Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-04

exercise the powers properly belonging to either of
the others; shall any person exercise the powers
of moro than one OF thcm ut the same time, except
that the Justices of the county courts shall be eligible
to either House of Assembly.
ARTICLE Ill.
I. The Legislature shall be formed Of two distinct
branches, (which together shall be complete Lcgs-
lature, and shall be called the General Assembly of
Virginia.
2. One of these shall be called The House Of Del
cgates and shall consist of hundred and thirty
four members, to be chosen, annually, for and by
the several countless cities, towns, and boroughs OF
the Commonwealth; whereof thirty-onc delegates
shall be chosen for and by the twcntysx counti's ly
ing West OF the Allegheny mountains; twenty FIVE
for and by the fou teen counties lying between the
Allegheny and Blue Ridge of mountains forty-two
for and by the twenty counties lying East of the
Blue Ridge of mount aims and above tidc-water; and
thrtysix for and by the counties cities, towns, and
boroughs lying upon water, that is to say: OF
the twenty-sX Counties lying West of the Alcgha-
ny, the counties of Harrison, Montgomery Msnonga-
liza, Oho and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates and the counties of Brooke, Cabcl, Grnyson,
Grcenbricr, Giles, Kanawha, Lee, Lewis Logan,
Mason, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahoutas Preston, Ran
dolph Russell, Scott, Tnzewell, 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, Botetour, Hampshire, Jefferson,
Rockingham ana Rockbridgc, shall ench elect two
Delegates; and the counties of Allegheny, Bat h,
Hardy. Morgan and Pcndleion, shall each elect one
Delegate. OF the twenty-nnc counties lying East
of the Blue Ridge and above tide water, the county
of Loudon shall clecethrce Delegates the counties of
Albcmarlo Bedford, Brunswick Buckingham. Camp
bell, Culpeper. Fauquer, Franklin, Halifax, Neck
enburg aud Pittsylvania, shall each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties of Amelia, Amherst, Char
lotto, Cumberland Dinwiddie, Fluvanna, Goochand.
Henry, Louisa. Luncnburg, Madison Nelson, Motto
way, Orange, Patrick. Powhatan and Prince Edward,
shall each elect Delegate. And of the counties,
cities, towns and boroughs lying on ,idcwa;er, the
counties Of iccomack and Norfolk shall each elect
two Delegates; the counties of Caroline Chester
field Essex, Fairfax, Greensvic, Gloucester, Hano-
Yer, Henrco Isle of Wight, King and Queen, King
William, King George. NanScmond. Nor;humbcr-
land. Northampton, Princess Anne, Prince George.
Prince William, Southampton. Spot,syvania, STAT
ford, Sussex, Surry and Wcstnoreland and the CITY
of Richmond, tho borough of Norfolk and the town
of Petersburg, shall each elect ono Delegate; the
counties of Lancaster and Richmond shall together
elect one Delegate the counties of Matthews s. Mid
desex shall together elect Delegate; the counties
OF Elizabeth City and Warwick shall together elect
one Delegate, the counties Of James City and York.
ont the city of Williamsburg, shall hor elect one
Delegate; and the counties of New Kent ana Charles
City shall together elect one Delegate
3. The oihe. House of the General Assembly
shall be called the Senate. and shall consist of r-
ty 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 borougs lying East thereof; and for
the election of whom the counties, cities, towns and
herein after provided Each county ofthe respective
districts at the time of the first election of its Dele
gate or Delegates under this Constitution, shall vote
for one Senators and the Sherifis other officers
holding the election for cath county, city, town or
borough within FIVE days tarthest after the last
county, city, town or borough election in the district
sta meet at some convenient place, and from the
polls so taken IN their respective counties, cities,
towns or bnroughs, return as Senator the person
who shall have the greatest number Of votes in the
whole 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
year after he first general election, the eight men,
bcrs clectedby the first division shall be Displaced
and tbe'vacances thereby occasioncd. supplied from
such class or division by new election IN the manner
aforesaid. This rotation shall be applicable each Ill
vision according it's 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 of Monongaia, Preston and
Randolph shall form another district the counties OF
Harrison, Lewis and Wood shall form another dis
trict the counties of Kanuwla, Mason, Cabell, Lo
gan and Nicholas, shall form another district: the
counties OF Greenbrier, Monroe, Giles, and Mont
GOmcry, shall form another district he counties of
TaZewell, Wythc and Gravson, shall form another
district the counties of Washington, Russell Scott
and Lee, shall form another district: the counties
ofBerkeey Morgan and Hampshire. shall form anoth
district the counties OF Frederick and Jefferson
shall forro another district: the counties of Shenan-
doah and Hardy shall form another district the coun-
ties of Rockingham and Pendeton shall form ano-
ter district The counties OF Augusta q Rockbrldgc
shall form anoth- district the counties of
Allegheny, Bath, Pocahontas and Boiciourt shall
form another district: the counties of Loudoun and
Fairfax shall form another district: the counties of
Fauquier and Prince William shall form another
district: the counties of Stafford, King George,
Wesmoreland Richmond, Lancaster and Northum-
berland. shall form another district: the counties of
Culpeper, Madison and Orange, shall form another
district: the counties of Albemarle, Nelson and Am
berst, shall form another district tue courties of Flu
wanna, Goochland, Louisa and Hanover, shall form
another district: the countries Of Spo tsyyana, Caro-
line and Essex, shall form another district: the coun-
ties of King a. Queen, King William, Gloucester,
Matthews and Mlddcsex, shall form another district:
the counties of Accomack, Northampton, Elizabeth
City, York and Warwick, and the city of Williams
burg shall form, another district: the counties OF
Charles City, James City. New Kent End Hcnrco,
and the ity Of Richmond, shall form another district:
the counties Of Bedford and Franklin, shall form
another districts the counties of Buckingham, Camp
bell and Cumberland shall form another districts the
counties Of Patrick, Henry and Phsylvania, shall
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