Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-12


that the justices of the county courts shall be eligible
to either House OF Assembly
ARTICLE III.
]. The Legislature shall be formed of two distinct
branches, which together shall be complete Icgis-
ature, and shall be called the General Assembly of
Virginia.
2 One of these shall be called lhc House of Del
egates and shall consist of one hundred and thirty
iour members, to be chosen, annually, for and by
the several counties, cities towns and torourhs of
the Commonwealth; whereof thirty one Delegates
shall be chosen for and by the twenysiX counties w.
ing Vest OF the Allegheny mountains; twenty five,
lot ana byihe fourteen counties lying between the
Allegheny and Blue Ridge of mountains; forty-two
for and 10y the twentynine counties lying East of the
Blue Ridge OF mountains and above tide water; and
thrty-six for and by the counties, cities towns and
boroughs lying upon Underwater. that is to say: OF
the twenty-six Counties lying West of the Alerha-
ny, the counties ofHarrison, Montgomery, Mononca-
LA, On" and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties of Brooke, Cabel Crnvson
Grecnbrlor, Giles, Kanawha, Lee, Lewis Logan,
Mason, Monroe, Nicholas, PocGhon,as. Preston Ran
dolph, Russell, Scott Tnz"well, Tyler, Wood and
Nythe shall each elect one Delegate. Ofthe four
teen counties lying between the Alcrhanv and Blue
Ridge, the counties of Frederick and Shenandoah.
shall each elect three Delegates the counties of An
gus;a, Berkeley, Botetourt, HAMPSHIRE Jefferson.
Rockingham and Rockbrdgc, shall each elect two
Delegates and the counties of Alleohanv bath
Hardy, Morgan and Pend!c,cn shall each elect one
Delegate. OF the twcaty-nire counties lyino Eas,
OF the Blue Ridge and above tidc-watcr the county
OF oudon shall elect three Delegates the counties of
Albemarle, Bedfo:J, Brunswick. Buckingham. Camp-
bell, Culpeper Fauqui-r, Franklin, Halifax Meek
enburg and Pittsyyana, shall each elect two Dele
gates and the counties OF Amelia, Amherst Char
ottc Cumberland. Dnwidde, Fiuvanna, Goochand
Henry, Louisa, Lunenburg. Madison, Nelson Motto
way, Orange, Patrick Powhatan and Prince Edward
shall each elect one Delegate Aud of the counties
cities, towns and boroughs lying on tidewaicr the
counties OF Accomack and Norfolk shall each elect
two Delegates the counties of Caroline Chester
tc!d, Essex, Fairfax Grcensgile, Gloucester Hano-
yer, lienrico. Isle of Wight, King and Queen KIM
William, King George. Nansemond,. Northumher-
land, Northampton, Princess Anne, Prince George
Prlnce V i!llam, Southampton Spottsyvana Stat
ford Sussex, Surry and Westrnoreiand and the oity
If Richmond, the borough of Norf6Ii and the town
of Petersburg, shall each elect ono Delegate; the
counties Of Lancaster and Richmond, shall together
eject one Delegate, tho counties of Matthew's q Md
deseX shall together elect one Delegate; the coung
Of Ellznbch Ch'y and Warwick shall together elect
one Delegate, the counties of james City and York
and Che city OF Williamsburg, shall together elect one
Delegate; and the counties of New Kent ana Charles
City shall together elect one Decrate
). The other House Of the General Assembly
Shall be called the Senate and shall consist of thir
~ two members Of whom thirteen shall be chosen
Tor and by the counties lying West the Blue Rldpe
OF mountains, and nineteen for and by the counties
cities towns and boroughs lying East thereof and for
the election OF whom, the counties cites towns and
boroughs shall be divided into thry-two districts as
herein after provided Each county ofhe resnective
districts at the time Of the first election of its Dele
gate or Delegates under this Constitution shal vote
for one Senator; and the SherilS or other officers
holding the election for cath county, city town or
borough, within five days at farthest after the last
county, city, town borough election in the district
stall meet at some convenient place. and from the
polls so taken their respective counties cities
towns or boroughs, return n Senator the person
who shall have the greatest number of votes in the
whole district. To keep up this Assembly BY rota-
ton, the districts shall be equally divided into four
classes, aud numbered by lot At the end of one
year alter the first general election the eight men,
bers elected by the first division shall be displaced
and the vacancies thereby occasoned supplied from
such class or division by election IN the manner
aforesaid. This rotation shall be applied to each d.
VISION according 10 ITS number and continued IN due
order annually. And for the election of Senators
the counties Of Brooke Ohio and Tyler, shall form
one district the counties Of Monongala Preston and
Randolph, shall form another district tho counties of
HARRISON Lewis and Wood, shall form another dis
trlct: the counties of Kanawha, Mason, Cabell, Io
gan and Nicholas shall form another district: the
counties OF Greenbrier, Monroe, Giles, and Mont
gomery, shall form another district: The counties Of
IaZeweil, Wythc and Grayson shall form another
district: the counties Of Washington, Russell, Scott
and Lee shall form another district: the counties
OF Berkeley, Morgan and Hampshire shall form anoth.
or districts the counties of Frederick and Jefferson
snail form another district the counties of Shenan-
doa and Hardy shall form another district: the coun-
ties of Rockingham and Pendleton shall form ano-
Their district the counties of Augusta a. RockbrGrc
shall form another district: the counties Of
Allegheny, Bath, Pocahontas and Bo,etourt shall
form another district: the counties of I4or1oun and
FairfaE shall form another district the counties of
PauquiCr and Prince William shall form another
district: the counties of Stafford, King George
Westmoreand, Richmond Lancaster and Northum-
oerand. shall form another district: the counties Of
Cupcpcr, Madison and Orange, shall form another
district: the counties Of Abcmare, Nelson and nm
herst shall form another disrc the couLies of Flu
wanna, Goochland, Louisa and Hanover shall form
another dlstrct the counties Of Spotsylvania Curo-
line and Essex, shall form another district: the co,a-
tics Of King g. Queen, King William Gloucester
Matthews and MlddlescX, shall form another district:
the counties of Accomack, Northampton, Elizabeth
City, FORK and Warwick, and tho city of Williams
burg. shall form another district the counties of
Charles City, James City, New Kent and Hcnrico.
and the "ty Of Richmond, shall form another district:
the counties Of Bedford and Franklin. shall form
another district the counties Of Buckingham. Camp
boil and Cumberland, shall form another district the
counties OF Patrick, Henry and Pitsylvauia shall
form another district: the counties Of Halifax and
Dcckcnburg shall form another district the counties
Of Charlotte, Luneuburg, Not,oway and Prince
Edward shall form another district: the counties Of