Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-08-22
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The shall be formed OF i'd shall! be
which together shall lie complete i.cGlS'a'u''
called the General Assembly OF Vrsina'
q or hoee cha / be called the House OF DeiI r ,, ,n
~, ;, nf one hundred and ifty-two 'ncl'I 10 S
chaaen bennialy for by the several c"uha annornn
towns, of the Commonwealth and distributed
ss Of Augusta and Rockingham and the CITY
Richmond shall each elect three defeats nirr frank
q" AbemaTs Sd % g Inepshe Harrison Jefferson IA
n n n"S,nn Marion Monongai" Monroe NUy,oS
ptsylvana Preston Nock1Iug The Counties Of Borc-
49, va aa Cr,ig ebol together elect two dcesalts: ~
The counties of Acconac ASanSu, Gshe Caroline
matt"X Barbour, Cn srer,d Clarke Cupeper, Dinwid
die EairfS FInyd Fluvanna, Giles Gloucester oootnnu
Grayson, Grcenber Hanover Xina william Lee Lew
tTnanu' isv ncnburr Madison Marshall Mason, Mercer
MrcklenSnIS Montgomery Morgan Nnnse1no ne pSj0
NoIthampGn Iin mas Edward, Prince William Pulaski Put
nam Randolph, Rappahannock k1anoSe Suu. nrysn
Southampton, W,,he and the ciics Of Norfolk
| ~ pe1,ersbmTr shall each elect one delegate
anu nf Lee and Scott, in addition to the delegate
- w. .nc,d nv each shall together elect one delegate
10 De eeGt ~ counties and cities shall compose election
ds,ricts. Allegheny and Bath Amelia and N%it4way
Boone Wyons and h .os New Ken and
onaIss w! nddrJge and Tyler Elizabeth City, Warwick,
WI and The city of Wliamsburs Essex ana King ana
Queen Fayete ana nalelgm t Zinc Georpe and
S,atr,rJ Lancaster and Northumberland; Matthews ana
Wddrx peasants and Richie; Prince George and Snrry;
and Richmond ana "es'thofe'anu' e"o" "a ~
shall elect one delegate. ~. c.,;,,,;a, ,ho
A. the first general election under this Consultation he
conn,w f Ohio shall elect delegates, and the counties
of Brooke and Hancock shall together elect one delegate al
rho second general election the county OF ONO snail elect
TWO delegates and The counties of Brooke and Hancock Sha
each elect one dclesae anu 50 On, ai'eha'et! a. e
ing general elections pu hou
elect delegates and the county OF lazewe sna. e'ect
one deeuare al the second general election the county W
nzewe shall elect delegates and The county OF ussc
shall elect delegates and so on alternately al succeed
ing general elections. ,;,;
Of majority of The of the county Of Campbell 10
provide that instead of The two delegates 10 De erceu ny
said county the town of Lynchourg shall eec one aes
and the residue of the county of Campbell shall elect one
delegate.
g. The other House Of the General Assembly shall DC caea
The Senate and shall consist of fifty members u oe
for the term of four years; for the election oi "o; @
counties cities and towns shall be- divided into my asc
Each county, city and town OF the respective M
The time of the first election OF lis delegate or ueesae u
der this Constitution shall vote Tor one oenuloI u'u Wv.
SherG or other officers holding the election Tor each coun-
~ civ and town. within five days at arthes alter the as'
election in the district shall meet at the Court House OF the
county or city first named in the district and from the pols
so taken their respective countless clues ana o"hs re-
turn as Senator the person who has received the greatest
number of votes in the whole district Upon Inc assem-
bling of the Senators SO elected they shall be divided INTO
two classes be numbered by lot The term OF ser
vice Senators Of the first class shall expire WIN la
uf the delegates first elected under his C"nseoh anu VI
the Senators Of the second class al the expiration VI TWO
wears thereale and this alienation shall be Continued so
that one half of the Senators may be chosen every second
year. a., ,; Sc .ooo
mac and NORTHAMPTON shall form district:
H. The City of Norfolk shall be another district
Ill., The counties Of Norfolk and Princess Anne sha form
another district:
shall form another district: +,
The counties OF Sussex, Southampton ana ereehes'
shall form another district:
vi The Civ of Petersburg and the County Of Prince
George shall form another district: .
VII The counties of Dnwiddie Amelia ana bfuns"icA
shall form another district: -,
VIII The counties of Powhatan, Cumberland and Ches-
tercld shall form another district:
IN The counties OF Lunenburg Noto"ay anu fhhcc
Edward shall form another district:
X The counties Of Mcckcnburs and Charlotte shall form
T The county of Pit,sylvana shall be another district
XII The county OF Halifax shall! be another districts
Kill The counties OF Henry, Patrick and FRANKLIN shaii
NV. The county Of Bedford shall be another district:
XIV The counties Of Cumpbei and APpomatox shall form
XVI The CITY of Williamsburg and the counties Of James
CITY, CHARLES City, New Kent, York, Elizabeth City and
Warwick shall form another district:
XVII. The counties OF Ecurico and hanover sha form
another district:
XVIII The City of Richmond shall ne another oistIic';
MN The counties OF Gloucester, Malthews ana Muale-
Sex shall form another district:
xx The counties of Richmond, lancaster Norlhumber
land and Wrstmureland shall form another disrct
XVI. The counties of King and Queen King William ana
Essex shall form another district: , =,
xxI The counties OF Caroline anu opousyNah!a shai
form another district: -,
XIII The counties of Stafford, King George and Prince
William shall form another district:
xxv. The counties Of Fairfax and Alexandria shall form
another district:
xxv The county of Loudoun shall be another district:
xxvI The counties of Fauquer and Rappahannock shall
form another district:
XVII The counties of Madison Culpeper, Orange and
Greene shall form another district:
XVIII The county of Abenarle shall be another district
MIN The counties Of Louisa, doochlano ana fiuFana
shall form another district
xxx. The counties of Nelson, Amherst and Buckingham
shall form another district:
The counties Of Jefferson and Berkeley sha' io
another district
xxxIr. The counties of Hampshire Hardy and Morgan
shall form mother distrct 49,
The counties of Frederick Clarke ana "al'e"
shall form another district:
xxxy The counties of Shenandoah and Page shall form
another district N
xxxv The counties of Rockingham and Pendleon shal
form another district:
xxxvI The county of Augusta shall be another district
xxxv The counties Of Bath, Highland and kockolio9e
shall another district: n.,
xxxvll. The counties of Boteourt, Alleghany' roaoNe
and Craig shall form another district: -,
yxyIy The counties of Carroll Floyd, Grayson Mont
gonery and Pulaski shall form another District
xL. The counties of Mercer, Monroe, uiies ana
shall form another district - 80. IN
xLr The counties of Smyh, Wythe and Washington shall
form another district: ,u ,u Gown
Kill The counties of Scott Lee and Russell shall form
another district: n, p,.
Kill The counties of Boone, Logan, Kanawha, rntnam
and wyoming shall form another district
WV The counties of Nicholas Fayette Pocahonas ma
iuh Braxon and Greenber shall form another district
NV The counties of Mason Jackson Cabell, Wayne ana
Writ shall form, another district -
XLvr The counties of Rche Doddrdge Harrison Plea
SAINTS and Wood shall form another dsttict:
XVII The counties of Wezel Marshall, Marion anu lyeT
shall form another district: -,
xxLvIt The counties of Upsur, Barbour, Lewis, Gilcr
and Randolph shall form another district:
xLIy. The counties of Monongaa, Preston and Taylor
shall form another district:
l. The counties OF Brooke Hancock and Ohio shall form
another district
Apportionment Of Representation.
s. 1t shall be- the duty of the General Assembly IN inc
year one thousand hundred and sixyhve and IN every
tenth year thereafter upon principle vi
reappuron representation IN the senate
and House of Delegates in accordance Herewith; ano IN Tue
the General Assembly, ut the first or any subsequent
period of eapportionment shall fail TO agree upon pnc
pie Of representation and TO reappoun representation IN
accordance Herewith each House shall separately propose
scheme OF representation, containing principle ar rule io
the House Delegates with principle or rule