Section 51.
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Standing committee on special, private and local legislation
There shall be a joint committee of the General Assembly, consisting of seven members appointed by the House of Delegates, and five members appointed by the Senate, which shall be a standing committee on special, private and local legislation. Before reference to a committee, as provided by section fifty, any special, private, or local bills introduced in either house shall be referred to and considered by such joint committee and returned to the house in which it originated, with a statement in writing whether the object of the bill can be accomplished under general law or by court proceedings; whereupon, the bill, with the accompanying statement, shall take the course provided by section fifty. The joint committee may be discharged from the consideration of a bill by the house in which it originated, in the manner provided in section fifty for the discharge of other committees.
There shall be a joint committee of the General Assembly, consisting of seven members appointed by the House of Delegates, and five members appointed by the Senate, which shall be a standing committee on special, private, and local legislation. Before reference to a committee, as provided by section Fifty, any special, private, or local bill introduced in either house shall be referred to and considered by such joint committee and returned to the house in which it originated with a statement in writing whether the object of the bill can be accomplished under general law or by court proceeding; whereupon, the bill, with the accompanying statement, shall take the course provided by section Fifty. The joint committee may be discharged from the consideration of a bill by the house in which it originated in the manner provided in section Fifty for the discharge of other committees.