Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-09


Of marc than one Of them at the same time, exccp,
that TIM justices Of the comfy shall be eligible
to either House Of Assembly
ARrfcLE III.
U. The Legislature shall be formed Of two distinct
branches, which together shall be complete Ieyis-
laturs, and shall be called the General Assembly Of
Vir snia.
.. One Of these shall be called ,he House Of Del.
egates, and shall consist of fne hundred anc thirty
four members, to he chosen, annually, for and by
the several counties cities, towns, and borouyhs OF
the Commonwealth; whereof thirty -onc delegates
shnll be chosen fof and by the twentysx counties w.
ing W est OF tho Allegheny mountains twenty FIVE,
for and by the fou teen counties lying between tho
Allegheny and Blue Rid 20 of mountains forty-,wo
TOR and 6y the twenty-nine counties lying East of the
Blue Ridge OF mountains and above Underwater; and
thirty-six for and by the Counties Cities towns and
boroughs lying upon Underwater, that is to say: OF
the twentysix Counties lying West of the Alicgha-
ny, the counties of Harrison, Montgomery, Mononga-
liza, Ohio and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates; AID the counties of Brooke, Cabel, Grayson
Grecnbrier. Giles, kanawha, Lee, Lewis Lcynn
Mason, Monroe, Nicholas, Focaho Preston, Ran
dolph, Russell, Scott. Tnzewell, Tyler, Wood and
Wythe, shall each elect one Delegate. Ofthe four
teen counties lying between the Allochany aud Blue
Ridge, the counties of Frederick and Shenandoah
shall each elect three Delegates; the counties of Au-
gus:a, Berkeley, Botctuurt, Hampshire, Jefferson,
Rockingham and RockHidgc, shall each elect two
Delegates; and the counties of All ghany Ba, h
Hardy, Morgan and Pendlcton, shall each cicc. one
Delegate. OF the twenty-ninc counties living East
OF the Blue Ri .ge and above tidc-wa'er the county
of oudon shall elect three Delcra:cs the counties r
Albemarle Bedford, Brunswick. Buckingham Camp-
bell, Culpcper, Fauquier, franklin Halifax. Meek
lenburg and Pttsylvania, shall each cc ct two n c-
gates; and the counties of Amelia, Amherst, Char
lotto. Cumberland. Dinwiddie, Fhvanna Goocblond
Henry Louisa, Lunenburg, Madison Nelson, Motto
way, Orange, Patrick. Pcwhatan and Prince Edward
shall each elect one Delegate. And of the counties
cities, towns and boroughs lying OF tide-waier, tho
counties Of Aceomacl and Norfolk shall each cleo,
of o'tp
field Essex, Fairfax, Greensvile, Gloucester, Hano-
yer, Ienrco. Isle Of Wight, King and Queen, King
William, King George. NansNnond. Northu,nber
land Northampton, Princess Anac, Prince George
Prince William, Southampton, Spoitsyvania. STAFF
ford, Sussex, Surry and WestrnorelanG, and the city
OF Richmond, the borough of Norfolk, ami the town
OF Petersburg shall each elect one DclerA;%; the
counties of Lancaster and Richmond sh ali together
elect one Delegate the counties of Matthews d NJ d.
desex shall together elect Dele gate; tho Counties
OF Elizabeth City and Warwick shall together elect
one Delegate, the counties of James City and York
and the city OF Williamsburg shall toge her elect one
D"legate and the counties of New Kent ana Charles
City shall together elect one Delegate.
g. Tic other House of the General Assembly
shall DO called the Senate, and shall consist of hr-
ty two members, Of whom thirteen shall he chosen
for and by the counties lying Yves, of the Blue Ridge
OF mountains, and nineteen for and by the counties
cities, towns and boroughs lying East thereof; and for
the election OF whom the counties, cities towns and
boroughs shall be divided into thirty-two district. ~
herein after provided Each county ofthe respective
districts, ut the lime of the first election of it's Dele
gate or Delegates under this Constitution shall vote
Tor one Senator; and the Sheriffs or other officers
holding the election for cath county. city town or
borough, within FIVE days al far;hcst after the las,
county city, town borough election IN the district
sfail meet at some convenient place, and from the
polls so taken IN their respective counties cities
towns CT boroughs, return as a Senator the person
who shall have the greatest number of votes in the
whole District. To keep up his Assembly by rota-
tlon the districts shall be equally divided into four
classes, and numbered BY lot. At the end of one
year after the first general election the eight MEM
oers eiectedb by the first division shall be Displaced
and the vacaucies thereby occasoncd, supplied from
such class or division by election the manner
aforesaid This rotation shall be applied to each d-
vision according 10 its number and continued in dine
order annually. And for the election of Senator's
The counties of Brooke, Ohio and Tyler, shall form
one district: the counties Of Mononcaa Preston and
Randolph, shall form another district: the counties OF
Harrison, Lewis and Wood shall form another dis
trict: the counties of Kanawha, Mason Caben, Io
gan and Nicholas, shall form another district: the
counties of Greenbrer, Monroe, Giles, and Mont
gonery, shall form another districts the counties of
IaZcweii, Wytlie and Gravson, Shall form another
district the counties of Waslington Russell. Scott
and Lee, shall form another district: tie counties
OF Lerkelcy, Morgan aud Hampshire shall form anoth.
er district: the counties of Frederick and Jefferson
shall form another district: the counties Of ;hcnon
doal and la dy shall form another district: the coun
ties of Rockingham and Pendleton shall form ano-
ther district: the counties of Augusta a. Rockbrdne
Shall form another district: the counties of
AiieglaDy Bath Pocahontas and Eo:etourt shall
form another districts the counties of Loudoun ana
Fairfax shall form another district: the Counties If
Fauquicr mud Prince William shall T. IN another
district: the counties Of Stafford, hing George
Westnoreland, Richmond. Lancaster and Northum
serland. shall form another district the Counties of
Cupeper, Madison and Orange, shall form another
district the counties of AlbeiDarle, Nelson and Am
hcrst all form another district the COUNTIES of Flu
wanna, Goochland, Louisa and Hanover, shall form
another district the counties Of Spo tsyvania Caro-
line and Essex, shall form another district the couii-
ties of King & Queen, KING William, Gloucester
Matthews and Middesex, shall form another district:
the counties of Accomack, Northampton, Elizabeth
City, York and Wurwick k, and the city of Williams
burg, shall form another district: the counties of
Charles City, James City, New Kent and Henrico,
and the ty Of Richmond, shall form another district:
the counties Of Bedford and Franklin shall form
another districts the counties of Buckingham. Camp
bell and Cumberland shall form another district: the
counties of Patrick, Henry and PIttsyvania shall
form another district: the counties Of Halifax and
lInrk lal hall tl..rI