Virginia Constitution

Article I, § 4 — No exclusive emoluments or privileges; offices not to be hereditary

Virginia Const. art. I, § 4

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That no man, or set of men, is entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge to be hereditary.

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