Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-26

ents shall DO separate aud dstinct so that nei.hcr
exercise the powers properly belonging to ohsr of
the others nor shall any person exercise the 20 ~c,s
TO either Hodzo of Assembly.
- AnrteLE III.
> Z. The LcXslatureshaN be Turned of two distinct
branches, winch together shall be complete Lcgis-
iaturc, and shall BIO called the General Assembly of
Virginia. -
g. One of these shall be called ,ho House Of Del
egotcs and ehall consist Of one -hundredand thirty
four members, to DO chosen, annually, for and hy
the several counties, Cities towns, and boroughs OF
the Comnonwcalth; whereof thirty-one delegetes
shall be chosen for and by the twcntysix countis ~
ing Vest of the Allegheny mountains; twenty five,
Tor and by tho fourteen counties lying between the
Allegheny and Blue Ridge of nouniains forty-two
for and by the twcntynine counties lying East of the
Blue Ridge of mountains and above tide water; and
thirty-six for and by the countless cities, iowns and
boroughs lying upon Underwater, that is to say: or
tho twenty-six Counties lying West Of tho Allcga-
ny, the counties of HARRISON Montgomery, Mononga-
la, Ohio and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates; and tho counties Of Brooke Cabell, Grayson
Greenbricr. Giles, Kanayha, Lee, Lewis, Logan,
Mason, Monroe. Nicholas, Pocahon,as, Preston, Ran
dolph, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, Tyler, Wood ind
Wythe, shall eachcl Delegate. Ofthe four
teen counties lying between the Allcahapy and Blue
Ridge, the counties CT Frederick and SHENANDOAH
shall each eject threc Delegates; tho counties of Aus
gus'a, 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
Delegate. OF the twenty-rine counties lying East
OF The Blue Ridge and above tidc-wa,er, tho county
of Loudon shall elect three Delegates the counties of
Albemarle, Bedford, Brunswick. Buckingham. Camp
bell, Cupeper, FaRquicr, Franklin, Halifax, Neck
lenbnrg and Pittsyvania, shall each elect two Dele
sa' es aud the counties of Amelia Amherst, Char.
lotie Cumberland. Dinwddie, Fluv snnue Goochland,
Henry Louisa, Lunenhurg, Madison, Nelson, Motto
way, Orange Patrick, Powhatan and Prince Edwartl,
shall each elect one Delegate. And of the counties,
cities, towns and boronghs lying tidewatcr, the
counties of Acconack and Norfolk shall each elect
two Delegates; the counties of Caroline Chester
Ted. Essex, Fairfax, Grcensvllc, Gloucester Hanoi
yer, iicnrco. Isle of Wight, King and queen, King
William, King George. Nansemond. Northumtcr-
land, Northampton, Princess Ammo, Prince George
Prince William, Southampton. Spotisylyauia. Stsf-
ford, Sussex, Surry and Newfoundland and the CITY
OF Richmond, the borough of Norfoill. and the town
of Petersburg, shall each elect one Delegate; the
counties of Lancaster and Richmond, shall-togei her
elect ora Delegate, the counties of Matthews & Mid
descx shall together elect Delegate; the counties
of Elizabeth City and Warwick shall together cleo,
one Delegate, the counties of james City and York,
and the city of amsburg shall together elect one
Delegate; and the counties of New Kent ana Charles
City shall together elect one Delegate.
,. The otho- douse Of the General Assembly
shall be called the Senate and shall consist of thir-
,y-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 countless
cities, towns and boroughs lying East thereof and for
the election of whom, The counties, cities, towns and
boroughs shall be divided into thrty-two districts az
herein after provided. Each county ofthe respective
districts, at the lime of the first election of its Dele
gate or Delegates under this Constitution, shall vote
Tor one Senator; and the Sherifl or ether officers
holding the election for cath county civ town mr.
borough, within FIVE days at far,hest AFTER the last
county, CITY, town or borough election in the district
stall meet at some convenient place, and from the
polls SO taken III their respective counties, cities
towns or boroughs, return as u Senator the person
est rin,sl hor Of h.
whcie 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
after the first enersl olestior, tho aieIt NOM
bers elected By the FIRST divsio shall &c displaced
and the'vacancies thereby occnFi0ned supplied from
such class or division by election the manner
aforesaid. Phis 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
orc districts the counties of onongala, Preston and
randolph shall form another district: the counties OF
uarrIson Lewis and Wood, shall form another dis
trict the counties of kanaw VIVA, Mason Cabell Io
gan ana Nicholas shall form another district: the
Counties OF Greenbrier, Monroe, Giles, and Mont
gomery shall form another district The counties of
IoZcwe!l, Wythe and GfaysoD, shall form another
dislric the counties Of Washington, RUSSELL Scott
and Lee, shall form another district: the counties
ofBerkclcy. Morgan aud Hampshire, shall form anotl-
or district: the counties OF Frederick and Jefferson
snll form another district: the counties of Shenan-
doah aud dy shall form another district: the co,I-
tics of Rockingham and Pendleton shall foru, ono-
ther district: the counties of Augusta & Rockbridee
shall form another district: the counties of
Allegheny, Bath, Pocahuntas and Eo;c.ourt shall
form anotherdistrici: the counties of Ioudoun and
Fairfax shall form another districts the counties Of
Fauqnier and Prince William shall form another
district: the counties of Stafford, King Georre,
Wesiuorcland, Richmond Lancaster and Northum-
5erland shall form another district: the counties of
CuIpeper, Madison and Orange, shall form another
district: the counties of Abemure. Nelson and Am
hcrs, shall form another dlstfct the COUNTIES of Flu
wanna, Goochland, Louisa and Hanover shall form
another district: the counties OF Spoitsyvania Caro-
line and Essex. shall form another distr;ci. the corn-
ties of King e. Queen, King William, Gloucester.
Matthews and Middesex, shall form another district:
The counties OF Accomack, Northampton, Elizabeth
City, York and Warwick, and the city Of Williams
burg; slnl form another districts the counties OF
Charles City, james City, New Kent and Henrico
and the ity of Richmond, shall form another district:
the counties Of Bedford and Franklin, shall form
another district: tho counties Of Buckingham Camp.