The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-07-06 00:00:00, page 4

12; A CENERAL CONVENTlON
-. T" m-t .mum act: thsi' CAP] s'OL, in the tity of Wz LLlAuuum,
off own! vhr lus]. dly of MA !, one thousand scvcn hundred znd
fever." in;, and continued, by zdjwmmcm, w lbc slh day osjvn'
soldctging.
DFBCONS'HTU l'lON, cr FORM qs GOVERNMEN s, and so
- "til nshl-WJ upon by lb: Dtlegatfl m.! chnsnguzim: of th stctwul
mm'u Am! ctwpmzmu es Vllcl IlA. - -
- HERBAS Our,- the third,. King of Great him";- nd inland,
-- six Mclcflor of about, hernosore intrusted flieh !hb each: of '
tue hingly office in um Fovemmem, nuh endeavoflredf w pervert du:
smu into :. detchblc an insiupponzble mony; by pum'ng hid negzxfi
n'" on him [he molt wholesome and me! my for the public good:
' denyinghis Umeruor- Femivsuon m z laur- oi immediav: um!
; impomnce, unlcfc mpmdcrl in : oir opemmn so! h'u Meat,
and, when so suspended. neglecting w attend tochem so: many yea":
By resm'mg m pass and: other [two. unlese che pershm to behemsned
Irzhem wouldulinqnish the inflimzbie right oiss Wuuqn ictn che
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I d-ssolvi le live Memblies :: ted! Muidn W . simp
jofiwgisiith signlfgr-mshhu Mlsioms tlctsi ' " sictoftqussnzsi ;;
dill'olved, bY refn 'w ed] adu- so: :silchssspu of time,
dvpsilsgingghe poifica! s "- witlwutl nyct ' ebnd-M (
. , murm to end! , owen or
um, sspcsc, obW 'si—dul'lm BPMWSML Mrd :
Me Wusisi ct time- ofyuec. landingmniu lad "peas
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: 82; culoffi-g to under the military independcnt of, and superioar to, .
ne !
[(in-biding with others to subjcfl us to I fmign jcnsdiffion, giv
1 lffem to their Fetmded .a- of )egilhtiom
"'Fu- qm "nuing: bodie- of mad troop- noon: un ,
F.! cutting unwit with nll ynm of the mld ;
Pninpqfiug um on u- when: our caused! : -
-Fec &Fi'llsi us ofthc beck- d'm'al by' )"
ss Poth-nnqutmgu beyond seu,tobetrned Mahou
Fot (M., our mkgifln-u, and Maid; themsclruineled
wit: vaunte hlflllc fcu ixlunks-aner: '
- yplondmn; outline, zards.-youth, buringonrtmo, end
m'sisi "ffzctzctssv sisssisisictsi ....simct.
hunting ! m lolll us t
ijsiushm and confileztiom us be
M'si' maugrento ein WMN,Q (: 1 ne—
pmhm. byssui-an af- df bid negative, he hath refusd :?pr
Mmcxdubby law:
unkindn- tow on the isinhnbitann of our stooden the mes
[Mahvipou tum who! mine Is :. undifiinguiflwd
. all in, fnusi snd cnditsi'mu fixsidem:
: "abode , atti— tine, I my etgn mmnries, to
, &:le of duck, desoira'tsi-zn, md tyranny, already begun
um eimunluen of culty nnd perfidy unwotthy the land of, 1 eivil
lyM-si-supmdpnwaufu mites- withlnyetitionos
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And findjy, by Mdoning the helm of government, and dulmng
'- mas bi- dlegi-Mt and platdhnm
Dy-h'cb leven] act- of mis- ulc, the gonmmt as thin eoun , :
nium unde: the crown of Grm British, i. TOFA LY
vtseo VZDz .
Wp Men. the tlelTy-[n lnd hemi". of tho wyle of
saide, laud; nature eonfi knotte,, viewing wish
(""to-weld che deylonble condit'tn to which thin once ]: country
tusk! be reduced. unless some result: ldeqmu made of eiw lily :
Adzd. nd' on my line: with : mndision oft Gene
10)! benison IM Pdafire the sunne form of government of
"Mind
Mvc, min, nd indkiuy depam-euts. lull be sepz.
manam so do! neitbetemcise the power- proyetly belonging to
uyycrsouemiscm povmofmmelhm on of
find the Mrinc, "? the: the j-lieu as the My mmflull
se elisiibh do did flonse Assembly.
Th- lcp'flnin fill! be sound of two distinct branches, who. together,
M by I Mukgishm. dull moan, or oftener, every
mal? it and me NEKAL ABSBMILY OF
()nr as these shzll be fully! the HOUSY- OF DELF-(zA'I 28, "4
("m.iM us !Nu rcpref'cmtztiws to be clwlcn for each cunnty, and for the,
dmnct us Wrst lugufla, annuully, ossurh men :u nttuuliy reMo- in and
tue hcehuldr-H us the same, or duly quzhfied ucoxdin . to lzw. and dlso
at one cic'egzh: c.- :cpstscmalive to be chosen lnnu' for the city of 4
WJfl/mn [wry, and, one lar the borough of !t'mfoll, a teptcsc-ntatjve '
i'm mc of such other citin and bomugln at may hetnfter be nllmved
par'siiculzr npmenmiun py du: legmsimss-e, but when any city ouss hornugh
[hall, lo dccncasc us that the number of Felsom having f' ht _ .
therein [lull have been forth: spice of even ytan succ m] ss 5th .
lmls lhs' number of voce" in form one count in Virgin}, such ty of _.si
bm'uu !; thenuiurwmi shzil cease to send : Xdcgzwssw rbctpm'enmive m .?
the A bl -. ' si * ,
The other shall bssc nued tho SENATE, lnd confifl of twenty fom- !
memshfd-M thicken shall conflitute : House m mead on busi.
n-ssso, silotsi v'shose chain the different cou'nt'in dull be divided intomm,
fmn diflsfflz, and each cotmly of the [espective dintiEt, uctfbe'gidqd !
tlwczletlion of in delegztct, shall vou- sum: Stones. whillbully si
: fcsuwm-lnd stceholdet' within the dishict, 'or duly qullified mogi
to law, and in upwnrda of meat; five ' " of age; and thqnm-i 5 4
mh cumty, within sup, dassl if lrt ss isius the llsi mntyclefflvn in '
n.: disma, (hall m :: tame emefim place, and sm- m. pollso ct
taken in their respective counlies {etern :: : Senztor the man who dun ss
hue the must numbsser of volet in the whole dssxflrifl. Tokeep ): thi- '
Assembly by rowiun, the dilhict- shall be equallydivided inwfour csifl'n, "
lml numbmd by lot. At the end ofyne yur after the even] election,
tho six mcmhcn clectedjty the first dwisiol shall be di lied, .lnd the
vuancien thereby occzfioned su licd from such'clast of ivis-on. by new
election. inthe punncnfotesal . Thin roudon shzllben to a
division, accord to lie unmha', and continued in due or er unm- y,
The right of 30 in the ckctian of members for both llouset (hill =_
main an extreme] nyttsmt, and each House shall choose its m !
Spezker, qpoint in own oflcen, settle in am; rule: os meeed'nsi '
md direct wittes election (or supplyin intemed-m vacmciu. . ;,
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_ A" lum nal" uigionne in the Hou eof m, tobc : "
'Mhythelemte,orwbezmudedyight lunht _ '
_ Delepuuss except money bill... which ii, minstnce lull- _ ' i
- by sithe-Asemtc, but when,- zpprqndssor rejqaeclsi -z_ " - - 4
A Gmemqr, or Chics Mngilntctc, shall be chosen lnnutliy, by join: ]
pzlloi of both Housee, to be taken m each House tetpeflivelp T'—
in the conferencemom, the bout examinei'iointly hsiy-e commune o}!
eleh House, end the numbers seven"! reported to them, that WH
K-etmenu n'asi be entered (which that be the mode of testing the join:
llot ofssbotk !uusu in all cases who shall not continue in time office
led?" tlctthn three yeau sueamv y, not be digible until the ex 'utjon
of our earpsiasm' he shzll havesibcen out of that offla. Marefitiate, '
but moLnte ffll! , shall be seqled gon him during! his continuance in
office; and-he find; with the edvke n Council cfStzte, 'ezudsejhe
executive power: of government according to the lawe of tho'- m.
we:]thsi And shall not, under any pretence, exercise an poweror o
ativc by virtue of my law, flnuttc, or custom, ofllg/ndc Him .
all, wnh the advice of the Council of State, have the er ofgmntin ;
upricvu 'ov nium, except they: the psol'ecutiun sha hubeen clerks si;
ott !: the ] ousc us Delegatcs, or the law [hall othefctirise Will, .
dm- (; in which use: no npsieve of pardon shall be granted, but by
rose)" osthe House of Delcgatet. , ' . ss 'ss
. Billtcs House ofihe General Assembiy may :djoum Mfehec uspee- .
twely. The Gavehtos shall not Forogue or udWm the Assembly dom; i
thtit sitting, nor disolve them It my time; he shall, ts necessary. .
either to adtsi-kc of th- Council of Sute, or on apylkuion of : mjosit
of the oust- of DeleV-ln, call them before the one to which they I.
stand roroguc-j of adjoumui. - '
A n'v Cow-cil. ot Counul of Sme, eonsulihsi of eight memben.
lhnILbe :. nosen by join! hath: of both Houscs m 'cmbly, either (m
thcir own member: of the people actt ler e, to in tlie ldutiltiflution .
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of govemh-cnt. They she" znnmlly c oosc out of their own membeni !
Pl'tsidflls, who, in czserus the death, inzhilit , or necessary absence of'
the Gavemor from the goflrnmcnt. shall at Lieunemnt Govsmor.
Four member: shall be suffic'tdt to at}, :tndctheir advice end owdinp
dull he entered of record, end sighed by themembcu ssft to my
pen whereof un What may enterhio difl'mt . to be ' on the
General Ascmb y, vhen called for b then. , ! Conduny enoint
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their own clerk, who shall hue : se ay settied by law, and ulte en oath
es (csecy in such [name :: he bull !: ,dincted by the hand to count].
A sum of man awoprined to that rpofit (lull be divided mully
among the 'I, in proptm'wn tnt eir ntendznee; end they Who
incapable, hid; thq'r octttjnvme in ofice, of situng in either Ilus!