Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-14

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Provisions for carr lng this Constitution in
10 effect:
I |. II shall be the d,y Of the Executive
department of he ehnirg GoVe'nment, Sc
soon as all the returns required hy the TWEEN
liein secil OF thr a,t % the Generai Assem-
bly,, eqtaled, An act too,eanize Couven'
tion, shall have been undr n II shall appear
thhl majority OF al tnesotes given IS Tor ra
III, Ing this amrndv d Constitution, forthwith TO
an IKE pfoolamatlon oil la Tact
IL And D. shall more yer be he duty OF he
Executive ID parimenl, "a and 10y such procia.
nation, % eummrnd Sne,ihs and o'hcr
officers directed BY Law II hold aud s"pern' nd
elections, under the prndty OF dulas
for lliilng obey such crmuaud 10 opru polls
IN IN ~ respective counlrs cntes, town aud
boroeghs, aud in ihe cleo ion DISTRICTS establish.
ed Nv in lhri Respective couulirs, ~ the
lhfst Monday IN November. ia the pres III
yea } for hr election ia Deecaie oT Delegates
as The case may be, 10 fcpreseu, the couni,rs
towns, burougbs aud districts tcspc enyriy,
mentioned az desc,lbed IN the third arIce
OF TITS institution, aud Of a Senator I" rcp'e
sent ach of the Senatorial Districts described
| IA thu fourth article
III So soon as the election OF Delegates aud
| Senators SHALL have been made, the previously
san exi.llng senate and House Of Delegates,
elected under the Old Constitution, shall cease
20 hasr legal and eonsfi' unonal ex,tance.
" Sh ud any OF the seontngences herein
before menli1ard, reader II necr saty Of pr
per 10 Convene General Assembly, dlier such
Il c,inn shall hare beeu mad and before III
time herein # er ppoinicd ior the FIRST regulal
annual III z II tie General Assembly IN
} II ! tbis amended onslilutun, The neN hcnvr-
al Assembly shall BE- convened by ne IL Gu y
| Depa tment holdins lis power aud aalha ny
| under the OH Constitution
| Y. The FIRST regual Gcneral Assembly under
| tn amen ed & fnsiilutlhn, snail convene aud
assemble Al thu Capitol, IN the city OF Rich
| II Il, (ou tue FIRST Monday IN January ia the
wear 1881,
VI. The powers aud duties of tn" Executive
| Department under te Oh Constitution, eease
ahd determlur, aud those Of he Executive
| Department nnder tue new Cons,,u lon, shall
| cnmnenCe. vs. sohn may be uit'r lie coin
mencem"at Ut n Gts r uhr session IT the
| General Assembly elected under the new Con
| stitution.
| VII, All flicers whether civil or military,
| h ldIng .heir Offices under the Old Cunstitu
! inn, whose cases are nOt hefen provided Ion
| all .oniinue had thelr oiIices nnder the
new Constitution, by the same tenure, and
| To- the same time, as under the Old Consiia
| t5on
! VII. All the Courts ofJustl'o now sxisl ing
| ~ this Commonwealth hail C continue, with tue
| 'a'ne JniisdIciiln a. heretofore. IN the I'D
Coutts shall haze hern mo liiied or abolished.
or h" jurl fiction thereoi M 'diiird o. taken n
way, ~. an Acl on Acfsoi the General Assem-.
! bV, made nndpr thr rest lctions aud iinIias
tons h rein brfp,e provd. Il
| I 3lsi end lrs) srcli ~ WIS then read
T. AMI lhs Committee Of me Whole having
| thus zone lUIuugh III dfalt al an amended
| Constitution, reported by tle Select Com III
Zee.
On motion of Nj Summers. il rose, and re
parted the same with the amendments 10 tn"
House.
IN CONVENTION,
| Mr. Leigh fire the foiloaIng resolution I;
| " Received, That the 81 article of the DRAFT Of
| Constitution, reported bt the select commit
tee, he ircnmmdted, with instructions 10 the
committee TO appoftIon delegates am 'ng lhe
several counties towns, cities aud boroughs Of
the commonwealth SO tilal the numb oi dele
gates shall moi exceed 100 and so thai lie same
proportion OF the whoe deega ion be assltnef
10 each OF the our great divisions of TIA. Cum
monwea III. as is contained IN the sad art e'
! Aud thai III 4th article be re.commitied 20
the same Committee"
Mr.. Cidvior NOV d The following mendmenl
10 the Instructions moved b, Mr. Leigh
" Aud that tbe sad Cnutmiuee he instructed
so 10 Arrange the Senatorial Districts as TO con.
form as near as ma, he IN he principle on
which the members oil the Senate are appoin-
ted between the dislrn is l. st aud Arst Of the
Blue Ridge
In advocating this amendment,
MIR. Ci1yt0r observed. h. would simply ms
sigo q ason why he made this motion. u
would be appare I TO ANY person who would
take the trAuI,lp Il AZ 4 HPuff 4. that
the scheme of representation Of The eeptleivan
from Albemarle adopted b. this Cons'n on,
wa based npon the white papnla ion i he
State As aseertaned by rhr census Of 1920
The white population Of he Slate bsh-cet
| tained by that census was COB vi divide ms
| number by 81 the number OF Senators, TIE
quotIeni is Is $40. Tie wBre popuhllos
West Of the Blue Ridge. VS. 254 2Oe DIVIDE
this by Is $40. aid it gives ID and lr q n.
| OF little less than one half Ih" III" PIP.
Iation East of the Blue Ridge was 34S,S73,
divide this by IS $40. aud i giyes Is aud
fraction ofrather over one halt The geuile-
man from Abemsrle has merely given the
heneGf ef these fractions T., the Eas This
is his only vnTialrn from the basis Of whtte
nopulation by the GENUS Of 1920. Whai ask
is TINT this rule thus determined by this Con
vention to be jnst As between the two great
divisions of the slate, may he applied m the
distribution OF representation amongst the
smaller subdivisions tbai Ia the distribution OF
power, the people have The honor ~ pari 10
represent, my have the full benefit OF the rule
adopted by the Convcnnn as the just inca.
sure of political power in the state. AVE the
| Committee done them This justice IN their re-
! polt 1t show'thai they have MT il is only
necessary 10 state the fact that the district as
| reported ~ the Comniiife composed of the
| counties OF Bedford. franklin aud Patrick
contained Ivy lbr census of 1922 white popu
lstion Of 229o6 /; that composed Of the coun.
ties Of Campbell. Phtsylvania aud Henry, "a
374, while that composed Of the counties Of
| Halifax and Mecklonburg contained only 10 :
! 3lo-lhat composed Of the counties of Buck
| ingham, Cumberland aud Powha'an 10, S03-
aud that composed OF Petersburg. Prince
George, Surry and Isle Of Wight, only 1874.
II was not my intention 10 make speech upon
this subject, but simply To submit these few
n flat hIgh