Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-08-12
.RH the Governor Of Virginia,
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it appears BY the returns made ma
w to the Executive, under an act of the Gen.
eral Assembly, passed March 4, 1850, entitled
''An act to take the sense of the people upon the
call of a Convention, and providing for organizing
the same,' that 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 requi-
sitons of the said rected 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 Au-
gust next for Delegates to the said Convention,
according to the apportionment and districts pre-
scrbed in the sixth section of the said recited act
Of Assembly, that is to say-"1'he districts COM
posed of the following counties, cities, and towns
shall elect delegates as follows: 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
terrified and Prince George, four delegates; Rich
mond City, Henrico, Charles City and New Kent,
six delegates Williamsburg, James City, Glou-
eester, Warwick. York and Elizabeth City, two
delegates Essex, King and Queen, Mddlesex
and Matthews, three delegates Caroline, Spott-
sylvania, King William and Hanover, five dele
gates Richmond, Westmoreland, King George,
Lancaster and Northumberland, three delegates;
AIWCe w liiIdtu, tAi6AdHuIld, i dlIldA anu CldI-
ford, four delegates; Henry, Franklin and Pat
rick, three delegates Halifax, Pittsylvania and
Mecklehburg, six delegates Prince Edward
Charlotte and Appommattox, three delegates;
Brunswick. Lunenburg, Nottoway and Dinwid-
die, three delegates; Cumberland, Amelia, Pow
saatan and Buckingham, three Delegates Camp
bell and Bedford, four delegates; Nelson, Am
herst and Albemarle, four delegates; Goochland,
Fluvanna and Louisa, three delegates; Culpeper,
Green, Madison and Orange three delegates; Lou
don, three delegates; Fauquier and Rappahan-
mock, three delegates; Botetourt, Roanoke, Ale
ghany and Bath, three delegates; Augusta, Rock
bridge and Highland, five delegates; Rocking
ham, Pendleton and Page, four delegates Shenan-
doah, Hardy and Warren, four delegates Jeffer-
son, Berkeley and Clarke, four delegates; Fred
erick, Hampshire and Morgan, four delegates;
Ohio, Brooke, Hancock and Marshall, four dele
gates; Doddridge, Wetael, Tyler, Harrison, Wood
and Richie, four delegates; Marion, Preston, Mo-
nongalia, & Taylor, four delegates Lewis, Ran
.doph, Barbour, Gmer, Braxton, Writ s. jackson
four delegates; Cabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne,
Boon. Wyoming and Logan, three delegates;
Greenbrier, Pocahontas, Fayette, Raleigh, Nicho-
and kanawha, four delegates; Carroll, Grayson,
Floyd. Montgomery and Pulaski, three delegates );
Mercer, Giles, Tazewell. and Monroe, three del
egates; Smyth. Wythe and Washington, three
delegates; and Scott, Russell and Lee, three del
sgates."
Given under my hand s. under the lesser seal,of
the Commonwealth, at Richmond this
lsEAL] 4th day of June, A. D., 1850, and the
seventy fourth of the Commonwealth
JOHN B. FLOYD.
June l2, ls5o.-t4tA.