Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-02-15

Ihest AFTER the last county. city, town oi Dol
augh ell efiou In the district, shall met al SOM
covenant place. and from The poll 80 taken "
their respeciis. counties, cities. towns u no'
ougtis, return Bs n Senator The person "h'
shall have the greatest numtsr Of votes IN h'
whole District. To keep up ,his Assembly b,
rotation, The districts shall be equally dis'he'
inio lDsr classes. and numbered ny lot Arm
rod 81 one year after the frsl general 81 ei'on
the eight members elected by the hisi disi''Oi
shall be displaced. ayd the vacancies thereby
occasioned. supplied irom sush cis's OF avn
ion by new election in the manner Aforesaid
This rotation shall be applied TO each dl''s,o'
according 10 its number. and con inued IN uh'
order snnually-And for the election OF oehs
tors, the counties of Brooke, Ohio aud i>'ef
shall form one district the counties oil honoh
gala. Preston aud Raodolph, shall i0sm doo
thcr district The counties of Harrison. Lew
and Wood. shall form another district : 'n'
counties pf kauaWha, Mason, Cabell, LoSd'
aud Nicholas. shall form another district TO-
r%opniies OF Gfeenbrier, Monroe, Giles AM
) Hon.guInrry. shall form another district th'
Unto. o: Jazewell. wv he aud Gfagson,
.ball form nnSther district ! the counties y
Washington. Rus.r1, Scott aud Lee. shall form
another district Inc equities Of Berkeley,
Norgan All hampshire, sh-ll form another
district The counties Of Frederick aod Jeher'
son. shall form another dutrict the counties
+ Of Sh,nanno,h a i Hardy shall form anothrr
J distf,ct the count : OF Rockingham and fea'
die or. shall form another district f., the eonnlrS
uf Augusta aud R1rkbridge shall form another
d,sfri, ihr Counties of Aiieglany, Bnth, Po'
rhahnu as AM Bn etDnrt. shall form another
dis let /; the counties OF Loudoun mud Fairia'.
shall form another dl.trlc he cou lis Of
Fauquler and Ptlnce William. shall form an0-
ther dn'rict; the counties oil SIdhhId, King
George, nesinureland, Richmond, Lancaster
aud Northumberland. shall form another dis'
irict the counties OF Culpcpsr. Madison aud
Ornuge. shall form another district the com
~ of Albrmatle, Nelson and Amherst, shall
form anothe, disttiGi the counties OF FlnShiina
Gouchland, Louisa aud Hanover, sha form
! another district The counties oi Spolt'VlVhnja,
Caroline aud EssfX, ghaii torn smother dis
nlct the counties OF King mi Qeen, kIug
Villa u. Giauc, stcl. Matthews AID Mlddlesex
shall tofn another district he coun les 1T
Accomaet, NnrthamI ton, Eliz h, th Cily, York
and Warwick. md The city Of williamson g,
shall torn another district, til" coun les OF
Cbatlrs CIV, Jtne. CIV, New Kent aud Hin
rlcu. aud tn ~ + kicamond, shall form
another disiritt the c1unI g Of Is dford an
Fra Kiln. shalt form ano'her district tue coun
les OF Buckingham. Campbell ard Cnmber.
land, shall form luthel district; I've com les
Of Patrick, ,lenrt AID Pttsylyania, shall form
anof. et district , The counties of itaiIfaN and
| herkleabnrg, snail form another d stIlct IN
oountics Of Charlotte. Lunenburg, Nollo"ay.
aud Prince Edward, snail form another DIS
trirt the coin les Of Amriih P'~hatan aud
! fbestel field and tha trwu f PrtsT,bur shall
iprm am her district: toe counties o. Is uus-
wick, Dmwlddia aud roenssllie. shall form
auothef district; tn %ccu1tirs q Isle OF Wight
Prince G.nfgr, Southampton, Surry and Sus-
,cr. shall form snolhpr district; md the coun'
mes u Norfolk. N~ansempnd AID Princess Anne
and he borough Of Jrloik, shall form anotHri
district.
4 l. snail be the duiy Of the Legislature, Ia
re.apporlon, once IN ten years, TO vii IN m
year ISL. aud every ten years thereafter, the
representation of the counties, cities. tow rs h"d
b~Oroughs ofthis Comm0nWenlth, in boih OF TIA,
Leg %lslaiive bodies Provided, hoW' vi, tina
the number of ID iHtHtes fun T." alo,rSaid
great dis iirt, and the mum ct Of -ouats IL nov
tho azores III Two gfeat .tSlsns, Esp ct r"v
shall neither be increased nor dnnm 5 ID b.
such re-appOItionment.
And WHEN n Dew county shall hereafter he
created, or any city, towns OF bur"nghs, not
huw entitled 10 separate repre- enta'ion IN thu
House Of Delegates, shall have so increased
in population rs to be entitled, in the opin' nr
Of the General Assembly - such representative
i shall he HE duty oithe General Assembly tt
make provis,o, by law Tor securing - the peJ-
pie OF such new county, "r snch CITY, town oi
borough, an adequate repre- senlarIon. And I
the OBJECT CHunot Otherwise be effected. 81
shall be competent Ia the General Assem-
bIy 10 rc.apportion the whole represeptoliU
OF tho great district containing such new co..
". 81 such city, town or borough vi hhn ms
limits, which re.npportionmen shall c%oatiaue I
force ill the next regular docennial &c appor
iioumenI.
5. The General Assembly, after the YEA
lS4l and Al utter ais thereafter OF moi les
than ten yenrs, sha have authority, t"o third!
of each House concurring, 10 make rr-appot
toumen's ol Delegates and Senator'S through
ont the ComInunW palih, So that The number o
Delegates shall not al any time exceed l6a, no
of Senators 80
6 The Whole number of members 10 "hic'
The state may nj any time be entitled IN M
Hnusr Of Representatives OF the Un'teh state
shall be apportiuned AS nearly as may be Il
mougst The several counties. cities, borough
and towns OF the State, according 'oihei
respective number, which snail be dclermIn
ID by adding tn the whole number oI IRE
pr, ,oo including those bound to servic
tor - lerm OF v as aud rxcluaing Indians no
taxrl, three fihs al all Other persons.
7. Any person NAV be elected a Seoator VIII,
shall hhvr attained - the age of 80 years,
add shall lie actually a resident AMI ireeholde
with n the district, qua.llied by virtue OF NJ
freehold II vutr lor members Of the Genera
Assembly according to thi Constitution An
any person may b. elected a member OF In
Housr of Delegates who shall have a aimed III
nge Of NV ~n,y-ive years, aud shall he actually
8 resilient aud ireeholder " thin the county, cit.
town. borough or election district, qualified b.
vttue IT his freehold, TO vote for members Of tn
General Assembly according to this C"nslhn
Ilou. Provided, thai oil persons holding lucra
tive offices aud Ministers of the Gospel an
Priests of every denomination, shall be incap'
BILE of being elected members OF either House o
Assembly.
8. The members of the Assembly shall re
ceivr for their services n compensation 10 be as
cert'ined by law. and paid out OF the pnbh'