Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-02-12
RLOTTEsVILI4E. VIRGINIA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY H. 1880

We, therefore, the Delegat and Represent,
tivcs of the good people of Virginia, elected an
IN Convention assembled, in pursuance of til
SAID act OF assembly, do submit and propose
the people tic following amended Constitutio
and From of Government of this Common
wealth, thati to saw.
ARTICLEL
The Declaration of Rights made on the I2t
June, l176, by the representatives of the roo
people of Virginia assembled in full and fire.
Convention, which pertained 10 them and tbei
posterity, as the basis and foundation of Govern
incnt requiring in the opinion of this Conven
ton no amendment, shall be prefixed TO thi
Constitution, and have the same relation ther ct
as 1t had to the former Constitution of this Con,
monwealth.
ARTICLE H.
The Legislative, Executive, aud Judiciar,
departments, shall be separate and distinct s.
that neithet exercise the powers properly bclonp
ing to either ofthe others nor shall any person
exercise the powers of more than one of then
ut the same time, except that the Justices of tn,
County Courts shall be eligible to either Hous,
of Assembly.
ARTICLE
}. The Legislature shall be formed oftwo dis
tinct branches, which together shall be a com
piete Legislature, and shall be called the Gen
eral Assembly Of Virginia
=. One of these shall be called the House OF
Delegates, and shall consists of one hundred and
thirty-iour members 10 be chosen, annually, for
and by the several counties, cities, towns and
boroughs of the Commonwealth whereof thlr.
ty-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 Allegha-
ny and Blue Ridge Of mountains forty-two
Tor and by the twenty-nine counties lying East
ot the Blue Ridge OF mountains and above tide
rft t,.r Il al
cities, towns and boroughs lying upon tide
water that is to say Of the twenty six coun-
ties lying Wost OF the Allegheny, the counties
OF Harrison, Montgomery, Monongalia, Ohio
and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties Of Brook Cabell GRAY.
son, Greenbrier Giles, Kanawha, Lee, Lewis
Logan, Mason, Monroe, Nicholas, Pochahuntas
Preston, Randolph, Russell, Scott, Tazewell
Tyler, Wood and Wythe, shall each elect one
Delegate. OF the fourteen counties lying be
tween the Allegheny and Blue Ridge the coun-
ties of Frederick and Shenandoah, shall each
elect three Delegates +; the counties of Augusta
Berkely, Botetourt, Hampshire, Jefferson, Rock
lnShan and Rockbridge, shall each elect two
Delegates and the counties of Allenhany
Bath, Hardy, Morgan and PendIeton, shall eacl
elect one Delegate. OF the twenty mine eoun
ties lying East of the Blue Ridge, and abov.
tide water, the county of Loudoun shall elect
three Delegates the counties OF Albemarle
Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell
Culpeper, Fauqnier Franklin, Halifax, Meek.
lemburg and Plttsylvania, shall each elect two
Delegates ;and the counties of Amelia, Am
herst Charlotte, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Flu
wanna. Goochland, Henry, Louisa, Lunenburg
Madison, Nelson, Nottoway, Orange, Patrick
Powhatan and Prince Edward, shall each cleo
one Delegate And of the counties, cities
towns and boroughs lying on tide-water, the
counties of Accomack and Norfolk, shall eacl
elect two Delegates the counties of Caroline
Essex Fairfax; Greensvilie Glou
cester, Hanover, Hen-ico, Isle of Wight KIM
IL Queen, King William, King George, Nanse
mond, Northumberland, Northampton, Princess
Anne, Prince George, Prince William South
ampton, Spottsylvania, Stafford, Sussex, Surf,
and Westmoreland, and the city of Richmond
the borough OF Norfolk, ard 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 &
hliddeseX, shall together elect one Delegate
the counties of Elizabeth City and Warwick
shall together elect one Delegate !; the countie.
of James City and York, and the CITY of Will
lIamsburgh, shall together elect one Delegate
and The counties Of New Kent and Charlie.
City, shall together elect one Delegate
B. The other House of the General AssembI,
shall be called the Senate, shall consist of tIiir
two members, of whom thirteen shall be chosen
to- and by the counties lying West Of the Blue
Ridge OF mountains, nineteen for and by Tn,
counties, cities, towns and boroughs lying Eas
thereof, and for the election of whom, the coun
ties, cities, towns and boroughs shall be divided
into 81 districts, as herein after provided. Each
county of the respective districts at the time OF
the first election Of its Delegate or Delegates
under this Constitution, shall vote for one Sen.
ator and the Shcrlh5, or other officers holding
the election Tor each county, city, town or Dor.
ough, within five days at farihest after the last
county, city, town or borough election in the
district, shall meet at some convenient nloce
ana from the no.. so taken in their re- .,.c,iv,
counties, cities, towns or bore; yphs. return as
Senator the person Wiz shall have the Creates
number OF Votes in the whole district. TO keer
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 Tn,
inst general election, the eight members cleo
ted by the first division shall be displaced, anc
the vacancies thereby occasioned, supplied fron
such class or division by new election i'm tn,
manner aforesaid. This rotation shall be appli
ed TO each division according 10 its number, AM
continued in due order aDnualy-And for TIN
election of Senators, the counties of Brooke
Ohio and Tyler, shall form one district tn
cuuntles of MonoDgala, Preston and Randolph
shall form another district the counties q
Harrison, Lewis and Wood, shall form anothe
district; the counties Of Kanawha, Mason, On
bell, Logan and Nicholas, shall form anotl,e
district /; the counties of Greenbrer, Monroe
Giles and Montgomery, shall form another di,
irict the counties Of farewell, Wythc an
Grayson, shall form another district the cour
ties OF Washington, Russell, Scott and Lee, sha
form another district the counties of Befkele
Morgan and hampshire, shall form another di
trict the counties Of Frederick and JefTcrso,
shall form another district the counties
Shenandoah and Hardy shall form another di
trict the coDnles OF Rockingham and Pcudl
ton shall form another district the counties
Augusta and Rockbridgo shall form another di
trict the counties of Allegheny, Bath, Pooh
hortas and Botetodrt, shall term another di
trict the counties Of Londoun and Fairfax sh;
form another district the counties of Fauoui
and Prince William shall form another distric
INC counties OF Stafford: King George We.
moroland, Richmond, Lancaster and Nor,bn,