Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-02-11

city, Town OF borough, Ntilin Hss my ~ ~
thest after the last county, city. town or Dor
ough ele IN Ihe district. shall meet Of some
government place. and from The poll 80 taken 10
their respective counties, cities. towns or Dor
ouRhs return as Senator the person "ho
shall have the greatest number Of votes ~ the
whole District. To keep up tins Assembly by
rotation The districts shall be equally DIVIDED
INTO fosr classes, and numbered BY lot ~ ihe
sod nj one year after the first general eifc Ton
The eieht members elec'ed by the 1fs DIVISION
shall be displaced, ayd the yacane'es 'ieteps
accustomed supplied from shrh class OF aiFi.-
ion by new election ia the manner aiuessa
This rotation shall he applied TO each DIVISION
according 10 It's number and continued III due
order annual, And for the election OF oena
tors the counties of Brook, Ohio and Tyler,
,ball form one district the couniirs OF Monon-
gnlia. Preston and Randolph, shall form ano
/ the, district the counties oil Harrison, Lewis
and Wond shall form another district the
/ cou,.t,es II kanawha Mason, Cabell, Logan
,nd NICHOLAS shall form another disflei me
! couqties of Grfenhrirr. Monroe, Cues ana
| Moptpomety, shall form another dis'flei 'hf
conntie, Of Iazewri. Wyhe aud Cray Sou
shaII form another district the counties OF
/ Washington, Russell, Scott and Lee shall 'or'h
another district he counties OF bfR'esi
! Morgan and Hampshire, shall form anolner
district the counties Of Frederick ana 1rhif-
.op. shall form another dsiriet the counties
OF Shenandoah agd HARDY shall form another
district the counties OF Rocking ham aud Peh-
die ou, shall form nnoiher district the couuirs
| Of Augusta aad KockbtiIge snail form another
| distrlci the cUuulies OF Allegheny, Bath, fo'
chahonlas ani BotetouTi. shall ioim another
district the counties ~ Loudunn aud Fairfax,
shall form nnoihrr dslric The con ties OF
Fanquier and Plinee William, shaIl form ano-
Their district; the counties OF Stafford, king
George Westmorrland, Richmond, Lancaster
aud Northumberland. shall form another DIS
rriet the counties OF Culpeper, Madison aud
| Orange shall form another district the co1n'
tie. of Albemarle, Nelson and Amherst, shal
| torn another district the counties OF FInVanna
| Goochland, Louisa aud Hauover, shall form
another district The counties oil Spat,ylvanla,
| Caroline aud Essex, shall torn mother dis
triei thr countes OF King aud q Ieen, King
! William, Gloucester, Matthews and MiddleseY
/ shall form aruiher dIsuirt the counties OF
/ Atcomack Northampton, Elizabeth Cry, York
and Warwick and the city Of Williamsburg,
! shall form another district, H. counties OF
! Charlie CITY, James CITY New Kent AMI Hen
rico, aud the city of Richmond, shah form
! another disrirt; ne cpuutrs If Bedford and
/ Franklin. shall form another district The coun'
! les of Buckingham, dmpbeil aud lumber-
| llui S1HI iDTin HNONlfi HlNiTliit lHc ttuniFS
Of Patrick, Henry aud PusyIvanla, shall form
/ anot o. district The counties of Halifax and
! Me- kenburg. snail form another d isulct the
connrie, Of Chatlottc, Lnnenburg, Holloway,
aud Prince Edward, shall turn another dis
| MET the couniips of Amelia. Powhnlhn aud
! CheVerfeld aud the town Il Petersburs shnll
! form another district: the counties oil b uns-
wick, Dnwiddie aud Cfcensville. shall form
another district, Tho counties oil Isle OF Wight,
! Prince Grorge, Southampton, Surry and Sus-
sex shall form iher DISTRICT aud the coun.
ties of Norfolk, Nansemond aud Princess Anoe,
and lhe borough OF Norfolk, shall TORN anoiher
! district.
II shall be the duty of the lie isaturp, TO
| = -apporton, oace IA ten years, TO wit IN the
yea 1871, and every ten years hereafter, the
re esenlalion OF the counties cities. towns and
borouths ofihis Commonwealth, in both OF the
| Legislative bodies Provided, however, tha
the nu her Of ID lrgates m tia aforesaid
| great dis ,irt, and the number OF Senators from
ina Aforesaid two great divisions. resp rpe y,
! shall neither he increased nor diminished b,
| such re-apporiOnnent
And whsnn new county shall hereafter he
| created, or any city, towns OF bnrpugls, nai
| how emitted to separa'e repre- eata'Io ME
! House of Delpga rs, sIall have 80 increased
ID popula ion as to he cn'lile i, in ~" opinion
! OF bAt bentfhl Assembly, 10 sufh lfpffktn' Il i've
| il shah he the duty OF the General AssembI, TO
make provision by law tor securing the peu-
| pie of such new county, OF such c,ty, town or
borough an adequate representation. And II
! the object cannot otherwise BE- rifrc'ed. IT
! shall be competent to the general Assem-
! bly, 10 re.apporlion the whole representation
! OF the great district containing snch new com
ty, or such city, town borough wIhIn It's
| limits which re.npportonmen shall continue in
! force I'LL the next regular decenna re appor
| Iionmeni
g. The General Assembly, after the year
! ls1l and al intervals thereafter OF moi less
| than ten year shall have authority, two thirds
| ofeacb House concnrring, 10 make re-apPoi
tonments ut Delegate, and Senators through
ont the Commonwealth, so that the number OF
Delegates shall not al any time exceed loo, nor
| of Senator'S 80.
| The whole numnpr of members To which
the State may al any time he emitted in the
| House of Representatives OF the United States
shall be apporiioned as nearly AS may be a
| mongst the several counties. cities, borougbs
| aud towns of the State, accOrdin" - HER
| respective number, which snail be dctermn
ed ny adding In the whole number al free
| persons, including those bound to s'rvice
for a term OF wears and excluding In dians not
'axrd, three iths OF all other persons.
: Any person may be elected Senator who
| shall have attained 20 the age OF 80 years,
and shall he actually resident ani freeholder
within the district qualified by virtue OF his
! f. eehold TO v0t for members of the General
| Assembly according to thi' Constitution. And
any person may b. elected a member OF the
| House Of Delegates who shall have at aimed the
! age Of twenty-five years, aud shall be actually
n re sident aud lreehoder within the county, city
town, borough or election district, qualified by
virtue ofhIs freehold, To vote for members OF The
General Assembly according To this Conslitu
ton. Provided, that all persons holding lncra-
tive offices and Ministers OF The Gospel and
Priests of every denomination, shall be incapa-
bile of being elected members o either House OF
Assembly.
The members of the Assembly shall re-
ceive for their services compensation 10 be as
certained by law, aud paid out of the public
Treasury but no law increasing the compen