Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-02-04

eres. portion Of the nssed proper per,Ou ex-
great right IL hereafter to be authority. pm
mon with tenants for life, in Fee anS oy theth 49,.
u Is not however all Leaseholders wh sSsreise
the right; the following restrictio,. no can cav, 90
Them; L. The tenant must be the owne, arc 'hPss..if
IN the actual occupation OF the leasehoii u oe s.
pose "s 'rnan' leases or rens to sub,ensn, can he
De sara 10 be In the actual occupation Of tn e
estate, aud does he not forfeit his right to v %
tenant must have deed or other written .v;,,
uls, Mh'en mus nc recorded two months before the
erection 8. Tenant Tor one year, or for am 80,
less than hvs can lot woe, but that were the o;;
term, ard onJ year or less Of the original term h
unexpred' ne may exercise the right. All The rent.
or annual value Of the estate leased, must be At ia.:
twenty dollars.
9th Class The greatest extension will bs fund
mere. Its extended to " every such Citizen who for
twelve months next preceding, has been house keen
er' anu head OLA family, within the county, city, town.
or election district where he may offer vote,
anu snail have been assessed with part Of the revenue
.. me commonwealth within the preceding year. and
actually paid the same" Ii will be probably some
'me before fixed, and definite, and UNMARRIED Gaming
and Head Of a Family.
IL may be asked, Tor Instance, whether man who has
rented tenement, and only lodges in his tenement,
boarding esewhere,b house or IL he diets i'm
his lodging elsewhere Of that characterf
10 be the head of family, must he be a married man
or can Bachelor who lives at home and has under his
control one servant, be called the Head OF family!
orng voter within this cliss, il is not sufficient
that man should be House-keeper alone even though
ns sn,h!d be rich in goods and chatiles; that he
should be The head OF family alone, though
nave dozen children; nor Revenue assessed Tax
payer alone, though he should pay large contribution
into the pubic treasury Bat all these characters must
unite IN him {, confer on him the right.
these terms were fixed in their Gaming, the clause
gves nmerabie guards against the intrusion Of false
anritaUdnlent voters. The serson of ring 10 vote .
must have been iic,Ioe months ne xt that av
house keeper, and head a family in the pfrv coun,
~ cny fo,cn' borough or election district, where hh
oilers TO vote. He mu therefore be known A, such
by his neighbours. He must have been assessed wit
part oil the Revenue within the preceding year and
therefore, he must have presented himself the Com
missioner oil the Revenue, who must have taken down
nus name and the list of his property to him. there.
iore, he IL also probably known. He must have paid
he tax TO The She', AMI to him also hs is probably
Inc voters who included In the i've first classes
are qualified to vote in The county, Sc where the land
ie,n ms gives to Land.holler in cases con.
auvan' age: residence in The cOuru where
the anu Hes does not 10 required AZ uualilcati
on III man resides in Richmond having Freehold mr. les
hold estate there. and another in Chescr6ed cannot h
vote Tor member of the House of ID .leya,es in both
places! This has always been done under the old svs
fem whe'e person had freeholds.in two counties and
IL WIZ probably be the under the ne Constitution
me right depends on the OF land whe-
her freehold, or leasehod the rs hit TO land in a.
version or remainder In Cong onal elections here
o'ore ny special law, ireehoder has been allowed IN
vote twice in the district al the same election
and II Is believed the rule has prevailed in the
senatorial Elections Ii may be questioned hereafter
Wne'mer me same restrc ion be imposed on tho
LdHdhoders who are admitted TO vote under the new
syslem But with respect to Hou.e-kee and
'"uS VI families, they only where they re-
sue, ana cannot vote twice in the same election.
Ai'nough The Right of Suffrage is considerably ex-
enueu' YET There are many persons whom il is not
eMenIeo' some OF whom are probably independent
"s muse VINO VIII now enjoy the the right
Sucn DIS Tie sons oil freehoiers, aud such merchants
"eenancs' probe 'sional and Others who are not
'n'-hoders, nor house keepers, nor Heads of families
anu yet possess property OF considerable value
iAe proviSo IN this lection excludes from the exc
c'9e OF ui' right all persons OF onnd mind al pas-
peIs all non commissioned officers soldiers seamen
"'u marines ia the service OF tn. Untrd ates and all
PERSONS conVict.d OF any Infamous offence.
NJ, ARTICLE III-Sec. 10.
ms section tie clares that i'm all Election, in this
'mohwealth, to any Office place of trust honor
OF proh the votes hail be given openly or pua poc,
and not by ballot. '
The elections by the people in Virginia. have al
"ays oeen made piod pOce. and they are much attach.
70 "t mole, il less liable than the vote bv
oaio' 10 iargue and double dealing. They now re-
qu,e a" their servants, the Legislative, Executive and
'u"'',"ry, 10 discard the ballot, and vote openly I
co"Sidtr ii as great improvement