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The Virginia State Constitution: a reference guide. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199355747. Heinemann, Ronald L. (2008). Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: a history of Virginia, 1607-2007. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-8139-2769-5. Wallenstein, Peter (2007). Cradle of America: a history of Virginia. University Press of Kansas.
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the document that defines and limits the powers of the state government and the basic rights of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like all other state constitutions , it is supreme over Virginia's laws and acts of government, though it may be superseded by the United States ...
The 1851 Constitution increased terms to four years [4] and made the office elected by the people, rather than the legislature. [5] The commencement of the Governor's term was moved to the first day in February by the 1902 Constitution, [6] and then to the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January by the 1971 and current Constitution. [7]
Virginia's independent cities were classified by the Virginia General Assembly in 1871 as cities of the first class and cities of the second class. [3] The Virginia Constitution of 1902 defined first class cities as those having a population of 10,000 or more based upon the last census enumeration while second class cities were those that had a ...
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The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901 led to the Constitution of 1902, which among other things imposed barriers to voting by black citizens, and created the State Corporation Commission. Pages in category "Delegates to Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901"
The Virginia Constitution of 1902 created the SCC to replace the Virginia Board of Public Works and the Office of Railroad Commissioner. The three-member Commission was charged with regulating the state railroads and telephone and telegraph companies and with registering corporations in Virginia. The SCC began operations on March 2, 1903.