Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-15


ARTICLE Ill.
!. The Legislature shall DC formed OF two distinct
branches, which together shall be complete Icgis-
latuFc, and shall be called the General Assembly OF
Virginia.
{ .. One OF these shall 30 called ,hc House Of Del
c%atcs, and shall Consist OF hundred aud thirty
ionr members, Ia be chosen, annually, for and by
tc several counties, cities, towns, and borvu.lis Of
The Commonwealth vhetcuf thar -onc delegates
s.al be chosen vi aud by the twouty-sN count ~
ing West OF the Aloghauy mountains twenty five,
Tor anu by the tou teen counties lying between The
Ancghany and Blue Ridge oil mountains; torty-two
br aud by the twcn; y-iac Couutirs lying East Of the
Blue Ridge OF mountains and above Underwater; and
thriy-six for nd by the COUNTIES, cities, towns and
hotougls lying upon Underwater, that is to say: OF
the twcny-siX Counties lyiag West al the hliogn-
NY, the cou0es of Harrison, Mnn,c;n"rv, Mononra-
lr. Ohn 0nd Washington. s.al, each 81 CT Dele
gaics; ana tito counties OF Brooke, Cabcl, Grayson
( GrecnbiIer, Giles, hunawha, Ice, LOWS, Logan
Mason, Monroe Nicholas, Pocahon as Preston Ran
dolph, Russell, Scot, Tazrwcl Tyler Wood and
" y;hc, shall each clcc; Delegate. Otthc four
teen counties lying he wrnn the Alcgh0ny aud Blue
Ridge, the counties uf Frcdrr,k ana SHENANDOAH
shah each elect three Delegates; the counties Of Au-
gns'a, Berkeley, Bototour, Hampshire, Jefferson,
Rockingham and Rockbridgc, shall each eject TIVE
Delegates; ANA thc counties 81 A'l"ehany, Bath,
Hardy. Morgan and Pcniieon, shan each elect one
De.cTnte. OF the twenty -rre counties lying East
of tic Blue Ridge and above Underwater, the county
of !.oudon shall elect three Dc!rvhtps The counties OF
A,cmarc, Bcoiinri Gr,.lsvici n,chi1riia,a. Came
!enSurT ana Pittsyyaua, shal cach e,ct two Dele
gates; and the counties Of Amelia. Amherst. Car
: lotto, Cumberland. Dnwitdir, Flryanna, GoochlanI
Henry. Louisa, Iu1cn5urg, MaG,s,n Nelson Nu,t:,-
way, Ofon.c Patrick Pow iatdn ynd Prince i;dcvar,
shall each elect one Delegate And oi the cOun;rs
cities, towns and bOrouchs lying clearwater. the
counties OF Accomac& and Norfolk shall each clc..
TWO Delegates; the counties at Caroline Chester
field. Essex Fairfax Grocnsy,c, Giunce STIR Il,no-
YER lienrico, Isle OF Wight King and Queen, KING
Nilan,, i\Ing George. Nanscmond, Northumbcr-
land Northampton, Princess Anne, Prince George.
PTlncc w Iilian Southampton, Spoi!sy vara, s az
ford Sussex, Surry and WcstiGnrolud and the Gil
Vt Richmond, the borough of Norfolk. ard the town
! ut Petersburg, shall each elect Dscratr; tic
counties oi Lancaster and Richmond, shall together
eject ono Delegate, the counties OF Matthew'S s hld-
dcseN shall together elect Nrcgatc; the counties
Of Elizabeth City and Warwir; shail together elect
one Delegate, the counties OF james CITY and York
ana the cay Of " Williamsburg shall toge her elect
Delegate; and thu counties uf New Kent ANA Charles
| CITY shall! together elect DCl.rn;c
/ }. The other House of the General Assembly
shall be called the Senate, and shall consist of hir-
i tytwo members, of whom thirteen shall hc chosen
/ for and by the counties lying West ofthe Blue Ridge
OF mountains, und nineteen for and By the counties
cities, towns and borcughs living EastihereoE and r
the election OF whom the counties, cities. towns and
boroIghs shall he divided into thriytwo districts as
/ herein after provided Each county orihe respective
districts, at the lime Of the first election of its Dolc-
rate Delegates under this Constitution shall VOTE
for Senators and the Shertis or other officers
\ ".
borough, within five days ErirSt after tic last
county city, borough election in The district.
stall meet at some convenient place, and from the
polls so taken III their respective counties, cities
towns or horoughs, return Senator the person
VINO shall have the greatest numJpr Of votes in The
whole district. TO keep up this Assembly by rota-
non, the districts shall be cqusly divided into four
classes, and numbered by lot. At the end of ono
year after he first general election ihe EIGHT Nom
bcrs elected by tho FIRST division shall SO diynlaccd
ana the Vacanc'eS thereby occasiuncd supplied from
such class or division 6y new election ~ the manner
aforesaid This rotation shall be npnIel to each di-
VISION according 10 its number and continued IL due
order annually And for the election of Senators
The counties of Brooke, Ohio and TYLER shall firm
one district: the counties OF MonoLgahl, Preston and
Randolph. shall form another district the Counties Oh
! Harrison, Lewis and Wood, shall faru another dis
trici: the counties of Kanawha, Mason, Cabel 10
gan end Nicholas shall form another district: the
counties of GrecnJricr, Monroe, Giles, and Mont
goeTy, shall form another district: The counties Of
IaZeweIl, Wythc and Grayson, shall form another
district: the counties Of Washington Russell Scott
and Lee, shall form another district: the counties
OF Berkeley, Morgan and Hampshire sha form apoth.
or district: the counties of Frederick and Jefferson
shall form another district: the counties of Scnan-
doah and Hacdy shall form another district: the cou-
ties Of Rockingham and Pcndlctcn shall form ono-
ther district: the counties Of Augusta (, Rockbridne
shat! form another district: the counties of
Allegheny, Bath, Poca hontas and Bo;co,,rt shall
form another district: the counties OF Ioudoun and
FairfaX shall form another district: tho co,..s OF
Fauquler and Prince William sla,i form gru, -er
district: the counties of Stafford Kiro Cr.too
Westmorcland Richmond, Lancaster and Eorthum-
ScTaud shall form another district: the Counties of
Cupcpcr, Madison and Orange shall form another
districts the counties Of Albenarlc Nelson and Am
horst, shall form another district The counties OF Flu
wanna Goocbland, Louisa and Hanover, shall form
another district: the counties Of Spo'tsvvana Caro-
Inc and rs shall form another district: the com
ties Of King 81 Queen, King William, Gloucester
Matthews and Middlcscx shall form another district,
tho counties Of NccoInack, Northampton EiiZabeiI
CITY, York and Warwick, and tic city Of Williams
burg shall form another district: the counties of
Charles City, james City, New Kent end l!enrico
and the i,y of Richmond shall form another district
ihc counties Of Bedford and Franklin, shall form
another district: tho counties of buckingham Camp
bell end Cumberland, shall form another district: the
counties Of Patrick, Henry and Phtsylyania shall
form another district the counties Of Halifax and
Alccklcnburg shall form another d.sirict the councs
OF Charlotte, Lurcnburc, Notoway and Prince