Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-13

the others Ter shall any person exercise the nowcra
OF more than one OF them at the same time, except
that the Justices of the county courts 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 I.eris-
Virginia. -
q One of these shall be called ,he House of Del
egates, aud shall consist of one hundred and ,hirty
iour members, to be chosen, annually, for and 6y
the several counties, cities, towns, aud borouchs of
the Commonwealth whereof thirty-one delegates
shall be chosen TOT and by the twentysx counties w.
ing West of the Allegheny mountains twenty five,
tor and by tho fourteen counties lying between the
Aieghany and Blue Ridge of MOUNTAINS; forty-two
~ and by the twenty nine counties lying East of the
Blue Ridge OF mountains and above Underwater; and
thrtyslS Tor and by the counties, cities towns and
ooroughs lying upon Underwater that is to say: OF
the twen'y-slX Counties lying West Of the Alicghu-
ny, the counties of Harrison, Montgomery Mononra-
la Ohio and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties of Brooke, Cnbell, Gravson
Grcenhricr, Giles, kannwha, Lee, Lewis LOGAN
Mason, Monroe, Nicholas. Pocahontas Preston Kan
doph, Russell, Scott, farewell, Tyler Wood and
Wythe, shall each elect one Delegate. Ofthe 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-
gus'a, Berkeley, Botetourt. Hampshirc Jefferson
Rockingham and Rockbrdgc, shall each elect two
Delegates; and tho counties Of Allegheny Bath.
Hardy, Morgan and Pcndleton, shall each elect one
Delegate OF the twenty-nine counties lying East
OF the Blue Ridge and above tlc-water tho conn,
of Loudon shall elect three Delegates the counties Of
Albemarlc, Bedford, Brunswick. Buckinuhaln Cnmn-
bell Cuipcpcr, Fauquier, Franklin, Halifax Meek
lcn5urg and Pttsylyana, shall each elect two Dele
gates; aud the counties of Amelia Amherst Char
lotto, Cumberland. Dnwidde Fluyanna. GoochlanJ
Henry. Louisa, Luncnburg, Madison Nelson Motto
way, Orange Patrick. PoWhatan and Prince Edward.
shall each elect one Delegate. And of the counties
cities, towns and boroughs lying on Underwater. tbe
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two Delegates; the counties of Caroline Chester
hcd Essex, Fairfax, Grconsvillc Gloucester IIano-
yer. Hcnrco. Isle Of Wight, King and Queen. Kino
Niham' hlnS George. Nansemopd Northumber-
land, Northampton, Princess Anne, Prince Georre
Prince William, Southampton, Spottsvlvana. SteE
lord, Sussex, Surry and Westmoroland and the CITY
of Richmond, the borough OF Norfolk and the town
OF Petershnrg shall each elect one Delegate; the
counties OF Lancaster and Richmond, shall together
elect one Delegate, the counties ofAfat;hews 8 Mid
dies,H shall together elect Delegates the Counties
of Elizabeth City and Warwick shall together coct
one Delegate, the counties of james CITY and York
ana the CITY of Williamsburg, shall toge;har elect one
Delegate; and tho counties Of New Kent ana Charles
City shall together elect one Deeratc
j. The ether House Of the General Assembly
shall ne called the Senate and shall consist OF thir
~ two members, of whom thirteen shall be chosen
tor and By the counties lying West of the Nlue idga
OF mountains, and nineteen for and by the counties
cities towns and boroughs lying astlhercof; and for
the election of whom, the countless cites towns and
ooioughs shall be divided into thrty-two districts as
herein after provided. Each county ofthe respoctive
districts, at the time of the first election of its Dele
gate or Delegates under this Constitution sha III yo
tor one Senate" and the SheTitfs or other officers
holding the election for cath county, city, town or
borough, within five days at arthes after the last
county city town or borough election in the district
sfall meet at some convenient place, and from tn,
polls so taken IN their respective countless cities
towns or boroughs, return as a Senator the person
VINO snail have the greatest number of votes in the
lie trt IT, 81.
tion the districts shall he equally divided into four
classes, and numbered by lot. At the end of on,
year after the first general election the eipht mem
oers elected By the first division shall be displaced
ana the vacancies thereby occasuned supplied from
such class or division by election IN the manner
aforesaid. This rotation shall be applied TO each d.
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 district; the counties ofDIonongaa Preston and
Randolph shall form another district: the Counties oC
Harrison, Lewis and Wood, shall form another dis
trct: the counties of Kanawha, Mason, CabeD Lo-
gan and Nicholas, shall form another district: the
counties OF Greenbrler, Monroe, Giles, and Mont
gomery, shall form another district the counties of
l azewel, Wythe and Grayson, shall form another
district: the counties of Washington, Russell Scott
ana Lee shall form another district: the counties
oil berkeley, Morgan and Hampshire shall form ano n
or district: the counties of Frederick and Jefferson
shall form another district: the counties of Shcnan-
donh and Hardy shall form another district the conn
tleS OF Rockingham and Pend!eton shall form anO-
Their district the counties of Augusta 6, Rockbridoe
shall form another district: the counties Of
Bath, Pocahontas and Botciourt shall
form another district; the counties of Loudom and
Fairfax shall form another district the counties Of
tauquier and Prince William shall form another
district: the counties Of Stafford, King Georre.
w estmoreand, Richmond, Lancaster and NortbuIo
5crnnd. shall form another dIstrct the Counties of
Cupeper, Madison and Orange, shall form another
District the counties Of Albcmarle, Nelson and Am
herst shah form another district the conrties of Flu
wanna, Goochland, Louisa and Hanover, shall form
another district the counties of Spousylvania Caro-
line and Essex. shall form another district the coun
ties OF King g. Queen, KING William, Gloucester.
Matthews and Middlcsex shall form another districts
the counties of Accomacl, Northampton, Elizabeth
City, York and Warwick, and the city of Williams
burg, shall form aEothcr district: the counticg of
Charles City, James City, New Kent and Hcprico
and the 'y Of Richmond shall form another district
the counties Of Bedford and Franklin. shall form
another dlstrlct the counties Of Buckingham Camo-
bel and Cumberland, shall form another district: the
counties Of Patrick, Henry and PIltsylyania. shall
TORN another district: the counties Of Halifax mud
blcckcnburg shall form another district: The counties
Of Charlotte, Lunenburg, Nottoway and Prince
Edward shall form another district tho counties of