Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-01

the others; nor shall any person exercise the 30
OF moro than one of them ut the Same time, except
that the justices ofthc county courts shall be eligible
TO either House of Assembly.
ARTICLE III.
I. The Legislature shall be formed of two distinct
branches. which together shall be complete I.epis.
loture, and shall be called the General Assembly of
Virginia.
2. One of these shall be called ,hc House of Del
cSatcs, and shall consist Of one hundred and thirty
four members, to be chosen, annually, for aud by
the several countless cities. towns, aud boroys OF
the Commonwealth h; whereof thiriy-ono delegates
shall be chosen for and by the .wc,.,y-sx counties W.
Ing Yves, OF the Allegheny mountains twenty five,
for and by the fourteen covatics lyinr between tho
Allegheny and Biue RID, &c Of mountains; forty-two
for and by the twentynnc counties lying East Of the
Blue Ridge of mountains and above tidc-wutcr; and
ih;rysix for and by the countless cities, towns, and
boroughs lying upon Underwater, that is to say: OF
the twenty-siH Counties lying West Of the Alcgha-
N.Y. the counties of Iarrison, Montgomery, Mononga-
la, Ohio and Washington, shalt each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties of Brooke, Cabell, Grayson,
Grccnbrcy, Giles, Karawha, Lee, Lewis I,oran
Mason, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahonias Preston, Ran,
dolph, Russell, Scott, Tazewcll, Tyler, Wood and
Wythc, shall each elect one Delegate. Ofthe four
teen counties lying between the Alloghany and Blue
Ridge, the counties q. Frederick and Shenandoah
shall each eject three Delegates the Counties of Au
gus,a,. Berkeley, Eotctourt, Hampshire Jefferson,
Rockingham and Rockbridgc, shall each elect two
Delegates and the counties of Allegheny, Bath,
Hardy, Morgan and Pcndlcton shall each elect one
Delegate. OF the twcnty-niac counties living East
ofthc Blue Ridge and above tidc-wu.c-, the county
of Ioudon shall elect three Delegates; the counties of
Abemarc, Bedford, Brunswick. Buckingham, Camp
bell, CuPepcr, Fauquer, Franklin, Halifax, Neck
lcnburg and Pittsylyunia, shall each elect two Dele
gates and the counties of Amelia, Amherst, Char
lotto, Cumberland. Dinwiddic, Fluvanna, Goochland
Henry, Louisa, Lunenburg, Madison, Nelson, Motto
way, Orange, Patrick, Powhatan and Prince Edward
shall each elect one Delegate. And of the counties
cities, towns and boroughs lying on tdc-watcr the
counties of Accomack and Norfolk shall each elect
two Delegates; the counties of Caroline, Chester
fed Essex, Fairfax, Greensville, Gloucester Iauo-
yer, Hcnrico, Isle of Wight, King and Queen, king
William, King George. Nansemond, Nor,humbcr.
land, Northampton, Princess Anne, Prince George
Prince William, Southampton, Spo,tsylvauia. STAT
!o:d, Sussex, Surry and WcstInorclant and the cit
of Richmond, the borough of Norfolk, and the town
OF Petersburg, shall each elect one Delegate; the
COUNTIES OF Lancaster and Richmond. shall together
eject one Delegate, the counties of Matthews s. Mid
dcseX shall together elect one Delegate; the counties
of Elizabeth City and Warwick shall together elect
one Delegate, the counties of James CITY and York.
ana the city OF Williamsburg shall together elect one
delegate; ana The counties Of New Kent ara Charles
City shall together elect one Delegate.
), The oLhe. House of the General Assembly
s1.i - ".... lie Senate end shall consist of thir-
ly-two members, of when ,niftccn shall be chosen
for and by the counties lying West Of the Blue eiGc
Of mountains, and nineteen for and by the counties
ctict, towns and boroughs lying East thereof and for
the election of whom, the counties, Cites towns and
boroughs shall be divided into thirty-two districts as
herein ailer provided. Zach county ofthc respective
districts, ~ the lime Of the first election of its Dele
gate or Delegates under this Constitutions shall vote
Tor enc Senator; AID the Sheriffs or other officers
holding the election for cath county, CITY town or
borough within five days at idrihest after the last
county city town or borough election in tue district
siai meet IL soic Convenient place, and from the
polls so taken III their respective counties. cities
towns or boroughs, return as Senator the person
who shall have the greatest number OF votes in the
whole district. To keep up this Assembly bv ROTH
shall dol into
classes, and numbered by lot. At the end of one
year after the first general election the eight men,
tors elected by the first division shall be displaced
and Tic vacancies thereby accustomed. supplied from
such class division by new election IN the manner
aforesaid This rotation shall be applied to each d.
vision according tn its nu.bcr and continued in due
order annually. And for the election of Senators,
he counties of Brooke, Ohio and Tyler, shall form
one districts the counties Of AIonongalia, Preston and
Randolph, shall form another district: the counties of
Harrison, Lewis and Wood, shall form another dis
trIct; the counties of Kanawha, Mason, Cabc, Lo
gan and Nicholas, shall form another district: the
counties of Greenbricr, Monroe, Giles, and Mont
gomCry, shall form another district the counties of
Iazcwcll, 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, shall form anot!-
or districts the counties of Frederick and Jefferson
shall form another district the counties of Shenan-
doah and llady shall form another district the coun-
ties OF Rockingham and Pendleton shall form ano-
Their district: the counties Of Augusta 6, Rockbridre
shall form another district: the counties of
AlicgEany, Bath, PocalIontus md Botciourt shall
FORM another district: the counties Of Loudoun ard
Fairfax shall form another district the counties CT
Fauquicr and Prince William shall form another
district: the counties Of Stafford King Georpe.
Wes;morcland, Richmond, Lancaster and Northum-
5crand shall form another district: the counties Of
Culpcper, Madison aud Orange, shall form another
district; the counties Of Albemarle Nclson and AM
cfst, shall form another district the courtics of Flu
vdnnn Gooclland, Louisa AID Hanover, shall forrs
another district, the counties Of SpotsyIvania Caro-
line aud Essex, shall form another district the COM
ties Of King q Queen, King William, Gloucester
Matthews and Middlcsex, shall form another district
the counties Of Accomacl;, Northampton, Elizabeth
City, York and Warwick, and the city Of Williams
burg, shall form another district: the coyntics of
Charles City, James City, New Kent and Honrco
and the 'J of I;icnond shall form another district
the Counties of Bedford and Franklin, shall form
another district: the counties of Buckingham, Camp
bel and Cumberland, shall form another district: the
counties OF Patrick, Henry and PIttsyvania shall
FORM another district: the counties of Halifax and
Mcckcnburg slll form another district: the counties
OF Charlotte, Luncnburg, Notoway and Prince