Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-03

exercise the powers properly belonging to either of
the others nor shall any person exercise the powers
OF moro than one Of them at the Same time, except
that the justices OF the county shall be eligible
to either House of Assembly.
ARTICLE Ill.
L. The Legislature shall be formed of two distinct
branches, which together shall be complete Legs-
lature, and shall be called the General Assembly of
Virginia.
2. One of these shall be called The House of Del
cgates, and shall consist Of hundred and thirty
four members, to be chosen, annually, for and BY
the several counties, cities, towns, aud boroughs Of
the Commonwealth; whereof thrty-one delegates
shall be chosen for and by the twcntysix counties ly
ing West of the Allegheny mountains; twenty five,
for and by the fou,tee counties lying between the
Allegheny and Blue Ridge Of mountains; forty-two
for and by the twenty nine counties lying East of the
Blue Ridgo of mountains and above tde-watcr; and
thrty-sx for and by the countless cities, towns and
boroughs lying upon Underwater, that is to say: OF
the twenty-slx Counties lying West of the Allegha-
n.y. the counties of Harrison, Montgomery, Mononna-
liza, Ohm and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates and the counties of Brooke, Cabcll, Grayson,
Greenbrier. Giles, kanawha, Lee, Lewis, Logan,
Mason, Monroe Nicholas, POcahontas, Preston, Ran
dolph, Russell, Scott, Tuzewell, Tyler, Wood and
Wythe, shall each elect one Delegate. OF the four
teen counties lying between the Allegheny and Blue
Ridge, the counties of Frederick and Shenandoah,
shall each elect three Delegates the counties of Au
gusta, Berkeley, Botetourt, Hampshire, Jefferson
Rockingham and Rockbridgc, shall each elect two
Delegates; and the Counties of Allegheny. Bath,
Hardy, Morgan and Pendleton, shall each elect one
Deicgdtc. vi the tWeuty-ntne counties lying East
of the Blue Ridge and above tidc-water, the county
of Loudon shall elect three Delegates the counties of
Albemarle, Bedford, Brunswick Buckingham. Camp
bell, Culpeper, Fauquicr, Franklin, Halifax, Neck
lenburg aud Pittsyvana, shall each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties of Amelia, Amherst, Char
lotte. Cumberland. Dnwiddie, Fluvanna, Goochland
Henry, Louisa, Lunenburg, Madison, Nelson Motto
way Orange, Patrick. Powhatan and Prince Edward,
shall each elect one Delegate. And of the countless
cities, towns and boroughs lying on tide-water the
counties of Accomack and Norfolk shall each elect
two Delegates; the counties of Caroline, Chester
field, Essex, Fairfax, Greensvie, Gloucester Hano.
vcr, Henrico. Isle of Wight, King and Queen, King
William, King George. Nansemond, Northumber-
land, Northampton, Princess Anne Prince George.
Prince William, Southampton Spottsylvania, STAT.
ford Sussex, Surry and Westnnoreand al the CITY
OF Richmond, the borough Of Norfolk, and the town
OF Petersburg, shall each elect one Delegates; the
counties of Lancaster and Richmond. shall together
elect one Delegate, the counties of Matthews g. Mid
dlesex shall together elect one Delegates the counties
of Elizabeth City and Warwick shall together elect
one delegate, the counties of james City and York
and the city of Williamsburg shall together elect one
Delegate; and the counties of New Kent ana Charles
City shall together elect one Delegate
3. The othe. House of the General Assembly
shall be called the Senate. and shall consist of thir-
ty-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 counties
Cities towns and boroughs lying East thereof; and for
the election of whom, the countless cities towns and
boroughs shall be divided into hrtytwo districts as
Districts at the time of the first election of its Dele
gate or Delegates under this Constitution shall vote
for Senator; and the Sheriffs or other officers
holding the election for cath county, city, town or
borough, within five days farthest after the last
county, city, town borough election in the district
sfal meet at some convenient place, and from the
polls SO taken their respective countless cities
towns or boroughs return as Senator the person
VINO 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 and numbered by lot. At the end of one
year after the first general election the eieht MEM
bers elected by the first division shall be displaced
and thc'vacancies thereby occasioncd supplied from
such class division by election IN the manner
aforesaid This rotation shall be applied to each di-
vision according to its NUMBER and continued in due
order annually, And for the election Of Senators,
the counties of Brooke, Ohio and Tyler, shall form
one drstrict the counties Of Monongaa, Preston and
Randolph, shall form another district: the counties of
Harrison, Lewis and Wood, shall form another dis
trct: the counties of Kannwha, Mason, Gabell, Lo
gan and Nicholas, shall form another district: the
counties Of Greenbricr, Monroe, Giles, and Mont
gomery, shall form another district the counties of
Tazewel, Wythe and Grayson, shall form another
district: the counties of Washington, Russell Scott
and Lee, shall form another district: the counties
ofBerkeley, Morgan and Hampshire shall form anoth
or district: tho counties of Frederick and Jefferson
shall form another district the counties of Shenan-
doah and Hardy shall form another district the coun
ties of Rockingham and Pendleton shall form ano-
ther district: the counties of Augusta q Rockbridge
Allegheny, Bath, Pocahontas and Bo,etourt shall
form another district: the counties of Loudoun and
Fairfax shall form another district: the counties of
Fauqucr and Prince William shall form ANOTHER
district: the counties of Stafford, King George,
| Westmoreland, Richmond, Lancaster and Northum-
berland. shall form another district; the counties of
Cupeper, Madison and Orange, shall form another
district tue counties of Albemarle, Nelson and Am
herst shall form another district the couLties of Flu
wanna, Goochland, Louisa and Hanover, shall form
another district: the counties Of Spotsylvania Caro-
line and Essex, shall form another district the coun
ties Of King d. Queen, King William, Gloucester,
Matthews and Middlesex, shall form another district
the counties of Accomack, Northampton, Elizabeth
City, York and Warwick, and the city Of Williams
burg, shall form another district: the counties of
Charles City, James City, New Kent and Hcnrico,
and the ity of Richmond, shall form another district
! the counties Of Bedford and Franklin, shall form
another district: the counties Of Buckingham, Camp
bell and Cumberland, shall form another district: the
counties Of Patrick, Henry and Pittsylvania shall
form another district the counties of Hnlifox and