Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-16
ARTICLE III.

| Tho Legislative, Executive and judiciary Depart.
meut shall be separate and distinct that neither
exercise the powers properly belonging 10 either OF the
others; shall any per.on exercis. the powers OF
than OF them at the same time except that
the Justices OF the County Courts shall be eligible to
either House OF Assembly.
ARTICLEnL
The Legislature shall be formed Of two distinct
branches, which together shall be a complete Ieysla.
turc and shall be called the General assembly OF Vir
| ginia.
2 One of these shall called the ffouse Of Delegates
and shall consist OF hunlred and thirty four mem
oers, 10 be chosen, annually Tor and by the several
counties, cities, towns and boroughs Of the Common
wealth whereof thrty-one Delegates shall be chosen
Tor and by the twenty counties lying West Of the
aieghany mountains twenty five Tor and by the four
teen counties lying between the Alloyhany and Blue
hidge oil mounaios iortytwo for and by the twenty
nine counties lying East Of the Blue Ridge Of noun
Jams and above tdew and trtysix for and by the
counties cities, towns and borcughs lying ntidewa.
ter, that IL 20 say OF the twenty-s1 counties living
West OF tie Allegheny, the counties of Harrison Mont.
gomery Monongaa, Ohio and Washington, shall each
elect two Delegates; and the counties OF Brooke, Cabe
Grayson Greenbrier, Giles, kanawhs. Lee, Lewis, Lo-
gan, Mason Monroe, Nicholas Pocahonta Preston Ram
dolph RUSSELL Scott, Tazewell, Tyler w God and ythe
hall each elect one Delegate. Oh the fourteen coun-
Ties lying between the Allegheny and Blue Ridge the
counties OF Frederick and Shenandoah shall each elect
three Delegates; the counties OF Augustus. Berkeley
boetourt Hampshire. jefferson, Rockingham and Rock
bridge, shall each elect two Delegates; and the coun.
ties of Allegheny, Bath Hardy Morgan and Pendleton
shall each eject Delegate: or the twenty-nine
counties lying East of the Blue Ridge and above tide
water, the county OF Lououn shalt elect three Dele
gates; the counties oil Albcmarle Bedford Brunswick
buckingham Campbell, Cupeper, Fauq,,er. Franklin,
Halifax ccklenburg and Pttsylvania shall each elect
TWO Delegates and the counties of Amela,, Amherst
Charlotte, Cumberland, Dnwiddic Fluvanna GoocTr--
land, tHenry Louisa, Lunenbuvg, Madison, Nelson
Nottoway, Orange, Patrick, Powhatan and Prince Ed
ward, shall each elect Delegate. Ard of the
countless cities, towns and boroughs lying on tide
water, the counties OF Accomack and Norfolk shall each
eject TWO Delegates; the counties of Caroline Chester
held, Essex Fairfax. Greensville, Gloucester Hanover
Henrico, Isle OF Wight King & Queen, King William
King George, Nansemon |, Northumberland Northamp.
ton, Princess Anne, Prince George, Prince William
southampton, Sposylvania Stafford, Sussex Surry and
estmoreland and the city of Richmond, the borough
oil Norfolk and the of Petersburg shall each elect
one Delegate; the counties of Lancaster and Rich
mond, shall together elect Delegae; the counties
Oh Mathews and Middesex, shall together elect one
Deiegatc the counties of Elizabeth City and Warwick
snail together elect one Delegate; the counties OF
James City and York, and the city of Williamsburg
Sna together elect one Delegate; and the counties of
New Kent and Charles City, shall together elect one
| Delegate.
3. The other House of the General Assembly shall
be called the Senate, and shall consist of thrty-two
members, OF whom thirteen shall be chosen for and by
the counties lying West Of the Blue Ridge of mountains
and nineteen for and by the countless cities towns and
borouShs lying East thereof; and for the election of
whom the countless cities, and boroughs shall he
divided into thry'two districts, as herein after provided
Each county of the respective districts at the time of
the first election of its Delegate or Delegates under This
or other officers holding the election for each county
city, town or borough within five days at arthest after
me last county, city, town borough election i'm the
district shall meet at some convenient place. and from
the polls so taken in their respective counties css
towns or boroughs return Senator the person who
shall have the greatest number of votes in the whole
district 10 keepup this Assembly by rotation, the dis
trics shall be equally divided into four classes and num-
bercd by lot At the end of year after the first pe
neral election the eight members elected by the first d.
vlson shall be displaced and the vacancies thereby
casioned, supplied from such class or division by new
election in the manner aforesaid. This rotation shall be
applied to each division according its number and
continued In due order annually And for the election
oil Senaors, the counties of Brooke, Ohio and Tyler,
shall form one district; the counties of Monongala
Preston and Randolph, shall form another dstric the
counties OF Harrson Lewis and Wood, shall form an.
other district the counties of Kanawha, Mason, Cabe
Logan and Nicholas, shall form another district: the
counties OF Greenbrier. Monroe, Giles and Mongo.
merry, shall form another district: the counties of TaZe
we'll Wythe and Graysen, shall form Another district
the counties OF Washington, RUSSELL Scott and Lee shall
form another district: The counties of Berkeley, Nor
gan and Hampshire shall form another district the
counties OF Frederick and Jefferson shall form another
district the counties of Shenandoah and Hardy shall
l0rin another district: the counties of Rockingham and
Pendieon shall form another district the counties of
Augusta and Rockbrdge shall form another district the
counties of Allegheny, Bath Poc,honas and Botetourt
shall form another district the counties of oudoun and
Fairfax shall form another dsci: the counties of Eau
quer and Prime William shall form another district:
The coun'les oil ) afod King George, We.tmore iand
another distric the counties of Culpeper Madison and
ange, shall form another district: the counties Of Al
brndr', Nelson and Amherst, shall form another dis.
fic the counties OF Fluvanna, Goochland Louisa and
Hanover shall form another district: the counties OF
Spousyvana, Caroline and Essax, shall form another
disric'; the counties OF King s. Queen, King William
Iloucester, Matthews AMI MiddeseY, shall form an
other district the counties OF Accomark Northampton
Elizabeth City, York and Warwick, and the CITY Of
Williamsburg, shall form another di.irci the countes
OF Charles CITY, James City, New Kent and Henri CO.
and The city oi Richmond, shall form another dsrict
the counties OF Bedford and Franklin shall form an.
other district: the counties o Buckins ham, Campbe
and Cunbetldnd shall form another district: the coun
ties OF Patrick. Henry and Puyvana, shall form an
other district: the counties OF Halifax and MeckIen-
ohrg shall form another disric The councs Of Char
lotte, LuDenburg, Nooway and Prince Edward shall
form another districts the counties Of Amelia, Powha-
tan and Chesterfield and the town OF Petersburg shall
form another districts the counties Of Brunswick Din
wiide and GreenvilIe shall form another districts the
counties OF Isle Of Wight, Prince George, Som,hamp
ton, Snrry and Sussex, shall form another district:
ard the counties Of Norfolk, Nansemond and Princess
Anne, and the borough OF Norfolk, shall form another
district.
! 4. u shall he the duty Of the Legislature In re ap
portion once in ten years, TO witt the year 1884, and
every ten years thereafter, the representation of the
Counties citie' towns and boroughs, Of this Common.
wealth. in both of the Legislative bodies: Provided
however. that the number of Delegates from the aore.
said great districts, and the number Of Senators from
the aforesaid two divisions respectively shall
neither be increased nor diminished by such rs-appor
tiOnnent. And when new county shall hereafter be
created, or any city town borough, not no entitled
10 separate representation in the House Of
shall have so increased in population as to be entitled
IN the opinion Of the General Assembly. TO such repre-