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Sec. 43. The General Assembly shall enact no law author-
izing private property to be taken for public use, without just
compensation, as agreed upon between the parties, or award-
ed by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the party entitled
to such compensation.
Sec. 44. Corporations, other than for municipal purposes,
may be formed and created under general provisions and re-
gulations, to be prescribed by the General Assembly, and
shall not be created by special act, except so far as special
acts may be necessary to authorize any person or persons to
exercise and enjoy such corporate rights, franchises and pri-
vileges. All laws and special acts pursuant to this section,
may be altered from time to time, or repealed; provided,
nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter, change
or amend, in any manner, the article in relation to Banks.
Sec. 45. The General Assembly shall make provision for
all cases of contested elections of any of the officers not
herein provided for.
Sec. 46. The General Assembly shall pass laws, requiring
the Presidents, Directors, Trustees or Agents of Corpora-
tions, created or authorised by the laws of this State; teach-
ers or superintendents of the Public Schools, Colleges or
other institutions of learning; Attorneys at Law, Jurors, and
such other persons as the General Assembly shall |from time
to time prescribe, to take the oath of allegiance to the United
States, set forth in the first Article in this Constitution.
Sec. 47. The General Assembly shall have power to accept
the cession of any territory contiguous to this State from the
States of Virginia and West Virginia, or from the United
States, with the consent of Congress and of the inhabitants
of such ceded territory; and in case of such cessions, the
Genera] Assembly may divide such territory into Counties,
and shall provide for the representation of the same in the
General Assembly, on the basis fixed by this Constitution,
and may for that purpose increase the number of Senators
and Delegates. And the General Assembly Shall enact such
laws as may be required to extend the Constitution and Laws
of this State over such territory, and may create Courts con-
formably to the Constitution for such territory and may, for
that purpose, increase the number of Judges of the Court of
Appeals.
FREDERICK SCHLEY, Chairman.
Which was read the first time.
The Order of the Day, being the report of the majority of
the Committee on the Bill of Rights,
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