Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-10-13

uen Marshall, the Executive Mr.. Giles, and that OF
.ne bui OF Rights, by placing Mr.. in til.
Chair. 80 y
From what we saw and heard, It seems probable
tnat the Committees instead of detailed reports vii
proceed by reporting resolutions settling filndamen
tai Principies-as for example-that the Executive
Council be abolished-that the Governor be electeo
oythe people, &c.-as q majority of the COMMITTEES
incline to one opinion or the other. Should the
convention adopt the resolutions thus agreed TO by
tne Committees, the details will then be set,Ied
should It reject them. trouble will have been saved
IN not going into detail in the Committees.
W The following scheme for the legislative branch
OF the government, was yesterday submitted to the
Legislative Committee, by Mr. Doddridsc. After it
was read, Judge Green suggested the propriety of
proceeding by way of resolution, instead of detail
in, which Mr.. Doddridgc yielding himself to what
might be the sense of the Committee, expressed his
readiness to submit the elements of this pro;t. in
the shape of abstract resolutions.
ist:-The Legislature shall be formed of two dis
tnct branches, who, together, shall be a comnleto
Legislature they shall meet once otetner every
year, and siuii be called the General Assembly OF
Virginia. "a
2d-One Of these shall be called The House Of Dr.,
eGates and shall consist of one member for every
white hhaOHuntS VII hlnS.f his CONNIE nm.
%eal'hto be nscer;ained, i'll the first ns,ace v the
next census OF the same which shall be made under
the authority Of the United States and ,rev~r ,bor
utter by such cnumeratons tiereof as the General
Assembly Shall authorize by law. Every enafnera-
ton of the population to be ma de under the l,vS ~
TINS State, siui be made during the years which sho
precede an election for Senator'S anu shall he reno,f
ca 10 tue session OF the General Assembly which
snail immediately preccde such election; and at everv
session to which cnumc ration shall be an rn,o,.
the General Assembly shall proceed BY law TO max a
new appointment oil members in bo,h BRANCHES
aihonS inc while lnhabitants of this Commonwealth:
In dong which, special shall be taken thai; tl,
number OF members to be elected within each of tho
following territorial divisions OF the Commonwealth:
that Is to shy, first, the territory between the sen
ana the head OF tide; second between the head of
TIDE and the blue RIDGE third bntwcentI the blue rdue
anu the Allegheny mountains and fourth bet sep Tho
Allegheny ami the western limits OF the StntS s.,nI
as nearly as may be- bear respectively IN each diva
sion, the same proportion to the whole number of
memhers IN each branch, that the white POPULATION
IN each district respectively shall bear to The whole
number of white population o. the State as ascer.
tanned ny the preceding enumeration thereof Enn
meratioDs OF population fer the purposes of m,l,inr
eana' apPoTtionnents of representa- alton among tho
white Fnpulatlon shall be made as o.ien AS the Gen.
eral Assembly shall deem it expedient to provide
for the same by law On esch enumeration and
aPport;onment of representation the numbnr az
tile members of the House of DeIeoa.es NAV he
increased If the white population shall increase: br,
the whole number of Delegates shall never exceed
3rd.Thc other shall be called the Senate I'M, sI,o1
consist of twcnty-four members of whom thirtrer
shall constitute House TO proceed to business for
whose election, the counties shall be divided into t,yep
tyfonr districts each containing, near ms NAV be
one twenty fourth part of the white population: and
each county Of each respective district at the lime M
the election of delegates in the wear one thousand
eight hundred and.thrty, and in every fourth year
Thereafter, shol vote for Senator, who is actually
resident within the district, and is entitled To eyer
cise the right OF suffrage, Is othe, wise "a allied
according to law, and is upwards OF wears
OF 8ge and the sherf5 of each county within five
days at frhcst, after the last county election in the
district, Shall meet at some convenient place and
from the polls taken in their respective counties
return as Senator, iheman who shall have the prca
test number of votes in the whole district
4th.-FIe right of suffrage in the election of MEM
oers OF both branches shall be exercised by every
male white citizen, aged twenty one years who shall
have actually resided in the county city or borough
where he offers to vote wear and WHO
shall have been assessed for and shall have nad
land or property tax, and at the time of voting shall
be liable to snch assessment except such persons as
shall have suffered Imprisonment in tie peiilentiary
houses, or shall have been convicted of infamous
offence and shall not have suffered such mprison-
men and except also, such citizens Of this State as
ut the time of such election shall be employed as an
officer seaman, soldier marine in the land or sea
service of the United States.
5tb.--No person shall be eligible to n sea. in the
House of Delegates until no shall be Of the age of
years, and shall be entitled to exercise the
right Of suffrage, otherwise qualified according to
law.
All laws shall originate in the House of Delegates
TO be approved or rejected by the Senate, to be
mended with the consent of the House of Delegates
except money bills which SHALL in no instance be al
tered by the Senate, but wholly approved or rejected
Either House of the General Assembly may ad
Journ themselves, respectively. The Governor shall
not prorogne or adjourn the Assembly during their
sitting, nor dissolve them at any time; but it SHALL
whenever in his own opinion the shall be neces
sary, or onthe application Of majority of the House
OF Delegates, call them together before the time to
which they shall stand prorogned or adjourned.
Senator'S shall hold their Office four years from the
close Of the last election within their districts, res
pectively.
~ In the list of the Sd Committee, published yes
terday, THAT on the Bill of Rights the name of Mr.
Saunders, by some accident, is put for that of Judge
Summers.
ZION Saturday last, at u meeting of the people Of
pottsylvann at Fredericksburg, Robert Patton, Esq
OF FredeTi cksburp was nominated as candidate Eo