Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-15

~; not thai he supposed hat any Of the NJ
mi.tees would b. prepared to repor, y. w.
hour, bu, they would gain The advance be
additional hour f'r drlibera,ion ,.h.qe
sion. He moved that when the Cs."H
il adjourned 70 meet a, on. .A ',sH,
to- morrow "%0
The motion was agreed 10.
TN motion Of Mr.. DoDDRlDeE. III. r..
ton then adjourned. w.t.
" On yesterday, The several t:omn;,
met al their respective rooms At N. sc".
and organized he Legislature BY plstss .p, "
Madison, the Judiciary Gen. Marshall
ecutive Mr.. Giles, aad .hs, on N. ~,
Rights, BY placing MIR -- in.hr Chi,
From what we saw and heard. ~"
probable that The Commuters instead q, y Avn
ed reports, will proc ed by repor,,n, -.
ions settling fundamental prineip;rs-,,
example that tn Executive Council h.
ishrd-'hat the Governor ,r .lrc,,d ~,
people. &c.-ss the N jori,y Of the Conn.
tee ineline to one opinion or tn o, her. s. "
the Convention adopt The resolutions him.
greed to by he Committees, tie details -
then be se:tleG should il r, j-c' them. ro,W
will have ben saved, 10 no, gonp ;,,I
tail in the Commuters
~The following scheme for the e.,,t
branch Of the government, was YESTERDAY O..
mitied 10 The Legislative COMMITTEE b, "
Doddridge. Alter u was read Jude. Green,
ges,ed the 2ropriety Of proceeding b, Va, i
resolution. instead Of detail; in which NJ. D.
dridge yielding himself to VIVA, nigh b. 81
sense of the committee, expressed his resti ;,
ia submit the elements Of this prgel, IN ,|
shape Of abs,rac, resolu ions.
l,t-rhr Legislature shall be formed Of n,
distinct branches, who, together, shall b. !,
complete Legislature. They shall meet o, I.
or "finer every year, ard shall be called IN
Genera! Assembly oil Virginia.
I'd One Of 'hesr shall be called the llouv
Of Delegates and 81 all consist of one mrmbr
for every white inhabitants vi ri,
this Commonwealth, 10 be asrertsinrd. in 4.
f 81 instance, by the mex cencus Of the sn,
which shal! b. made under the au hoily If IN
Unit 4 States, aud forever thereafter, by ud
enumrra,ioos thrieof as thee. neral AssmSt
shall authorize BY law. Every enum-rsis,
Of the population 10 be maze uner The l.u.
Of Thu S,sIe, shall b. made during the y,,y
which shall pre-ed" an election Tor Sr,.s
end shall be reported 20 he SESSION Of the Gra
eral Assembly, which shall immrdislcly PIE.
ceds such election, and at every session %
which an enumeration shall br So repor 3D. Il,
General assembly shall proceed bv Law max.
a new apo n,ment of members in bo brsnh,
es, among tie white inhabilanrs OF his Com,
monwe al,h; in doing witch suet:sI ~srt sb.s
be taken thai he number Of nembcr, 10 b
elected within zach Of the following terrIrohl
Iii, isions Of the Commonwealth, that is,os
frs, the territory btIween the sea and the h!
Of i'd; second, between The head Of tide a
the blu. ridge; ,hi,d, between the bIut 'ig
and the ALLEGHENY mountain; and fourth, J
tween tie Allegheny aud the western limi (
the State, shall as nearly as may be, Jeh e.
pee lively in each divisi"'., the same propt sa
TO H. whole numb Of members in ca, br,rd
that h, vile population in each d.'rel Ht
pecti,e!y, shall bear 10 the whole Iumbh d
white popula ION Of the STATE, as aseer'na
by the preceding enumeration tfe'eof En-
merations Of population for the purpose
making sqnaI appointments Of rep .e'en''''H
among The white population, shall b. mace .
often as the General Assembly shat, dear
TO pi Divide for the same BY law "
each enumeration and appointment oil rP's,
sentation, the humble, of the msmber'
the House OF Delegates, may be lner'r
ed ifIbe white population shall lnerea'ei |"
the whole number o! Delegates shall never"
re-.
Sd. The Other shall be called The Srnafi"
shall consist Of twenty -four members, Of WI o
thir'ern shall constitute a House 10 proceea
bu siness, for whose election, the COUNTIES sun
be divided into twenly>lour districts eaen co.,
tanning, as near as may be, one twenty l0''..
part of the white population; and each e0''I
Of each respective district, at the same INK"
the election Of delegates in The year one 'n0a,
and eight hundred and thirty, and in every -
year thereafter, shall vote for one Senator, W..
is actually resident within the district sn'
entitled to exercise The RICH, of Suffrage OF .
otherwise qualified according 10 law 'aI a..
upwards Of years of age. ARD
sheriff. Of each county. within five days H ~.
hest after the last county election 10 '"e W
lric', shall meet at some convenient p'o'n,
from the polls so taken in their resp''pTr
re urn a. a senator, the man VINO ''I
have the greats ST number of votes in the V'"