Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-14
BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
A PROCLAMATION.

wv HEREAs it appears by the returns made to the
w Executive, under an act OF the General As
sembly passed March 1850, entitled, Gan to take
the ofhe people upon the call Of Convention
and providing for organizing the same" that large
majority of the popular has been given in favour
thereof: Therefore |, JOHN B. FLOYD, Governor
acquisitions the said rected act do hereby declare
make known the result of the vote OF the people as
aforesaid: And furthermore, that general election
will be held the fourth Thursday of August next, for
Delegates to the said Convention, according TO the APP
portonmen and districts prescribed in the sixth sec
ton of the said reced act OF Assembly, that is to say
"The districts composed of the following counties
cities and towns shall elect delegates as follows; Ac-
comack and Northampton, two delegates; Norfolk
City, Norfolk County, and Princess Anne, five dele
gates; Southampton Nanseniond, Isle OF Wight, Sus-
sex, Surry aud Greenesve four delegates Petersburg
Chesterfield and Prince George four delegates; Rich
mond City, Henrco, Charles City and New Kent, six
delegates; Williamsburg, James City, Gloucester,
Warwick, York and Elizabeth City, two delegates;
Essex, King and Queen, Middesex and Mathews, three
delegates; Caroline, Spottsylvania King; William and
Hanover, five delegates; Richmond, Westmorel and,
King George, Lancaster and Northumberland, three
delegates; Prince William, Alexandria, Fairfax and
Stafford, four delegates; Henry Franklin and Patrick,
three delegates Halifax, Plttsylvania and Mecklen-
burg, six delegates; Prince Edward Charlotte and APP
pomattox, three delegates; Brunswick, Lunenburg.
Nottoway and Dmwddie, three delegates; Cumberland,
Amelia Powhatan and Buckingham three delegates
Campbell and Bedford four delegates; Nelson Amherst
and Abemare, four delegates; Goochland, Fluvanna
and Louisa, three delegates Culpeper Greene, Ma d.
and Orange, three delegates; Loudodn, three dele
gates; Fauquier and Rappahannock, three delegates
Botetourt, Roanoke, Allegheny and Bath three dele
gates; Augusta, Rockbridge and Highland, five dele
gates; Rockingham, Pendeton and Page, four dele
gates Shenandoah, Hardy and Warren; to1r dele
gates; Jefferson, Berkeley and Clarke, four delegates
Frederick Hampshire and Morgan, four delegates /;
Ohio Brooke Hancock and Marshall. tour delegates;
Doddrdge Wetzel, Tyler, Harrison, Wood and Ritch;
lie, four delegates; Marion, Preston, Monongalia aud
Taylor, four delegates; Lewis, Randolph, Barbour
Gilmer, Braxton, Writ and Jackson, four delegates
Cabell, Mason Putnam, Wayne, Boone, Wyoming
and Logan, three delegates; Greenbrierr, Pocahontas
Fayete, Raleigh, Nicholas and Kanawha. four dele
gates; Carroll, Grayson, Floyd Montgomery and Pu-
laski, three delegates, Mercer Giles, Tazewel and
Monroe three delegates; Smyth, Wythe and Wash
ingon, three delegates and Scott, Russell aud Lee,
three delegates
Given under my hand and under the lesser seal of the
commonwealth, at Richmond, this, 4th day
[sEAL.l ofJune, A. D., 1850, and the seventy-touh
year OF the commonwealth;