13
Amendments to the Constitution; the Bill of Rights; and the Constitution of
Commiuiof/ Chairman Virginia.
J. Picken
S~ndra

1do hereby certify tbat the following twenty-five (25) pages, (the cover page
Membt:rs
and pages 16-39) are a true and correct photocopy of the original publication,
Chris A. I3riS~lCk
Kenneth R. Carr
The Revised Code a/The Laws of Virginia: Being A Collection OfAll Such
Diand Ra~ Hester Cox Acts Of The General Assembly, 0/ A Public And Permanent Nature, As Are-
Sandra G. Holland Now In Force; With A General Index, Volume I, Richmond: printed by Thomas
Eli"Labclh Sanders Ritchie. Printer To The Commonwealth, 1819, now archived at the Sam
Houston Regional Library and Research Center of the Archives & Information
Services Division, of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Director lind Libraril/f/
Peggy D. Rudd
Witness my hand and Seal of Office at Liberty. Texas on the 3rd day of July,
2008.
Assistant Staff' Librarian

~anam~~c&!:e~~t----
Edward Seidenberg

Sam Houston Regional Library & Research Center

Making P.O. Box 310
injomultion Liberty, TX 77575
work Telephone: (936) 336-8821
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LAWS OF VIRGINIA
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./l COLLECTION OF ./lLL SUCll ./leTS

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OF A. punLIC AND PER~lANENT NATURE, AS AR.E NOW IN" FonCE;

WITH A GENERAL INDEX.

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THE CONSTITUTION OF TIIF. UNITED STATES;
THE DECLAHATION OF RIGHTS;

THE CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA.

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Published pursuant to an nct of the General JJ.ssembly, entitled cc lJn act
p,'ovid-ing fU,. the re-publicntiou oj the Laws oj litis Commonwealth."
passed JlIarch 12, 1819.

VOLUME J.

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PnlNTf.n BY TllOM.'\S nrrCIHE,

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Research Cefltir
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A. ~.1~1'J;
.Nh:v Edil"iun qf the Laws-F~de'1'Ul

8. .aND be ·it alsu enacted, That the revised bills passed uur-
Constitution.

~ ing: the presellt session of the General AS'icmbly, shall flot be

Revi!ICd lJills p3!1-1lrintcd with the othel' laws passed at the prescnt scssioll., ex-
1the present cept such bills and parts of bills as take ellcet before the first
5<....

~sion, "?llu be day of JanU;{l'y next.

f'l'Intcu wIth. lh~ 9. Au acts and parts of acts. of a ,rencral nature, which
1:\1\'5 thCI'l..'01.
l';'u:eptiull.
I II bbl· I d . . 0 •I
S HI not c pu IS Ie· III the code aforesua, pursuant to tie
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Repeal offill ::cts directions of this act, either entire or by their titles, shall be.
()f a :;CI1l;'L~III.la- anti the same are her.cby ,'c'J'calcd from and after the first dar;
tlll..., not published f J , ' , I
insuchCcll!e. 0 anuary next: Proulde , however, 1h~t such repeal SHI.I
1'I'OViso. not prevent the prosecution of ani offence. committed, or im-
pair allY I'i~ht accrued before the sait! first Jay of Jalluary;
but such oflcncc may bc pros~cuted, and such right may be
maintaineu and asserted, in the same manner as if tiLis repeal-
ing section had never passed.
COJ:lmClltc:ncnt. 10. THI5 act shall commence and be in force from and aner
the passage thereof.

C. 2,
A. D. 17gB-V. CONST1TUTlON OF THE UNITED STATES.
A. n. c.
1:1.
L.-v---J ,v g, the people or the U uiteu States, in order to form a mor~
perfect union, establish justice, ensure Jomcstic tranquilit.y, pro-
vide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and
seeu!'c the bles5'ings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,
do ordain anti establish this constitution for the UniteJ States
of America.
i\RTIOI.l". 1.

Section] .

Legi~I:tti\"cpo"ers 1. ALL legislative puwers herein granted, shall be \'ested itl

'eatedin eOllgress. a congress uf the United States, which shall consist of a senate
anu house of representatives.

Section 2.
HOllseofl'eprescn_
tatiVell; il~ mcOl_ 1. Til E house of representatives sha.1l be composed of melU~
hers; bywh?m bel'S chosen e~er)' second year by the peo!1le of the several
",.!losco: qualifica- stat~s; and the elector~ in each state shu I ha.ve the qualdl-
tlons of eh:to,·s.~.
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CadOm; rcqul~ltc I'or e I cc t OI'S 0 [ t i numerous
Ie mos l "ura.nc I1 0 I
A represcllUitlve I '
to I.>e ~gcd 25; the state egI3Iatun~. .
~eVI~n rlU'!l a ~iti· 2. No person shall be a I"cpresentatn'c who shall not have
zen 0 the u~ attained to the alTe of twen ty-five y~ars, and becn s~vcn l'~ars
States,
hahitalltofand his
on. l l l
a -clttzen
·· 0 [t'nc U"III'I et IS't,l. tes, an d WI10 SI,a II no,
t wh en eiec te(, I
HalcwhclLclcelcd. be an inhabitant of that ::;tate in which he shall be chosen.
]{ellrescntntivcl 3. RJ::Pln:s~NTATIVES and {tired taxes shall lie ap\)ultioned .~!n HOunLJn RegIOnal LltHal~ 0.
and t.a;u~s to accor_
be among t Ile severaI states w h·Il~n, may b e 'me I U( IClI WI th'III t h'IS
appOitionl'd t:sefllch Cantar
din:; to lIulllbers. muoIl, according to their rcspective Hum.bers, which ~hall be t1c- M RD 1011
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