Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-07-01
Egg the Governor Of VdrsSssa0.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it appears by the returns rs, made n
W to the Executive, under an act of the Cen
eral Assembly. passed March a, 1850, entitled
San act to take the sense Of the people upon the
call of a Convention, and providing for organizing
the same,' that a large majority of the popular
vote has been given in favor thereof: Therefore,
|, JOHN b. FLOYD, Governor of the Com
monwealth of Virginia, in pursuance of the requl.
siions of the said recited act, do hereby declare
and make known the result OF the vote OF the peo-
pie as aforesaid And furthermore, that general
election will be held on the 4th Thursday of An-
gust next for Delegates to the said Convention,
according to the apportionment and districts pre-
scrbed in the sixth section Of the said reclted act
of Assembly, that is to say--t'The districts COM
posed of the following counting, Cities and towns
shall elect delegates as fellows: Accomac and
Northampton two delegates; Norfolk City Norfolk
County and Princess Ann, FIVE delegates; South
ampton. Nansemond. Isle of Wight Sussex, Surry
and Greensville four delegates Petersburg, Ches
terfeld and Prince George, four delegates; Rich
mond CITY, Renrico. Charles City and New Kent
six delegates Williamsburg, James City, Glou-
eester, Warwick. York and Elizabeth City. two
delegates Essex, King and Queen, MiddIesex
and Matthews, three delegates Caroline. Spott-
sylvania. King William and Hanover, five dele
gates; Richmond, Westmoreland King George,
Lancaster and Northumberland, three delegates;
Prince William, Alexandra, Fairfax and Stat
ford four delegates; Henry, Franklin and Pat
rick, three delegates; Halifax, Pittsylvana aud
Mecklenburg. six delegates Prince Edward,
Charlotte and Appommattox, three delegates;
Brunswick Lunenburg, Nottoway and Dinwid-
die, three delegates; Cumberland, Amelia, Pow
hatan and Buckingham, three delegates; Camp
bell and Bedford, four delegates; Nelson. Am
herst and Albemare, four delegates; Gooehiand,
Fluvanna and Louisa, three delegates; Culpeper.
Green, Madison and Orange three delegates; Lou
don, three delegates; Fsuquier and Rappahan-
mock, three delegates; Botetourt, Roanoke, Allie
ghany and Bath three delegates; Augusta, Rock
bridge and Highland, five delegates; Rocking
ham, Pendetpa and Page, four delegates Shenan-
doah, Hardy and Warren, fur delegates; Jeffer-
erck, Hampshire AMI Morgan, four delegates;
gates; Dnddridge, Wetzel, Tyler, Harrison, Wood
aud Richie, four delegates; Marion, Preston, Mo
nongalia, s Iaylor. four delegates; Lewis, Ran
doIph, Barbour, tiImer, Braxion, Writ s. Jackson
four delegates; Cabeil, Mason, Putnam, Wayne,
Boon, Wyoming and logan, three delegates;
Greenbrjer, Pocahontas, Fayetle. Raleigh, Nicho-
and kaRawha four delegates; Carroll, Grayson,
Floyd. Montgomery and Pulaski three delegates;
Mercer, Giles. 1'faawe and Monroe, three del
| egates; Smytb. Wythe and Washington, three
delegates and Scott, Russell and Lee, three del
egates.2
| Given underm my hand + under the lesser seal of
the Commonwealth. at Richmond this
EsEaL 4h day Of June, A. d.. 1850, and tho
seventy fourth Of the Commonwealth
JOHN B. FLOYD.
Jane IL, 1s50.--t4t a.