Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-02-26

~ .iVes oil the good people Of Virginia. elected an
y In convention assembled, in pursuance Of tn
SAID act OF Assembly, do submit and propose L
e the people the following amended Constitution
II and From of Government of this Common
IS wealth, that is to saw
e ARTICLEI.
The Declaration of Rights made or the 1o,I
:, dune, l776, by tho representatives of the roo,
+ people of Virginia assembled in full and free
convention, which per,ained To them and thci,
posterity, as the basis and foundation of Govern
ment requiring in tho opinion of this Conyen.
8 ton no amendment, shall be prefixed to this
Constitute and have the same relation thereto
as IL had TO the former Constitution of this Com
t monweulth.
5 ARTICLE
Inc Legislative, Executive, aud Judiciary
departments, shall be separate and distinct so
that ncitie exercise the powers properly belong
ing 10 eitner otthc others nor shall any person
EXERCISE the powers of more than one Of Them
nj Tie same lime, except that the Justices of tho
county Courts shall be eligible to either House
Of Assembly.
ARTICLEIH.
j.. The Legislature shall be formed of two dis
tinct branches, which together shall DO n com.
plete Legislature, md shalt be called the Gen.
cral Assembly of Virginia
<. one oil these shall be called the House of
| Delegates, and shall consists of one hundred and
lhirty-iour members 10 be chosen, annually for
ana oy The several counties, cities, towns and
| VI tiic commonwealth whereof thlr-
ly'one Delegates shall be chosen for and by the
twenty-Six counties lying West of Allie
ghany mountains, twenty-five for and by the
fourteen counties. lying between the Aliegha-
ny and Blue Ridge of mountains C,rty-two
Tor and by the twenty mine counties wing Ems,
ofthe Blue Ridge of mountains and above tide.
water and thirty-six for and by the counties,
cities, towns and borouglis lying upon tide.
water; that is to say. OF the twcnty.six coun-
ties lying West of the Allegheny, the counties
OF Harrison, Montgomery, Monongalia, OHIO
and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates and the counties of Brook CabeM. GRAY
son, Greenbrier Giles, Kanawha, Lee, Lewis,
Logan, Mason, Monroe, Nicholas, Pochahuntas
Preston, Randolph Russell, Scott, Tazewcll,
Tyler, Wood and Wythe, shall each elect one
delegate the ionrteon counties lying be-
tween The Allegheny and Blaze Ridge tho coun-
ICES OF Frederick and Shenandoah, shall each
elect three Delegates the counties of Augusta
oerkeiy, Botetourt, Hampshire Jefferson Rock
lngham and Rockbridge, shall each elect two
Delegates aud the counties of Alleghany,
5alh' iiagdy, Morgan and Pendeton, shall each
elect one Delegate. or tho twenty -nine eoun-
9es lying East of the Blue Ridge, and above
Underwater, the county of Loudoun shall elect
three Delegates tho counties OF Albemarle
bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell,
CuipePer, Fauguier Franklin, Halifax, Meek
lemburg and PIttsylvania, shall each elect two
Delegates and the counties of Amelia, Am
herst Charlotte, Cumberland, Dnwddie, Flu
wanna. Goochand, Henry, Louisa Lunenburg.
Madison, Nelson, Not,oway, Orange, Patrick,
Powhatan and Prince Edward, shall each elect
one Delegate. And OF the counties, cities.
towns and boroughs lying on tide-watcr, the
counties OF Accomack and Norfolk, shall each
elect two Delegates tho counties of Caroline,
Chesterfield, Essex Fairfax; Grcensvil!e, Glou-
cester, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight King
~ Queen, King William, King George, Nanse-
mond, Northumberland, Northampton, Princess
Anne, Prince George, Prince William, South
ampton, Spottsylvania, Stafford Sussex, Surry
and Westmoreland, and the city of Richmond,
the borough of Norfolk, AID the town ofPeters-
| burg, shall each elect one Delegate the coun-.
Ties, OF Lancaster and Richmond, shall together
elect one Delegate the counties Of Mathews g.
Middlesex, shall together elect one Delegate
the counties Of Elizabeth City and Warwick,
slal! together elect one Delegate the counties
OF James City and York, and the city of Will
| llamsburgh, shall together elect one Delegate
and the counties of New Kent and Charles
City, shall together elect one Delegate.
8. The other House Of the General Assembly
shall be called the Senate, shall consist of thir-
TWO members, OF whom thirteen shall be chosen
io- and by the counties lying West Of the Blue
Ridge OF mountains, nineteen for and by the
counties, cities, towns aud boroughs lying East
thereof, and for The election of whom, the coun-
ties, cities, towns and boroughs shall be divided
into 81 DISTRICTS as her eim after provided Each
county of the respective districts at the time of
the first election OF its Delegate or Del, ates
| under this Constitution, shall vote for one Sen
ator and the Sheriffs, or other officers holding
the election tor each county, city, town or bor-
ough, within five days at fdrthest after the last
county, city, town borough election i'm the
district, shall meet at some convenient place.
ana from the poll so taken in their respective
counties, cities, towns or boroughs, return as a
Senator the person who shall have the greatest
number OF votes in the whole district TO keen
up this Assembly by rotation, the districts shall
| be equally divided into four classes and number
ed by lot. At the end of one year after the
first general election, the eight members cleo
ted by the FIRST division shall be displaced and
the vacancies thereby occasioned, supplied from
such class or division by election in the
manner aforesaid. This rotation shall be annIi-
ed to each division according To its number and
continued In due order aDnua,ly-And for the
election OF Senators, the counties of Brooke,
lOhio and Tyler, shall form one district Z: the
lcunntles of Monongalia, Preston and Randolph
shall form another district the counties of
Harrison, Lewis and Wood, shall form another
district; the counties of Kanawhn, Mason. Ca
bell, Logan and Nicholas, shall form another
district the counties of Greenbricr, Monroe,
GILES aud Montgomery, shall form another dis
irict tho counties of Tazcwell, Wythe and
Grayson, shall form another district the coun-
ties OF w ashington Russell, Scott and Lee shall
form another district the counties of Berkeley
} Morgan and Hampshire, shall form another dis
IuicL the counties OF Frederick and Jefferson
shall form another district the counties OF
Shenandoah and Hardy shall form another dis
: trict The counties of Rockingham and Pendle-
ton shall form another district, the counties of
Augusta and hockbridge shall form another dis
trict the counties of Allegheny Bath, PocIia-
hontas and Botetourt, shall form another dis
trict the counties of Londoun and Fairfax shall
form another district (; the counties of Fauouier
, and Prince William shalt form another district
the counties Of Stafford. King Georpe West.
, m0rcland, Richmond, Lancaster and NorIhum.
berland, shall form another district the coun
ties OF Culpeper, Madison and Orange, shall form
] another, district; tho counties Of Albemerle
. lNeleon and Amherst, shall form another district