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VIRGINIA CON vENTIoN.
TuE pAsIs orEsrte-,

II - THE DASiS GNESTl0s@.
I Mr. Summers moved to go into Co%ns'.sye 9
Se & " sS,s Z 81 ssss u s.
/ Mr.. Miller If Botetourf, was called 10 tie
Cbair-when the report Of the Basis Committee
was taken up. Mr.. Summers offered 10 amend
said report by striking out all Of A except first
and last sections, and insert all Of except fret
section.
mr.. Scott Of Fauquier, moved as an amend.
ment to the whole report ofIhe committee The
following substitute, which he explained
+ il. The Legislature shall be formedof Two dis.
tihcl branches, which together shall be- \ COM :
tplete Legislature, and shallbe called the General
Assembly oil Virginia,
y 2 One of these shah be calledithe House oil
delegates and sha! consist Of - members, to ]
ibe CLOSER for and BY the several counties,
iraes and towns 'of the Commonwealth. The
other shall be called the Senate, and SHALL con.
sist Of -- members, Ter the election Of whom
lhe counties, cities and towns shall be divided
into districts Each county, city ard town. Of
ae respective districts at the time dfthe first eee-
lion Of it's DELEGATE or delegates under this amend
led Constitution, shall vote for one Senator; and
tile Sherffs OF other officers holding The election
osr each county, city OF town, within 1--WE days al
arthest after he last comfy. city or town eiee-
ton in the district, shall meet at some convert
ent place, and from the polls SO ken in theirTe-
suective counties, cities and town, return as :
Senator the person who shall have The greatest
Number OF VOTES in the whole district. s.
d. TO keep up the Senate by rotation, the dis
tricts shall be divided into classes aud Numbered
iby lot. At the end of-year after the tlrst
general election, the - members elected by
lie first division shall be displaced, and the va.
Ecancies the1ebE occasioned supplied from such
class or division by new election in the man
Iner aforesaid. This rotation shall be, applied 10
each division according 10 its number aud coniln-
lued in due order.
a. Representation in both legislative bodies
shaflbe appPortioned amongst the counties, clues
and towns, according 10 the number Of white IN
habitants contained, and the amount Of all taxes
paid in each; deducting from such taxes, al tax.
es paid on licenses and law process. In making
such appnrtionment, there shall be allowed Que
delegate for every - part OF the san tsxss'
and in like manner there shall be allowed one Se'
nator for every part Of the same: Prorlded,
that the representation OF no city or Town shall
al any time exceed - Delegates and - Sc
majors; but the surplus fractions th 'reo, wheth-
et of population or taxation, or Of both combneu,
shall be estimated in assigning entatcn 70
tie sections ofthe State in which they are re-
specially situated.
s. The General Assembly after the year 49,
and at intervals thereafter Of not less than ten,
years, shall re-apportion representation IN Doul
Legislative bodies, according 10 the principle and
ia the manner herein declared SUIT in every re-
superintendent, the amount OF taxes shall be es-
tilnated from the average Of the ten preceding
years.
6. The whole number Of members to which
the State may at any time be entitled in The
Honse Of Representatives of the United States
shall be'apponioned as nearly as may be amongst
the several counties, cities and towns, according
% their respective numbers, which shall be de-
! termined BY adding to the whole number OF tree
| persons, including those bound to service for
term Of years, and excluding Indians not taxec
three.fifths Of an other persons.