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

M. f,..o,;,;,,;on. sFaiI vsTe COR one Se6atSr, &
'n's -. ar other officer holding the Election
~. as.b eo,niy, city, town or borough, With
-, dass al farthesi. after the last count,
=. avn or borough, election IN the
t,;.,,,e, shall meet at some convent
~, lac and from the polls so taken, In their
..sne,,iye counties. cities towns, and boroughs
-, ss Senator, the person who shall have
~. .r.a,est number OF votes IN the whole dis.
,5c, r, keep up this Assembly BY citation
a. n;.,,icts shall be divided into four classes
.nt numbered by lor--al the end of one year
a,.r The first election, the eight members
oIac,ad nv the first Division shall be displaced,
a,d.,he vacancies thereby ocrasloned, supplied
,ron, such class or DIVISION. by new election,
>, r,.aaer aforesaid. This rotation shall be
applied 10 each division, according to ITS nun
-, and continue in due order annually. And
Sar the election of Senator'S, the Counties of
,-...s...sss The General Assembly shall,
,.hao.ver il may become necessary, reappor.
ION the Senators, by changing the humber 80
~, elected East and West of the Blne Ridge
IS Maintains, but no such re apporlionme0t
- al ,ake effect but as succeeding ee ctions shall
,,La nlace. and IN all such re-apportionments
che fnrmer classification snail be preserved, or a
,,ay classification made, rs the Legislature stall
end most convenient.
:. One nj which shall be called the House of
DsIeoates and shall CONSIST of one Delegate 10
be chosen annually for and by such OF the can-
ties of The c Commonwealth, one Delegate 10 be
chosen for and by the city Of RichRond--one
Delepate TO be chosen for and by the Borough
of Norfolk, and one Delegate to he chosen for
.oJ by each of the towns of Petersburg,
Y,yncbhurg Winchester end Wheeling. That
,,beneyer The General Assembly shall create n
new county, such county shall elect and choose
me delegate, but no new county shall be here
atter created of less territorial extent than 500
SQUARE miles or Of less population than 1000
persons
By desire, OF Mr.. Summers. the question was
hrst nut on striking out only the Sd clause OF
MIR. Cookies & inserting In lieu thereof so much
of the above amendment as relates 10 the House
of Delegates
The question WINS now taken on striking out
the dissection o. Mr.. Cookies amendment and
decided by Yeas aud Nays Ayes 81. noes % .
So the motion was negatised.
Mr.. Summer then withdrew the residue of
his amendment.
9Th. rest of the day, till near FIVE O'Clock
was occupied in discussing the apportionmen ut
OF representation among the counties in the
Southern part Of the State.
The debate. tho very animated, was wholly
local in its character. and Tor more reasons
than one, we abstain from giving report of it,.
0oly two votes were taken one for attaching
The County of Pocahontas TO the Bntetourt Sen
ntoriat District: and the other for taking n
Delegate from the county of Brunswick, and
giving il to the county of Franklin.
As soon as the result of the vote was an.
nounced, for transferring tho double delega-
tioa. from Brunsuick TO franklin. Mr.. B,oadnax
rose to move that Que Delegate should be Ia.
LEN from Loudoun, (she being allowed three
and gives to runswick-Both these counties
being in The same seciioa.-Mr. Leigh Of c.
warmly supported this propo'itlnn; hut the
Convention. adjourned before taking the ques
tIon on it.