Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-01-29

burg. shall cach c'cc, one Delegate the corn.
ties. otI.ancas:cr and Richmond. shall together
elect onc delegate tine counties of Elizabeth
tiir aud Warwick, shall together circt ono De-
lrgrtP ;.thc counties of james City aud York,
and the CITY at Hi!liamshurgh, she'll together
elect ono Delegate :ard tho counties OF New.
Kent aud Char!cs C!ty, s!ai, together elect ono
Dclccntc.
:. The other House az tho General Assembly
STALL be called the Senate, shall consist oil tr-
two members. OF whum thirteen shall hc chosen
To: and by tho counties lying Wet of Tie Blue
Ridge oi mountains, nineteen for and by tho
counties, cities, towns and borourhs ling East
thereof, and for 'ho election of whom, tie coun-
tics, cities. towns and borouchs shall hc divided
into - districts, as herein after provided Each
county OF the respective districts a. the time ui
tho first election of IFS Delegate or Delegates
under this Constitution, shall vote Tor one SEN
ator and the She riffs, or other officers ho!dinr,
the election for each county, city, town or Dor
ough, within five dnvs nj fIr,hcs, after In. last
county, city. town ar borough election in the
district, shall meet E. some convenient Mace
and from tho poll taken in their respective
counties, cities, towns or borcuuhs. return as n
Senator the person Who shall have tho creates,
number of votes in the whole district TO keep
UP ths Assembly ~ rotation. tho districts shall
he equally divided into four classes and number
ed by lot. At the end of one year alter the
first genera! election, the ci ght members cleo
| ted hy tho frs; division sfpil he displaced, aud
tic vacancies thereby accustomed, supplied from
such class division by new election in the
manner aforesaid. This rotation shall! be april.
cd TO each division according 10 its number and
continued III due order annua.ly--And for the
election OF Senators. the counties of Brooke,
Ohio and Tyler, shall form one district the
cunniics of Mononmalia Preston and KarGolph
shall form another district the counties of
Harrison, Lewis and Wood, shall form another
district the counties Of kanawha. Mason Ca
bell! Logan and NIcholns, shall form another
district ; the counties of Grcenbrer, Monroe,
Giles and Montgomery, shall form another dis.
trict; the counties of farewell, Wythc and
tirayson, shall form another district the coun-
tics OF w ashnyton, Russell, Scott and Lee shall
form another district the counties of Berkeley
Morgan and Hampshire, shall form another dis
trict thc counties of Frederick and Jefferson
shall form another district the counties of
Shenandoah and Hardy shall form another dis
trict tho counties Of Rockingham and Pcndlc-
/ ton shall form another district, the counties of
Augusta and Rocsbridge shall form another dis
irict the counties of Allegaany, Bath, Pocha-
hor'as and Botetourt, shall furm another dis
irict the counties of IondOun and Fairfax shall
form another district the counties Of FauQuicr
and Prince William shall form another district
the counties OF Stafford. King George West
nlorciand Richmond, Lancaster and Norihun-
ber!ant, shall form another district the coun-
ties of Culpeper, Madison and Orange shall form
another, district; the counties of Abcmarlc
Nelson and Amherst, shall f..m another district ;
tho counties of Fluvanna Goocl,l.ud Louisa and
Hanover shall form another district the coun-
ties Of Spattsylvana, Caroline and Essex, shall
f. rIn another district the counties of King 4,
Queen, King William, Gloucester, Matthews
and Middl"sey, shall form another district the
counties nf Accomack, Northampton, Elizabeth
! City York and Warwick, and the city of Will
liamsburg. shall form another district the coun-
ties Of Charles City James City, New Kent and
iicnrc", and the lily of Richmond. shall form
/ another district the counties of Bedford and
Franklin, shalt form another district the conn
! tics of Bucking CAMPBELL and Cumberland
Shall form another, district the counties of Pa
! trick. Henry and Pi;isylvaniu, shall form ano-
! ther district the counties OF Halifax and Nee
! lenhurg shall form another district the coun-
ties of Charlotte, Iunenburr, No,toway and
FRINGE I.dward, shall form another district the
counties of Amelia, Powbatan and Chesterfield
and the town of Petersburg, shall farm anothc r
district the counties Of Brunswick, DInwiddie
and Greensville, sh,l! form another district the
couu,ics of Isle OF Wight Prince George, South.
ampton, SurIy and Sussex, shall form another
district and the counties Of Norfolk Nausemond
| and princess Anna, and the borough of Norfolk
shall fern another district.
| i. Ii shall be the duty of the Legislative. &c
| rc-appnr''cn, once in ten years, to wit in the
| year leil. and every ten years thereafter, tho
representation of the counties, cities, towns and
boroughs. of this Commonwealth, in both of tho
| Legislative bodies Provided, however. TINT tle
number of Delegates FROM the aforesaid rreat
districts, and the number of Senators from Tho
| Aforesaid two great divisions, Respectively. shal
| neither be Increased nor diminished by such re
| appnr,onment.
| And when new county shall hereafter he crc
| aled, or any city, towns nE boroughs, not now en-
| titled to separate representation in the Honse
| ct Delegates, shall have increased in noon.
laton as TO be entitled in the opinion of The
| General Assembly. 10 such representative. il
snail be the duty of the General ASSEMBLE IF
make provision by law for securing to the peo
| r!o OF such new county, or such city, town q,
borough, an adequate representation. And il
| the object cannot otherwise be effected, il shal
| he competent to the General Assembly 90 re.
| apporton the whole representation tho rrea,
| district containing such new county or such CITY
town or borough. within its limits which re.an
p":'ionnent shall continue in force till the noyi
regular dccenniaI re-aaport:onmeut
| The General Assembly, after the year
| lS4l, and ut intervals thereafter of not less
| than ten years, shall have authority, two tbr;i,
of each House concurrng, to make rc.apption.
ments of Delegates and Senators, IL: oughou-
| the Commonwealth, so that the number Of Del
| cgatcs shall! not OF any time exceed LOG, nor ol
Senators Sc.
D. The whoiu number of members to which
'hc State may ut any time be omitted i'm The
House of Representatives. of the United States
shall he apPortoned az nearly as may be- amongst
the several counties, cities, borouglis and towns
of the State, according TO their respective mum.
| bcrs. which shall be determined by adding TO the
wliGio number of tree pessons, including those
bourd to service for term Of years and OK.
| Gliding indians not taXcC, three GFths of all
| other persons.
| z. Any person may be elected Senator who
shall have attained to the age Of thirty years
and shall actually be resident md ffcebnlder
within ;hc district, qualified by vir:nc ii mis-
freehold 10 vote for members of the General
Assembly according to this Constitution. And
any pors"n may be elected momber of the
House Of Delegates who shall have attained The
ago of twenty-five years and shall be actually
resident and fTccholder within the county. CITY
town. borough or election district qualified by
virtue ofhis freehold, to vote for members of the
General Assembly according to this Copstitu.
ton. Provided, that all persons holding luora.
cfG nd M;,i, &c