West Virginia Constitution
Article X, § 4 — Limitation on contracting of state debt
West Virginia Const. art. X, § 4
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W. Va. Const. art. X, § 4.
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No debt shall be contracted by this state, except to meet casual deficits in the revenue, to redeem a previous liability of the state, to suppress insurrection, repel invasion or defend the state in time of war; but the payment of any liability other than that for the ordinary expenses of the state, shall be equally distributed over a period of at least twenty years.
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