Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-02-06

thorsc and provide for the cton, by the people, of
Delegates and Representatives TO set and assemble i'm
General Convention, at the Capitol in the City Of Rich
mond, on the first Monday Of ctober in the year last
aforesaid, to con.der discuss and propose. Gen.
sutu'on, or alterations and amendments CT the existing
Constitution OF this Commcnsye alt, to be submitted to
The people and to be by them ratified rejected:
We, therefore, the Delegates and Representatives OF
the good people OF Virginia elected and in Cow ention
assembled, ia pursuance o! the said act OF Assembly
do submit and propose to the people, the following
amended Constitution and Form OF Government for this
Commonwealth, that IL 10 say
| ARTICLE L.
The Declaration OF Rgttsmade on the 18th June,
7T6. by the representative. Of the good people OF Yir
GINA assembled IN ull and free Convention, which per-
tanned TO them and their poseriy, "a the basis and
foundation Of Government; requiring in the opinion of
this Convention no amendment, shall be prehxed TO
This Constitution and have the same relation thereto
as had TO the former Constitution Of this Common
wealth. ARrICLEII
| The Legislative, Executive and Judiciary Depart
ments, shall be separate and distinct that neither
exercise the powers properly belonging either of the
others; nor shall any person exercise the powers Of
more than OF them at the same time excep that
the Justices OF the County Courts shall be eligible
either House OF Assembly,
| l. The Legislature shall be formed of two distinct
branches, which together shall DO complete Legi,a-
ture and shall be called the General Assembly of Vr-
gnia.
. One of these shall be called the House of Deega,es
and shall consist OF one hundred and thirtyiour
bers TO be chosen, annually for and by the several
counties, cities. towns and boroughs of the Common
for and by the twenty-six counties lying West of the
Alloghany mountains; twenty five Tor and by the four
teen counties lying between the Allegheny and Blue
Ridge OF mountains; fory-two for and by the twenty
nine counties lying East of the Blue Ridge of noun
tans and aboYe water; and thirty-sx for and by the
counties, Cities towns and borouShs lying upon tide wa
ter, that is 20 say Of the twenty-sx counties living
West OF the Allegheny the counties of HARRISON Mont.
gomcry Monongaa, Ohio aud Washington, shall each
elect two Delegates; and the counties of Brooke Cabcl
| Grayson Greenbricr, Giles, Kanawha Lee Lewi. Lo-
gan, Mason Monroe, Nicholas Pocahonta Ran
dolph Russell, Scott, Tazewe Tyler, Wood and Wyhe
shall each elect one Delegate. OF 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 Augusta, Berkeley,
Boctourt Hampshire, Jefferson, Rockingham and Rock
bridge, shall each elect two Delegates and the
ties of Allegheny, Bath, Hardy Morgan and Pendlcon
shall each elect Delegate. OF the twenty mine
counties lying East of the Blue Ridge and above tide
water the county OF Loudoun, shall elect three Dele
gates; the counties of Albemare, Bedford Brunswick
buckingham, Campbell, Cupeper, Fauquer, Franklin,
Halifax, Meck'enburg, Pusylvanid, shall each elect
tw Delegates; and the counties of Amelia, Amherst,
Charlotte, Cumberland Dinwidde, Fluvanna, Gooch-
land, Henry, Louisa, Lunenburg, Madison, Nelson,
Notoway, Orange, Patrick, Powhatan and Prince Ed
ward, shall each elect Delegate. And of the
counties, cities, towns and boroughs lying on tide
water, the counties of Accomack and Norfolk shall each
elect two Delegates the counties of Caroline, Chester
held, Essex, Fairfax Grcensve, Gloucester, Hanover,
H0nrco, Isle of Wight, King s. Queen King William,
King George, Nanscmonl Northumberland, Northamp-
ton, Princess Anne, Prince George, Prince William,
Westmoreland, and the city of Richmond, the borough
OF Norfolk and the town of Petersburg shall each elect
one Delegate; the counties of Lancaster and Rich
mond shall together elect Delegate; the counties
of Mathews and MiddleseX, 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 Delegates 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 hirty-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 thrtytwo districts herein after provided
Each county OF the respective districts, the time of
the first election of its Delegate Delegates under this
Constitution, shall vote for Senator; and the Sheriff.
or other officers holding the election for each county,
city, town or borough within five days farhest after
the last county, city, town borough election in the
district shall meet at some convenient place, and from
the polls taken in tIer respective counties, cities
towns or boroughs return Senator the person who
shall have the greatest NUMBER OF votes in the whole
district To kecpup this Assembly by rotation the dis
trcts shall be equally divided into four classes and NUN
bered by lot At the end of year after the first ge-
neral election the eight members elected by the first di-
Wis on shall be ispiaced and the vacancies thereby
casioncd supplied from such class division by ne
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
OF Sena the counties of Brooke, Ohio and Tyler
shall form district; the counties of Alononenla
Preston and Randolph, shall form another district: the
counties OF Harrison, Lewis and Wood shall form an
other district the counties of Kauawha Mason Cabcl
Logan and Nicholas shall form another district: the
counties of Greenbricr, Monroe, Giles and Mongo
mery shall form another district the counties of TaZc-
WE'LL Wythe and Grayson, 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 anoser
district the counties of Shenandoah and Hardy, shall
form another district the counties of Rockingham and
Pendeton shall form another district the counties OF
Augusta and Rockbridgc, shall form another district the
counties of Ale ghsny, Bath Pocahontas and Botetourt
shall form another district: the counties of Loudoun and
Fairfax, sh i form another distie: the counties OF Eau
quicr aud Prince William shall form another district:
the counties Of SaH'd, King George, We-tmoreand,
Richmond, Lancaster and NOTbumbs land, shall! 'orm
another district: The counties Of Culpeper Ma.on and
Orange shall form another district: the counties Of AL
bemare, Nelson and Amherst, shal form another dis
Iic the counties OF Fluvinna Gooch and, Louisa and
Hanover, shall form another district: the counties
Spoitsylvania Caroline aud Essox shall form another
Jisc': the oln'ies OF King s. Queen, King William,
Gloucester, Matthews an Mddiesex shall form an
other district: The counties OF Accoma X, NORTHAMPTON,
Elizabeth City, York and Warwick, and the CITY OF
Williamsburg, shall form ano'hrr district the counties
OF Charles City, James City, New K snt and Henrico
and the city Of Richmond, shall form another district:
the counties of Bedford and franklin, shall form
other distric the counties OF Buckingham, Campbell
and Cumberland, shall form another di4irc': the c0un
ties OF Patrick, Henry and Pittsylvania, shall form
other district: the counties Of Halifax and Mecken-
burg shall form another districts the counties Of Char.
lotte, Lunenburg, Nouiway and Prince Edward, shall
form another district the counties Of Amelia Pow ha-
tan and Chesterfield and the OF Prter.burg shall
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