Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-24

the othcrss nor siSp - pcrson exercise the powcrs
Of moro than one [thcn at the same time except
that the justices the county courts shall be eligible
to either House ofAssembly.
!. The Legislature shall be formed Of two distinct
branches which together shall be complete Legis-
lsture. and shall DC called the General Assembly Of
Virginia. KS
2. One Of these shall be called ,he House Of Del
egates. and shah consist Of hundred and thirty
four members, to he chosen, annually, for and by
the several counties, ctes towns, and boroughs of
the Commonwealth; whereof thirty-onc delegates
shall be chosen fog and by tho twentys counties ly
ing West of the Alleghahy mountains twenty Eve,
for and by the 6u'teen counties lying between the
Allegheny and Blue Ridge of mountains; forty-two
fur and by the twenty counties lying East Of tho
Blue Ridge of mountains and above Underwater; aud
thiry-six for and by the countless cities, towns and
boroughs lying upon t'de-wator, that is to say: Cf
the twenty-siX countcs lying West of the AlIegha-
ny, the counties of Harrison, ontgomery, Mononga-
La, Oho and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties of Brooke Cabell, Grnyson,
Greenbricr, Giles. kanawha, Lee, Lewis, Logan,
Mason, Monroe Nicholas, Pocahontas, Preston. Ran
dolph, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, Tyler, Wood and
Wytle, shall each elect one Delegate. Ofthe four
teen counties lying between the Allegheny and Blue
Ridge, the counties of Frederick and SYSTEMATICALLY
shall eacb elect thred Delegates; the counties of Au-
gus,a, Berkeley, Botetourt, Hampshire, jefferson.
Rockingham aud Rockbndgc, shall each elect two
Delegates; and the csun,es of Allegheny, Bath,
Hardy, Morgan and Pendeson, shall each elect one
Delegate. OF the twcnty-niue counties lying East
OF the Blue Ridge and above iidc-water, the county
of Loudon shall elect three Delegates the counties of
A6emaric, Bedford, Brunswick. Buckingham. Camp
bell, Culpcper, Fauquier, Franklin, Halifax, Meck-
!enburg and Pittsylvania. shall each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties of Amelia, Amherst, Char.
lotto. Cumberland. Dnwddie, Fluvanna, Goochiand
Henry, Louisa, Lunenburg, Madison, Nelson, Motto
way, Orange, Patrick, Powhatan and Prince Edward
shall each elect one Delegate. And of the countless
cities towns and borougfs lying on Underwater the
counties of Accomack and Norfolk shall each elect
two Delegates; the counties of Caroline, Chester.
fed Essex, Fairfax, Greousvil'e, Gloucester, Hano-
yer. Hcnrico, Isle of Wight, King and Queen, King
William, King George. Nansemond, Nor,humber-
land, Northampton, Princess Anne, Prince George.
Prince William, Southampton SPottsylvania, Stat
ford, Sussex, Surry and Wc.tihorcg'l and the city
OF Richmond, the bo.eagh of Norfolk, and the town
of Petersburg, shall each elect one Delegate; the
counties of Lancaster and Richmond. shall together
elect one Delegate the counties of Matthew'S 81 Mid
desex shall together elect 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
Delegate; and the counties OF New Kent ana Charles
City shall together elect one Delegate.
=. The othC. House Of the General Assembly
s.! Il be called the Senate, and shall consist of hr-
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 countless
cities, towns andbc-oughs lying East thereof and for
the election of whom, the countless Cities towns and
boroughs shall be divided Into thirty-two districts as
ncfeln after provided Eac county ofthc respective
Districts at the lime of the Grst election of its Dele
gate Delegates under this Constitutions shall vote
for one Senator; and the Sherifs or other officers
holding the election for cath county, city, town or
borough, within five days at fdrthest after the last
county, city, town borough election the district,
shall neetat some convenient place, and from the
polls taken in their respective counties, cities,
towns or boroughs, return as Senator the person
who shall have the greatest number ofvoteA in the
whole district. To keep up this Assembly by rota-
tion the districts shall be equally divided into four
classes, and numbered by lot. AT the end of one
year after the first general election, the eight mem
and the-vucancies thereby occasioned, supplied from
such class or division by new election IN the manner
aforesaid This rotation shall be applied to each d-
vision according TO its number, and continued i'll due
order annually. And for the election of Senators,
the counties Of Brooke Ohio and Tyler shall form
one districts the counties of NIonongalia Preston and
Randolph, shall form another districts the counties OF
Harrison, Lewis and Wood, shah form another dis
trict: the counties of Kanawha, Mason, Cabell, Lo
gan and Nicholas shall form another district: the
counties of Greenbrier, Monroe, Giles, and Mont
gomery, shall form another district the counties of
Tazewell, Wythc and Grayson, shall form another
district: the counties of Washington, RUSSELL Scott
and Lee, shall form another district: the counties
ofBerkeiey Morgan aud Hampshire. shall fornanoth
district: the counties OF Frederick and Jefferson
shall form another district the counties of Shennn-
doah and Hardy shall form another dstrct the coun-
ties of Rockin CHAM and Pendleton shall form ano-
Their district: the counties of Augusta e. Rockbridoe
shall form another district: the counties Of
Allegheny, Bath, Pocnllontas and Bo,ctourt shall
form another district: the counties of Loudoun and
Fairfax shall form another district: the counties of
Fauquer end Prince William shall form another
district: the counties of Stafford, King George,
Wcstmoreand, Richmond, Lancaster and Northum-
berand, shall form another district: the counties Of
Culppper, Madison and Orange, shall form another
dstrct the counties Of Albemarle, Nelson and Am
hcrst, shall form another district the couLtes Of Flu
wanna, Goochland, Louisa and Hanover, shall form
another district the counties Of Spo tsyvana, Caro-
line and ESSEX shall form another district: the coUn-
ties Of King s. Queen, King William, Gloucester,
Matthews and Mddlcsex, shall form another districts
the counties Of hccomack, Northampton, Elizabeth
City, York. and Warwick, and the city of Williams
burg, shah form another district: the counties of
Charles City, James City. New Kent and Hcnrco,
and the ity of Richmond shall form another district:
the counties Of Bedford and Franklin, shall form
another district: the counties of Buckingham, Camp
bell and Cumberland, shall form another districts the
counties of Patrick Henry and PittsylyaHia. shall
form another district: the counties of Halifax and
Meckcnburg shall form another district the counties
Of Charlotte, Lubenburg Noitoway and Prince