Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-10-19
then the Convention adjourned.
From The i fig ofihe lath.

From the u ing ofthe 18Th.
! The following scheme Tor the leeisaiiy.
branch OF the government, Was yesterday SUI.
miied to the Legislative Committee, by M,
Doddridge. After ii was read, Judge Grper
suggested the proprie,y of proceeding by ssV
Of resolution. instead of detail I; in Inch NJ
| Doddridge yielding himself 10 what might ~
| the sense OF the committee, expressed his tesd
! mess TO submit the elements OF this project IN
| the shape of abstract resolutions.
| lsi.-The Legislature stall be formed of ,ro
distinct branches, who, together, shall be .
complete Legislature. They shall meet oDr.
OF oftener every yeaT, and shall be called The
Geoe ral Assembly of Virginia.
2d.-One Of these shall be called the Hous,
! Of Delegates and shall CONSIST Of ole member
| for every white Inhabitants within This
| Commonwealth, TO be as.ert aimed, 10 thr FRI.
instance, by the next census of the same which
shall be made under the authority ofthe United
| States, and forever thereafter, by such can.
meIations thereof, as the General Assembly
shall authorize by law. Every enune ration of
the population to be made under the laws Of
this Stale, shall he made during the years
which shall precede an election for senators
and shall be reported 10 the session oil he Gen.
eral Assembly, which shall imm ediaiely precede
such election, and AT every session, TO which an
Assembly shall proceed by law 10 make new
ap. ortonment OF memhes in both branches.
among the ~ bie inhabitants ofthis Common.
wealth IN doing which, special care shall be
TAX, n, that the number OF members 10 be eiec,
ted within each Of the following terrtor ia di.
visions OF the Commonwealth, that Is 10 say
first, the lerrRury beiw zen the sea and lbehesd
OF Tide second, between the head of tide and
the blue ridge third, between The blue ridge
and the Allegheny mountain and fourth BE-
tween the Allegheny and the western limits &C
the State, shall RS nearly, as may be, bearres
pPctivPly in each division, the same proportion
20 he whole n1mber oil members in each branch
that the white population in each district res
pectlyely, shall hear 10 the Whole number Of
willie population of the State, as ascerained
y the preceding enumeration thereof. Emit
mer,lious o. population for the purposes OF ma.
king equal apporliopmrnts OF representation
amoug the white population shall be made as
often as the General Assembly shali deem il
expedieui TO proyide for the same by law. On
each enumeration and Appointment ofrepre-
senta ion, the number of the members ofthe
House OF Delegates may be increased THE
" bite population shall increase but the whole
nunbe, OF Delegates shall never exceed
3rd.-The other shall be called the Senate
and shall consist OF twenty four members, Of
whom thirteen shall constitute House TO pro.
coed to business, for whose election, the coun-
ties shall be divided into twenty four districts
each containing, as near as may be, one TWEEN
~ loufh part OF the white population aud each
county OF each respective DISTRICT al The time
Of the election of Delegates in the year
Thousand eight hundred aud thirty, and in eve
W fourth year thereafter, shall vote tor one
Senator, who is actually a resident within The
A md is lad in tha Iuhi
suffrage, or IS otherwise qualified according to
law, aud is upwards of years OF age;
and he sheriffs of each county, within five
days, at farthesi, after the last county eec'
ton in the district, shall meet at some tonye-
nien; place, aud from the polls so taken in their
respective counties, return as a Senator, the
man who shall have the greatest number Ol
votes in the whole district.
4th.-The right If suffrage in the election Il
me nbers of both b' anches shall be eYerciiej
by esery male white citizen, aged twenty one
years, who shall have actually resided in the
county, city or borough where he offers to vote
year and who shall have been asses
,ed for and shall have paid land or property
tax, and at the time OF voting shall be liable 10
such assessment, except such persons as shalt
have suffered imprisonment in the penitenfIary
house, or shall have been convicted of some
infamous offence, and shall not have suffered
such Imprisonment, and except also, such cIlI'
zens of this State as at the time of such cleo
ton shall be employed as an officer, seaman,
soldier marine in the land or sea service OF
the United States.
9th No person shall be eligible TO seat M
the House of Delegates until he shalIb OF the
age of years, and shall be entitled to
exercise the right of suffrage, or otherwise
qualified according to law.
AL laws shall originate in the House of Del
egates, to be approved or rejected by the Sen
ate, or to be amended with The consent oil tue
House oil Delegates, except money bills, which
shall, in no instance be altered BY the Senate
but wholly approved or rejected.
Either House of the General Assembly may
adjourn themselves, respectively. The Gov
ernor shall not prorouge or adjourn the Assem-
bly, during their sitting, nor dissolve them at
any time but il shall, whenever iD his own o.
pinion the same shall be necessary, or on the
application of majority of the House Of De-
legates. call them together before the time
TO which they shall stand prorogue or adjourn
ed.
Senators shall hold their office four years
from the close OF the last election within tber
districts, respectively.