Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-25

exercise the powers properly belonging ci,her Of
the others shall any person exercise tire pocss
Of moro than one of them at the same time, except
that the justices Of the county courts sha DO eligible
to either House Of Assembly.
ARTICLE III.
I. The Legislature shall be formed Of two distinct
branches. which together shall be a complete Legis-
lature, and shall be called the General Assembly of
Virginia.
9. One Of these shall be called abe House Of Del
cgatcs, and shall consist Of hundred and thirty
four members, to be chosen, annually, fof and BY
the several counties, cce, towns, and bororghs OF
the Commonwealth; whereof thirty-onc delegates
shall be chosen for and by the twentysiX counties y
ing West of the Allegheny mountains; twenty eve,
for and by the fou teen counties lying between the
Allegheny and Blue Ridge of mountains; SoSty-two
for and by the counties lying East of the
Blue Ridge of mountains and above Underwater; and
th;rty-siS for aud 10y the counties, Cities towns, and
the twen,y-six Counties Ling West Of the Allegha-
ny, the counties of Harrison, Montgomery, Mononga
liza, Ohm and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties of Brooke Cubell, Grayson,
Grecnbrier, Giles, Kanawha, Lee, Lewis, Logan,
Mason, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahon'as Preston, Ran
doph, Russell, Scott, Taxewell, Tyler, Wood und
Wytho, shall each elect one Delegate. Ofthe four
teen counties lying between the Allegheny and Blue
Ridge, the counties of Frederick and Shenandoah,
shall each eject three Delegates; the counties of An
gus:a, Berkeley, Botctourt, Hampshire, Jefferson,
Rockingham and Rockbri9gc, shall each elect two
Delegates; and the counties of Allegheny, Bath,
Delegate. OF the twenty-nne counties lying East
of the Blue Ridge and above tic-w water, the county
of loudon shall elect three Delegates; the counties Of
| Alhemar'c, Bedford, Brunswick Buckingham, Camp
bell, Culpeper, Fauquier, Franklin, Halifax, Neck
lenburg and Pittsyvana, shall each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties of Amelia, Amherst, Char
lotto, Cumberland. Dinwidde, Fiuvanna, Goochland
Henry, Louisa, IIuncnourg, Madison, Nelson, Motto
way, Orange, Patrick, rowhatan and Prince Edwa I'd
shall each elect one Delegate. And of the countless
Cites, towns and boroughs lying tidc-vater, the
counties of Acco,nack and Norfolk shall each elect
two Delegates the counties of Caroline, Chester.
fed Esscy, Fairfax, Greensvile, Gloucester, Hanoi
yer, Hcnrico. Isle of Wight, King al Queen, King
William, King George, Nansemond Norihumbcr.
land, Northampton, Princess Anne, Prince George.
Prince William, southampton, Spottsylvana, STAT
ford Sussex, Surry and Westrnorcland, and the city
of Richmond, the borough of Norfolk. end the town
OF Petersburg, shall ench elect Delegates; the
counties of Lancaster and Richmond shall together
elect one Delegate the counties of Matthews s. Mid
dcscX shall together elect Delegates the counties
of Elizabeth City aud Warwick shall together elect
Delegate, the counties of James City and York.
and the city OF Williamsburg, together elect one
Delegate; and the counties OF NV Kent Charles
| City shall together elect one Delegate.
| ). The othe. tIouse of the General Assembly
shall be called the Senate, and shall consist of thir
ty-two members, Of whom thirteen shall be chosen
for aud by the counties lying West of the Blue Ridge
OF mountains and nineteen for and by the counties.
Cities towns and borougils lying East thereof and for
the election of whom, tho counties, ces towns and
boroughs shall be divided into thirtytwo districts as
herein after provided. Each county ofthe respective
districts, at the lime Of the first election of its Dele
gate Delegates under this Constitution, shall vote
for one Senator; and the Sherfs or other officers
holding the election for cath county, city, town or
borough, within five days at farthcst after tie last
county, city, town borough election in the district
shall meet at some convenient place, and from the
polls so taken in their respective counties, cities,
towns or borpg The as Senator the person
Whole district To keep up this Assembly by rota-
,ion the districts shall be equally divided into four
wear after III. first general election, the eight N meme g
hsrs oootod by the first division shall be displaced,
ana tie'vacances thereby occ2gioned, supplied from
sucn c'ass or DIVISION by now election the manner
aforesaid This rototion shall be applied to each di-
VISION according 10 its number, and continued in due
order annually. And for the election of Senator'S.
the counties of Brooke Ohio and Tyler, shall form
ono district: the counties Of Monongaio Preston aud
Randolph shall form another district tho counties of
Harrison, Lewis and Wood, shall form another dis
trlct: the counties Of kanawha, Mason, Cabcll Lo.
gan and Nicholas, shall form another district: the
counties OF GreeIOrier, Monroe, Giles, and Mont
gonery, shall form another district The counties of
Tazeweil, Wytbe and Grayson, shall form another
district: the counties Of Washington Russell, Scott
ana Lee, shall form another district: the counties
OF Berleley, Morgan and Hampshire shall form anoth
or district the counties of Frederick and Jefferson
shall form another district: the counties of Shenan-
doah and Hardy shall form another district: the coun-
ties OF Rockingham and Pendcton shall form ano-
tOuliticS OF Anguish O. ROckbrlurp
shall form another district: the counties of
Allegheny, Bath, Pocahontas and Bo,c,ourt shall
form another distric' the counties of Loudoun and
tairaX shall form another district: the counties of
Iauquer and Prince William shall form another
District: the counties Of Stafford, King GEORGE
Wcs'moreand, Richmond, Lancaster md Northum-
bertrand. shall form another districts the Counties of
Cupeper, Madison and Orange, shall form another
district the counties Of Albcmarlc Nelson and Am
herst shall form another district the counties of Flu
wanna, Goochland, I,ou:sa and Hanover shall E,y,,
anothc. district the counties Of Spodsyvania Caro-
line and Essex, shall form another district: the coun
ties OF King & Quoen, King William, Gloucester.
Matthews and Bddlcsex, shall form another district:
The counties OF Accomack, Northampton, Elizabc.
Chy, YORK and Warwick, and the city Of Williams
burg, shall form another district: the counties of
Charles Cay, james City, New Kent and Uenrico,
ond the y Of Richmond, shall form another district,
inc counties Of Bedford and Franklin, shall form
hnothcr district the counties of Buckingham Camp
bell and Cumberland, shall form another districts the
counties of Patrick Henry and Phtsylvauia, shall
form another district: the counties Of Halifax and
MecklenbuYg shall form another d;sfric, tho co,,,;