Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-02-22

the County o.! Randolph"
III. An act :, concerning Samuel Dryden
Clerk Of i~anawha County.
i22 Ar act" authorizing rhrnstOm I. Dicker-
son TO hold a certain slave in this Common
wealth"
l2S. An act" forming tie Militia of the town
OF Petersburg into a regiment"
III. An act" forarrtngiug the Counties into
Districts 70, the Election .! Senators, and for
eluaiizing the L.ant-TaN."
BE ~ enacted bftle General assembly, That for
the election cfSenators to the General Assembly
the Commonwealth shall he laid oil into districts
as toilowetn, 10 wit, the counties OF Aneia
kot;oway, Cumberland PONyliatan ana Ghes-
tsrfiei,f, and the town OF PETERSBURG shalt be
one district; the counties Of Brunswick, Din.
W,dGio, Lunenburg anu MecAlunhurg shall
compose another district the cts Of Williams
burg, with the counties of Jar:es City, Charles
CITY, New Kent, Elizabeth City, York, War
wick a1t Sienrco, an. the city Of Richmond
one Other district; the counteso of Shenandoah
and Roc <insham, one other district the coui-
ties ofAcgusta, RocNhridge aud peri;eton
one other district; the cOrrties of Moac0e,
Greenbrer- Bath and Botetourt, one other
district; which said districts shall form the
trst class Pror'ded, hcTecer, That, in the
sunny election tO supply the vlcanc, occa,iOn-
ed by the expiration OF the term, for which
the senator's Of the FIRST class have been cicc-
ted to serve, the county OF GrcenSville shah be
considered aud taken as part OF the district
composed Of Brunswick, Diuwidde, I.unem-
burg and Mecklenburu. and shall vote fer -
Senator to DC elected from Uiat district. The
counties OF Sussex, SuTry. Sou tlamptoil. Isle of
Wight, Prince George and israen,yile shall
be one district :thc counties M Charlotte, Ha-
hiaX, and Prince Edward, one other district
tue counties of SrottSylvania, Louisa. Orange
atd Madison, one other district; the counties
ofLOudoun and l'Hirtai, one othor district: the
counties of Frederick * Jefferson one other dis
trict; S thecounties uf hampshire Berkeley x
Handy one other district which said ,liSirirts
shaliiorn the secoGi class: Pr0rided, h0rcrer.
that III The ensuing election, 10 supply the vacan-
cyocc3siOnedb by the expiration OF the tenn for
which the Senators Of the second class shall
p have been elected to serve the c0l,ntv of chi.
Peper shall be considered and taken rs part
OF the district composed ofSpQt,sy lvania .ou-
Isa, Orange " Madison, X shall vote for n Seua-
tor, then to be chosen from that district and
IN line manner the county OfFauGuier shall be
considered and taken rs part of tile district
composed OF Loudoun and Fairfax and shall
vote Tor Senator then to be chosen from that
district the counties ofW aShingtou, ee Scott
RmsseiS Of RT new ya be one district Tie
CfroiIue ~ Hanover. one othF' district the Couu
ties ofWythe, Mon somery, Graysonand .iilcy-
one o'her district: the counties Of kanawha
MaSon, Cabell, Randolph, la rrison, lewis ~
wood, one other district the counties of o.
no, Tyler. Ereoke aud Nl0nougalia one other
diStr'ct; and the counties of Fanduier and
cn'Pepe', one otter district, which said dis
trcts shall form the third class The borough
o. Norfolk, together with the counties OF y or
FOX, Princess Anne and Nansemend shall he
one district the counties Of Campbell, Buck
~, n
counties of Franklin Patrick. Henry and
Pittsylvania, one other district tile counties
OF Albemarle, Amherst, \ eiSOn Fluva,oa and
Geochland. one other district; the counties Of
klngTeoree, estmOrelaud, northumberland
Richmond, Lancaster, Stafford and Prince
V 'iiiam, one other district ;and the counties of
otatthews, MddleseX, Aceomac, Northamp-
ION ana Gloncester: one other district, which
SAID districts shall form the fourth class Pror
ded, ioWecer, That, IL the ensuing election IN
supply the vacancy .occasioued by the eNDirati-
or OF ile term for which the Senators OF the
fourth class have been elected 10 serve tl,o
counties of Elizabeth City, Warwickand 3ort
sliat. be considered and taken as part Of tho
district composed of Norluk borough and tI,.
counties OF Nortolk, Princess Anne and Ma
semund, and shall vote fer a Senator thcn IN
be chOseu from that district and the co,,ntI, ~
IoniSa shall, in like manner. be considered and
taken as part Of the district ccmpose6 or
She counties OF Albemarle, Amherst Nelson
EiuvanEa and GooChland, and shall vote for y
senator then 10 be elected from that d;>trirt
Be tftrther enacted, That whensoeyer the
terMtor witch anv class OF Senator'S noys elect
Cd, 'hiil have expired, orthe whole classbecoms
vacant, bv the death or disqualification at an
the enators composing such class elections
shall be held III tie corresponding class accor-
d ng to the arrangement OF districts formed by
tnis act out II any partial vacancy Shall oc-
car, by the death or disqualification of one
~ more Senators, before the time shall have
expired for which the whole class was elected
to serve, such vacancy shall be filed bv an
as such senator or Senators, Respectively re-
presented before such Vacancy occurred.
For the purpose Of reforming the taxes upen
lands and lots within the CONFERENCE.-The,
Be further eunciei, That there shall he an
pointed by the Executive "A board of PrirciDaI
Assessors, consisting OffOur members. for esch
OF the -four following districts, thatis To sgv.
one board tor the district composed of tie
counties q Pr cess Anne Norfolk Na,so
mond lse OF Wight, Surrv Sussex goutla,,n
ton, Greensviic, Prince George Brunswick
Dinwlddie, Chesterfield, Hcniico. lIar0Yer
New Kent. Charles CITY. James Citv- Ynr,-
Warwick. Elizabeth CITY, Gloucester. Mat
thews, Middle SeT. Essex, king and Queen
King William, Caroline, SpOttsvlvania. Stafford
hing George, w tmOreland, Lancaster. Rici
mOud, Northumberland, Accomack and Nor
the other counties eastO the Blue bridge .ors
for the district composed OF the counties no.
tween the Blue Ridge &, Allegnany. e1nbracing
the counties OF PendlctOn and Bath. wbichIie
on each side Of the Aeghany; and ono for liz
district composed OF all the other counties Of
the Commonwealth, including Montgomery y
McnrOe, which also lie ON both sides OF the Al
ieghauy. Zach beard shall be composed Of
one member from each OF tie districts af5re
said, and a majority Of each shall be NECESSARY
70 form quorum Tor the transaction of bust
ness
IT shall also be the duty of the Executive
to appoint one or more assistant assessors i'm g.
very county of The Commonwealth, not excce-
Jung one Tor each commissioners district with |
IN the county and the better to enable the |
Executive to make fit appointments to the Of |
nee OF assistant assessor, each county court at
Tie March or pril term next, shall recommend |
TO the Executive, not less thauiw discreet and |
reputable men, in their opinions suitable for
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