Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-10-29
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MARTlNsBURG. ocrosra %, 1929.
CONvENTToN-THE CoMairTTEEs


by reference to the proceedings Of III,
Convention, 1t viii be seen, that on Safuria,
the 10Th INST. the duty of examining the dill
1erent parts OK the constitution was referred
to feur committees. They have been busil,
engaged, and their reports are daily looke..
for, Various projets have been submitted !,
the committees, by different members. ,yb;ci
have been ordered to be printed. Sketches q
most OF these are given IN the Richmond M
pers. The Wing gives the following. bv Mr
Doddridge, in full. The reader will recollec,
that this IS a mere proposition. IN committee
by Doddndge, and is not officially before the
conventional
Isl. The Legislature shall be formed af,w,
dis,inct brsaches, who, together. shall he !,
complete legislature. They shalt meet once a,
ottener every year. and shall be called The &c.
neral Assembly of Virgins.
2d-One OF these shall be called the Ho...
Of Delegates, and shall consist Of one ,nr ma,
Tor every whine inhabitants within
this commonwealth. 70 be sscertained in ,h-
hfst ins's"ce by the next census of the sam,
winch shall be made under the s,,,hor;,v a, m.
unned States and forever thereafter. by such
enunicra,ions thereof, as tho general .ssruhl.
shsii authorize by law. Every enumers,ion o.
the population TO he made under The laws q,
this state, shah be made during the years which
shall precede election Tor 81 ma, ora and al.
be reported 10 the session Of the general as.
sembly which shall immediately proc~eIc s,,ca
election; and at every session to which an ec,,.
merst'on shall be so reported, tue general \.
semb'y shall proceed, by law, to make q new
appointment OF members in both branches =.
mong the white inhabitants Of this common
~sath; ~ dong which, special care shall be
taken, that the nun Der OF members In be -lec
ted within each OF the following territorial div.
SONS Ut the commonwealth, thar is to say. frs.
the territory between the sea and the head 4
udei second, between the head OF tide and the
Diue ridge; third, between the blue ride arr
the Atiegasny mountain; aud fourth between
the A'leghsny and The western limits of the
STATE, Snail, IS nearly as may be- bear respect
Wei. N each division, the same proportion to
Tue whose nunoer OF members in esch branch,
ihst the White population in each district res
pectiveiy, shall bear to the whole nnmher q,
white population Of the state. as ascertained by
me preceding enumeration thereof Epumera
'"n OF nopuisfion for the purpose of making
equal appointments of representation among
tiie white population. shall be made IS of en- as
the general assembly shall deem it expedien, to
proviae Tor NE same by law. O., each enume
rauon and apportionment of representation.
the number of the members Of the house Of
aeiega,es may be increasedif the white pop,,
ia.,an shall increase; but the whole number OF
delegates shall never exceed
Srd--- he other shall be called the senate,
and snail coBs'st of twent. four members, oil
whom thirteen shah constitute house to pro
coed to business. for whose election. the coun.
ties snail be divided into twenty -four districts,
each containing, az near as may be, one twenty
fourth part OF the white population; and each
county Q! each respective district, at the time
Of the election Of delegates in the year one
thoueand eight hundred and thirty, and in every
t"arth year thereafter. shall vote tor one sena-
ter Who Is actually resident within the dis
tfic;, and is entitled to exercise the right OF
suffrage, or is otherwise qualified according 10
law, and is upwards of years oil age;
and the sheriff Of each county, within five DAYS
at farthest after the last county election in the
district, shall meet at some convenient place
and from the pctls so taken in their respective
counties, return ~ senator the man who
shall have the grestest number Of votes in the
whole district. ~
4h.--- The right Of suffrage Ia the election oil
meu'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
year aud who shall have been as
sessed for and shall have paid land or proper
~ tar. aud at the time o! voting shall be liable
TO such assessment, except such persons as
shalt ,sve suffered imprisonment ia the peni-
tentiary houses, or shah have been convicted
OF some infsmnus offence. and shall not have
Suffered such imprisonment, and except also
frrh ci'zens ofthis slate as 1t the time of suct
-,.ction shall be employed as an officer. sea
man, solder or marine, in the land or sea ser
vice of the United States.
5th.-No person shall be eIigable to a sea
in he house Of delegates until he shall be o
age uf years. and shall be entitled I,
exercise the right of suffrage, or otherwise
qualified according 10 law.E
All laws shall originate in the house Of dele
gates, to be approved or rejected by the senate
o, to be amended with the consen, oftbe hons
Of delega,es, except money bills, which shall j
no instance be altered by the senate, but Who'll
~ approved or rejected
Either house Of the general assembly may ad
journ themselves. respectively. The govern
OF shall not prorogue or adjourn the sssemoi
duriag their sitting. nor dissolve them 1T an
time; but he shsll, whenever in his opinion ,h
same shall be necessary, or on the application
of majority Of Tie house Of delegates call ther
together be fore the time to which they sbs
stand prorogued or adjourned.
sens, ora shall hold their Office four year
from the close of the last election, within the
districts, respectively.
Jn addition to Mr. Doddridge's prJeb "
r;ve Mr.. Cookies and Mr.. Poweils, the hr
in the legislative. the second in the judic'
eomaittee.
The resolutions offered by Mr.. Cooke, en
.hraced q series Of principles, calculated 70 81
mort the plan which he submitted. iary "s
ed that s',he great truth on whscfsis 'see
situations rest, and that which may pc Guns