Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-02-11

zs,er. size counties Of Accomack snd Nerfcik. 1
sban Zach elect two Delegates. the counties oi
Caroline, Chesterfield, Essex, Fairfax. Greene.
vile, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico. Use o'
Wight, King & Queen, King William, koe
George, Eansemond, Northumberland, nor
champion, Princess Anne, Frnce george
Primo, william. Souiham pton, Spottsy wanna
Stafford. Sussex, surry end Westmorel.nd, and
the City Of Richmond, the borough OF Nsrfoik,
snd The town og Petersburg, esch eect
one Delegate; the counties OF Mstthews and
u;ddIe.ex. shall together elect ore Delegate
the counties Of Elizabeth City and WarwIck,
shall together elect one Delegate; the counties
Of gamesCity and York ,snd the city OF Williams
burg, shall together elect one D-legale; and
the counties Of New Kent snd Charles City,
shall together elect one Delegate.
3 The other Heuse of the General Assem-
bly, shall be called the Senate, and shall con
sist OF thirty tive 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, tswns,
and boroughs lying Fast thereof; sad for the
election of whom, the counties. cities, towns
and boroughs shall be divided into thirty two
districts, as herein after provided. Each coun
ty Of the respective district, at the time OF the
& -st election Gifts Delegate or Delegates undet
this Constitution, shall vote tor one Senator,
| and the Sheriffs or the officers holding the
election of each county, city. town or borough,
within five days at farthest after the last
county, city, town or borough electisn in the
district, shall meet at some convenient place,
and from the polls SO taken 10 their respective
counties, cities, towns oT bsroughs, return Re a
Senator The person who shall have the greatest
| number Of votes in the whole district. 1s
keep up this Assembly by rot.tiun, tie dis
tric,s shah oe equally divided into four ciasses,
J and numbered bv lot. At the end Of one year
| after the first general eiectisn the eight mem.
| bers elected by the first division shall be dis
| placed, and the vacsacies thereby occasianed,
| supplied from such class or division by new
| election in the manner Aforesaid. The rota.
| ton shalt be applied to each divisen according
| to its number, and continued in Hue order au-
| Ruslly And for tue election of Senstors, the
counties Of Brooke. Ohie sad Tyler shall form
one district; the counties of MenongaIa, Pres.
ton and Randolph, shall fern saether district;
| the counties of Harr'sen, Lewis and Wood,
shsil form another district; the counties OF
Kanawha. Macon, Csbeu Logan and Nicholas,
| shall form another district; the cuuaties OF
Greenbrier. Monroe, Giles and Montgsm
shall form another dittrict: the counties Of
| raxeweb, Wythe, and Gcays"n, shall form ano
ther district; the counties OF Washington, Rus
sell, Scott and Lee, shall form another district
| the counties Of Berkeley, Morgan and Hamp.
shire shall form another district; the counties of
Frederick and Jefferson, shall form another
| district; the counties of Shenan ioah and Har.
4 dy shall form another district; the counties Of
Rockingham ard Pend'etoh shall form another
! district; the counties of Rock bridge snd Angus
4 ia shall form another district; the counties of
| Aliegbaney, Bath, Pochshentss end Bstecnurt
shall form another di-trict; the counties Of
Loudoun aud Fairfax shall form another dis
| tr1ct, the counties OF Fauquier and Prince
| Wiliism shall form another district; The coun.
ties OF Stafford. King George, Westmoreland,
R.ehmsnd, Lancaster and Northumbe
shall form another district; the counties OF Cui
! pepper, Madison snd Orange, shall form ano
! ther district, the counties OF Aibemar'e. Mel.
son and Amhers', shall form another district.
| the counties OF Fluvanna. Goochisnd, Louisa
| and Hanover, shall form another district; the
Counties Of Spo,tsylvania. Caroline and Essex,
SHAH form another district; the counties of
King & Qneen, King William, Gloucester
Matthews and Middlesex, shall form another
district; the counties of acconsck, Northern.
| too. Elizabeth City, York and Warwick, and
! the city of Williamsburg. shall form another
dstric'; the counties of Charles CKy. lanes
| City, New Kent and Henrico, and the city of
| Richmond, shall form another district; the
countiesef Bedford and Franklin, shall form
I another district; the counties OF buckingham.
Campbell and sCumberland shall form another
ds'r,;'; the counties of Patrick, Henry and
| PftsyNania, shall form another district. the
counties OF Halifax and Meek ienb,,rg. shall
| TORN another district; the counties of Char
Iottee, Lunenburg, Nottoway and Prince Ed.
| ward shall form another district: the counties
! OF Amelia, Powhattsn and Chestt field. and
! the town OF Petersburg, shall form another dis
| tr'ct; the counties OF Bruins wick, Dir widd,e
and Greensville. shall form another district:
the counties of the Isle of Wight. Prince
treerge, Southampton, Surry and SUSSEX. sbail
| form aao'her distrist;and the counties Of Nor
| felix, NaaseDond and Princess Anne, and the
Borough Of Norfolk, shall torn another d;stri
f. shall be the duty of the legislature. to
re-sppo'nt once in ten years, TO wit: in the
year 1891, and ever ten years thereafter. the
Representations, of :his common we slti,. in both
| OF the Legislative bodies: Provided, however.
that the nua'ber of delegates from the afore sad
great districts, and the number Of senator's
from the aforesaid two great divisions, respect.
iveiys shaii neither be increased nor Diminished
oy such re-apportronmeut And when new
county saaii hereafter be created, or aDy ci,v.
town, or borough, not now entitled 70 seps
rae re presentation in the house of delegate.
shsli have 80 increased in population as TO be-
entitled, in the opinion Of the general assembly.
20 such representation, it shall be the du,y of
the general assembly 10 make provision Nv law
Ter securing to the people of such new county.
OF "icn Guy, town, or borough, m adequate
representation. And if the object cannet 9th.
efw'se De enected. it shall be competent to the
general assembly tor apportion the whole re.
presentation OF the great district containing
such new oouaty, or such city, town, or DO.