Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-01-22

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,inct branches, which together shall be a com
pletc Legislature, and shall DC called The Cen
erol Assembly of Virginia.
q One of these shall be called The House Of
Delegates, and shat! consist of one hundred and
thirty four members to DC cl,"sen, annually, for
and by the several counties, cities, towns aud
borougLs of the Commonwealth whereof thir-
ty-one Delegates snail be chosen for and by the
twenty.six counties lying West of Ale
ghanv mountains, twenty-five for and by tho
fourteen counties lying between the Alleghn-
ny and Blue Ridge of mountains forty-two
for and by the twen,y-nine counties lying Eas,
of the Blue Ridge of mountains and above tide
water and thirty-six for and by the counties,
cities towns and boroughs lying upon tide
water that is 10 say. OF the twenty-six coun-
ties lying West of the Allegheny, the countie
of Harrison, Montgomery, Mononga.ia, Ohio
and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates ; and the counties of Brook, Cabcil, Gray
son, Grecnbrier, Giles. Kanawha, Lee, Lewis,
Logan, Ma son, Monroe, Nicholas, Pochahuntas,
Preston, Randolph, Russell, Scott, Tazewcll,
Tyler, Wood and Wythe, shall each elect ore
Delegate. OF the fourteen counties lying te-
tween tho Allegheny and Blue Ridge, the coun-
tics Of Frederick and Shenandoah, shall each
elect three Delegates the counties of Augusta,
Berke'y, Bo,otourt Hampshire, Jefferson, Rock
ingham and Roc!hridge, shall each elect two
Delegates and the countries of Allegheny,
Bath, Hardy, Morgan and Pcndieton, shall each
elect enc Delegate OF the twenty nine coun-
ties lying Fast Of the Blue Ridge, and above
tde-waier, the county of Loudoun shall elect
three Delegates the counties of Abemarlc,
Bedford, Brunswick, buckingham, Campbell,
Culpeper. Fauquiey, Franklin, Halifax, Meek
lemhurg and Pittsylvania, shall each elect two
Delegate : and the counties Of Amelia, Am
hcrs, Charlotte, Cumberland, DinwIddie, Flu.
wanna, Goochland, Henry, Louisa, Lunenburg
Madison, Nelson, Not,oway, Orange, Patrick,
PowEatan and Prince Edward, shal! each elect
towns and horoughs lying on tdc-water, tho
counties of Accomack and Norfolk, shall each
elect two Delegates the counties of Caroline,
Chesterfield, ESSEX, Fairfax, Grcensville, Giou-
ceslor, Hanover; llcnrico, Isle OF Wight, King
~ Queen, King William, King George, Nanso.
mond, Northumberland, Northampton, Princess
Arms, Prince George, Prince William, South
ampton, Spottsylvania, Stafford Sussex, Surry
and Wcs,moreland, and the ity of Richmond,
the borough of Norfolk, and the town OF Peters
burg, shall each elect one Delegate the coun-
ties, OF Lancaster AMI Richmond, shall together
elect ono Delegate ; the counties of Elizabeth
City and Warwick, shall together elect one De-
legate the counties of James City and York.
and the city Of W!liamsburgh, shall together
elect one Delegate aud the counties of New
kpn DI 'i,orl IL,
Delegate.
3. The other House Of the General Assembly
shall be called the Senate shall consist of thirty
two members, of whom thirteen shall be chosen
for and by the counties lying West of the Blue
Ridge OF mountains, and nineteen for and by the
counties, cities, towns and boronghs lying East
thereof, and fer the election of whom. the coun.
ties, cities, towns and boroughs shall. be divided
into b districts, as herein after provided Each
county of the respective districts a. The time of
the first election of its Delegate or Delcsates
under this Constitution, shall vote for one Sen
ator aud the Sheriffs, or other officers roldipg
the election for each county: city, town or Dor.
ough, within five days al farthcst after the last
county, city, town or borough election in the
district, shall meet at some convenient pl,ce.
and from the polls SO taken in their resnectivc
counties, cities, towns or boroughs, return as a
Senator the person who shall have tho 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
hfst general election, the eight members cleo
tea by The hrst division shall be displaced, and
the vacancies thereby ossasioned, supplied from
such class or division by new election in the
manner aforesaid. This rotation shall be an,l;-
cd TO each division according 10 its number and
continued in due order annually And for the
election OF Senators, the counties OF Brooke.
Ohio and Tyler, shall form one district the
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snail form another district the counties RI
HARRISON, Lewis and Wood shall form another
uistrict the counties Of Kanawha, Mason. "a,
peh' Logan and Nicholas, shall form another
district the counties of Grecnbricr. Monroe
U'les and Montgomery, shall form another sis.
trict; the counties of farewell. Wvthe and
"''ysoh' shaI form another district the coun-
e'cS vi washington, Russell, Scott and Lee, shall
'orm another district; the counties of Berkeley
Morgan and Hampshire, shall form another dig.
tfict the counties of Frederick and Ja:rs,-
snail form another district fhe co,,,;os IS
Shenandoah and Hardy shall form ano,bor die.
trct the counties of Rockingham and Pendle-
ton shall from another district the counties Of
August and Rockbridge shall form another dis.
trict the counties of Allegheny, Bath, Poco-
hontas and Botetourt, shall form another dis
trict; The counties Of Loudoun and Fairfax shall
ron another district the counties Of Fauouier
and fTInco William shall form another district !.
the counties Of Stafford, King George West
moroIand, Richmond, Lancaster and Nortbun-
berland, shall form another distrc, tho conn.
ties Of Culpeper, Madison and Oronoc sb,u c,,r,
announcer district; the counties of Albcmarlo,
Ne'son ana Ambest, shall form another district
the counties of Fiuvaupa. G. uod,ond Jo,,;so I'D