Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-02-05


j. We, therefore, tho Delegates and Representa-
J, yves OF tAe good people of Virginia. elected an
!, In conversion assembled, in pursuance of tn
SAID act OF Assembly, do submit and propose l.
o the people the following amended Constitution
Il ana from of Government of this Common
s wealth, that IS to say.
Q ARTICLEI.
The Declaration of Rights made or the 12t
!, June, i7I0, ny tho representatives of the goo,
people OF Virginia assembled in full and fire,
Convention, which pertained to them and thci
Posterity, as the basis and foundation OF Govern
ment requiring in tho opinion of this Conyen
s tlon no amendment, shall he prefixed to th.
Constitution, and have tho came relation Their
as II had to the former Constitution OF this Com
| monweuth.
ARTICLE n.
The Legislative. Executive, aud Judiciary
Departments, shall be separate and distinct, 50
that nethct exercise the powers properly belong.
ing to either ofthe others nor shall any pc rson
, exercise the powers Of more than ono of them
at the same time, except that the Justices of tho
County Courts shall be eligible to either House
Iof Assembly
ARTICLE III.
J. The Legislature shall be formed oftwo dis
;inct branches, which together .hall DO 4 com
Ipiete Legislature, and shall DO called the Gen.
erai Assembly of Virginia.
| = One of these shall be called tho House of
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thirty-tour members 10 be chosen, annually for
and oy the several counties, cities, towns and
boroughs OF the Commonwealth 1; whereof thlr-
ty-one Delegates shall be chosen for and BY the
twenty-six counties lying West of ALE
ghany mountains, twenty-five for and by the
fourteen counties lying between the Allegha-
ny and Blue Ridge of mountains fprty-two
ior and by the twcnty-nine counties lying East
of the Blue Ridge of mountains and above tide.
water and thirty-six for and by the counties,
cities, towns and boroughs lying upon tide
water that is TO say. OF the twenty.six coun.
ties lying West of tho Allegheny, the counties
of Harrison, Montgomery, Monongalia, OHIO
and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates and the counties of Brook Cabe, Gray
son, Greenbricr Giles, Kanawha, Leo Lewis,
Logan, Mason, Monroe, Nicholas, Pochahun,as,
Preston, Randolph, Russell, Scntt, Tazewell,
Tyler, Wood and Wythe, shall each elect one
Delegate. Of the fourteen counties lying be-
tween the Alloghany and Blue Ridge, the eoun-
ties of Frederick and Shenandoah, shall each
elect three Delegates; the counties of Augusta,
Berkely, Botetourt, Hampshire, Jefferson, Rock
ingham and Rockbridge, shall each elect two
Delegates and tho counties of Allesh
Bath, Hardy, Morgan and Pendeton, shall ench
/ cleo, one Delegate. OF the twenty nine eoun-
ties lying East of the Blue Ridge, and above
Underwater, the county of Loudoun shall elect
three Delegates the counties of Abemare,
Bndford. brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell,
CulpePer, Fauqncr Franklin, Halifax, Meek
iemburg and Plttsylvania, shall each elect two
Delegates and the counties of Amelia, AM
herst Charlotte, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Flu
wanna. Goochland Henry, Louisa, Luncnburg,
4 Madison, Nelson, Nottoway, Orange, Patrick
PDwhatan and Prince Edward, shall each elect
one 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,
Chesterfield, Essex Fairfax; Greensvil!e, Glou
cesier, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight King
IL Queen, King William, King George Nanse-
mond, Northumberland, Northampton, Princess
Anne, Prince George, Prince William, South
ainpton, Spottsylvana, Stafford Sussex, Surry
and Westmoreland, and the city of Richmond,
the borough of Norfolk, AID the town of Peters.
burg, shall each elect one Delegate the coun-
tics, of Lancaster and Richmond, shall together
elect one Delegate the counties Of Mathews 81
hliddlesex, shall together elect Delegate 4;
the counties of Elizabeth City and Warwick,
shall together elect one Delegate the counties
liansburgh, shall together elect ono Delegate !;
and the counties OF New Kent and Charles
City, shall together elect one Delegate.
D. The other House of the General Assembly
shall be called the Senate, shall consist of thir-
two members, of whom thirteen shall be chosen
70. and by the counties lying West of the Blue
| Ridge OF mountains, nineteen for and by the
counties, cities, towns and boroughs lying East
thereof, and for the election of whom, the coun
ties, Giles, towns and borougbs shall be divided
into 80 districts, as herein alter provided. Each
county Of The respective districts at the time ol
the first election Of its Delegate or Delegates
under this Constitution, shall vote for one Sen.
ator and the Sherlfis, or other officers holding
the election for each county, city, town or Dor.
Tough, within five days at farlhest after the last
county, city, town or borough election in the
district, shall meet at some convenient place,
and from the poll so taken in their respective
counties, cities, towns or boroughs, return as
| Senator the person who shall have the greatest
number OF votes in the Whole district. 10 keep
up this Assembly by rotation, the districts shall
be equally divided into four classes, and lumber
ed 10y lot. AT the end of one year after the
fist general election, the eight members eicc-
ted by the first division shall be displaced, and
the vacancies thereby occasioned, supplied from
such class or division by new election in the
manner aforesaid This rotation shall be appli-
led TO each division according to its number, and
lcontBlucd in due order aDnualy-And for the
detection OF Senators, the counties OF Brooke
iOho and Tyler, shall form one district the
lcuuntes of MonoDgalia, Preston and Randolph
shall form another district the counties of
Harrison, Lewis and Wood, shall form another
IdistrIct; the counties of kanawlia, Mason, Ca
bell, Logan and Nicholas, shall form another
ldisiict the counties of Grcenbrler, Monroe,
Giles aud Montgomery, shall form another dis
trict the counties of farewell, Wythe and
Grayson, shall form another district the coun-
ties OF Washington, Russell, Scott aud Lee, shall
form another district the counties Of Berkeley
Morgan and Hampshire, shall form another dis.
trict the counties of Frederick and Jefferson
shall form another district the counties bi
Shenandoah and Hardy shall form another dis
trict the counties OF Rockingham and Pende-
ton shall form another district, the counties Of
| Augusta and Rockbridge shall form another dis
t trict the counties OF Allegheny, Bath, Pocba
| hortas and Botetourt, shall form another dis
trict the counties Of Londoun and Fairfax shall
form another district I; the counties of Fauuuie
} and Prince William shall form another district
f the counties OF Stafford. King George West
norcand, Richmond, Lancaster and Norihum