Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-08-01

matto., Barbour Brunswick Buckngham IaOr pnwd
Carroll Charlotte, Chesterfield ClaTKe Int G.ochlund
die E;rf,x Eloyd Fluvunnu, Giles, Gouc1se' tnnrv
;avs"n Grcenbrier Hanover Hardy h ,i,, Lew
lgblanJ Isle OF Might, Jackson King ,Isnn Mercer
is Louisa unenburs Madison SNansenond Nelson.
Mor,hsmnnn PAGE Patrick pendeion, roci pnnsk put
cess Anne, Prince Edward Prince WILLIE Scott Smyh
nam Randolph RappahannocS kInro"U pshur, Warren
Wavne, Wetzel, Wood and Wyhe anu .lie t'"-'
and Petersburg, shall each eject ono oddnn 10 the delegate
Tbe counties OF Lee and Scott ID h"1.'. n d.lag,,c
. h ecid nv each shall together elect one oraesaI
The following counties and CUES sna and Nooway
districts hss"an nyd wyoming; Braxon and NcnolaS
Charles Civ James City, and New krnt i, Warrr
powha'an D'ddrdse ann Essex and King and
ouesn Fayee and Raleigh; Glilncr anu ". ,
and Orange; G:ecnesvilc ana uHs I'D N,uh.ws and
sand Lancaster and Norihumhciiano; anu
nas,n,s and Richie; Prince George and SnIy;
and Richmond and Westmoreana eac' u WHICH
shall elect one delegate dr his Constitution the
~ te o.; sha elcc, three delegates and The counties
of Brke and Hancock shall together eject one @ &
W ooh ,cr, election the county OF ONO shaii eiec,
me sec"nu I'D the counties of Brooke and Hancock shall
zach elect one delegate; and SO on alternately al
ing general rp election the county OF Russell shall
~ e dIa,I.s and the county of 1azewe shall elect
one delegate at The second general election le coTns
,yswe shall elect delegates and the county OF husse
shall elect one delesh'c' '''u % ' '''
Tie Genera, Assembly shall have power upon application
IS ,,a;n,v of the Of the county OF Canlpoei u"
;J ha instead of the two delegates 10 be elected by
said The Of Lynchburg shall elect one delegate
and rhc residue OF the county Of Campbell shall elect one
delegate. CD,
Tho other House the General Assembly shall be called
h n.s and shall consist of fifty members, 10 be elected
t ,r term of four years. for The election of whom, the
counties cities and towns shall be divided into iy districts
Each county, city, and town OF the respective distcs u
Tho ,no o the first election of its delegate or delegates I'M
der this Constitution, shall vote for one Senator ana ne
Sher IFS or officers holding the election Tor each c"u
~ civ and town. within five days at iarhes' alter the s
icon in the district shall the Court House oil me
county or CITY first named in the district and from Inc p's
so taken in their respective counties cities and towhs re-
rn as Senator the person who has received the greatest
number of votes in the whole district Upon the assem-
bling Senators elected they shall be divided lh''
two equal classes be numbered by lot The term n ser
vice OF tho Senators of the first class shall expire WIN a
the delegates first elected under this Constitutions and {"
the Senators of the second class al the expiration OF Two
years thereafter and this alienation shall be continued SO
that huff Of the Senators may be chosen every second
year
l. For the election of Senator's the counties of Acco
mac and northampton shall form one district:
II. The City of Norfolk shall be another district: -
The counties Of Norfolk and Princess Anne shall form
another district:
The counties OF Isle OF wight NanscHoha anu curry
shall form another district: IN
v The counties OF Sussex Southampton and Greenesve
shall form another district:
VI The City of Petersburg and the County OF fhnce
George shall form another district
VII The counties of Dinwlddic, Amelia and Brunswick
shall form another district:
VIII The counties OF Powhaan, Cumberland anu CIes-
tetteld shall form another district:
TX. The counties OF Lunenburg, Nuttoway anu iIihCe
Edward shall form another district:
The counties of Mecklenburg and Charlotte snail ofm
another district:
xr The county of Pittsyvania shall be another district
xtt The county Of Halifax shall he another district:
XIII. The counties of Henry Patrick and Franklin shall
form another district:
XIV The county OF Bedford shall be another district:
Mo anfC ADUOmuttUX
XVI The civ 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 Henrcu and Hanover shall torn
another district:
XVIII The CITY of Richmond shall he another district
XIX. The counties Of Gloucester, Matthews and Middle
sex shalt form another district
xx The counties of Richmond Lancaster, Northumber-
land and Westmoreand shu form another district:
xxi The counties Of King and Queen, King William and
Essex shall form another district:
xxi. The counties of Caroline and Spottsylvania shall
form another district:
xxirl The counties of Stafford King George and Prince
William shall form another district;
x1lv The counties of Fairfax and Alexandria shall form
another district:
INV The county of Loudoun shall be another district;
xxvI. The counties vi Fauque and RaPpahannocS shall!
form another district:
XXvI. The counties OF Madison Cupeper, Orange anu
Greene shall form another district:
The county OF Aloemarie shall he another district
xxlx. The counties of Louisa, Goochand and Ftuvanna
shall form another district:
KIM The counties of Nelson Amherst and Buckingham
shall form another districts
The counties of Jefferson and Berkeley shall form
another district
XXI. The counties of Hampshire Hardy and Morgan
shall form another district
The counties of Frederick clarke ana warren
shall form another district:
The counties Ut Shenandoah and rage sha losH
other district: ,
xxxv The counties OF Rockingham and Pendleon shall
form another district:
xxxvr The county of Augusta shall be another district:
o. Highland
shall orm another district:
xxxvrlr The counties of Boteour,, Allegheny, Roanoke
and Craig shall form another district: .
xxx1x. The counties OF Carroll, Floyd, Grayson Mont
gonery and Pulaski shall form another district: ,
xL The counties of Mercer Monroe Giles and Iaze"e!
shall form another district: .
XII The counties Of Smyth, Wyhe and Washington shall
form another district:
The counties of Scott Lee and Russell snail form
another disrict
KILL The counties of Boone Logan, Kanawha, Putnam
and Wyoming shall form another district
xLlv The counties Of Nicholas Fayette, Pocahonas, Ra
leigh Braxton and Greenbrie shall form another district
The counties Of Mason Jackson Cabel Wayne and
Writ shall form another district:
xLvr The counties of Ritchie Doddridge Harrison Plea
SAINTS and Wood shall form another district:
The counties of Wezel Marshall, Marion and Tyler
shall form another district:
xxLvIu The counties of Upshur Barbour, Lewis Giner
and Randolph shall form another district:
The counties of Monongalia, Preston and Taylor
shall form another district
l. The counties Of Brooke Hancock and Ohio shall form
another district.
shall be the duty OF the General Assembly IN the
year thousand eieh, hundred and and in every
tenth year thereafter in it agree upon principle OF
Representations reappOrton representation In the Senate
and House of Delegates in accordance therewlh and IN the
the General Assembly at the first or any subsequent
period Of re.apporonment, shall fail to agree upon pnc
pile Of ind reappor,lnn representation IN
accordance Herewith each House shall separately propose
scheme of representation containing principle or rule Tor
the House of Delegates in connection with principle "r rule
for Senate And shall be the duty of the General As
semblr at the same session. TO certify TO the Governor the
rules of which the respective tiou
may separately PROPOSE be applied in making appo
onmen1s in the Senate and in the House OF Delegates and
the Governor SHALL thereafter be- by roclama
tion make known the propositions OF the respective Houses
and require the of the Commonwealth 10 assemble at
such time he shall appoint their lawful places Of voting
and decide by their between the propositions thus pre-
sencd In the the General Assembly shall fail! In the
thousand eight hundred and sixyve or in any
tenth year thereafter make such re-appoonmcnt or Ger
cate, the Governor shall Immediately after the ADJOURN
OF the General Assembly by proclamation require the
Of the Commonwealth assemble such time as he
shall appoint their lawful places of voting and TO declare
BY their votes;
First whether representation in the Senate and House OF
Delegates shall be appnrioned on the "Suagc Basis; that
according the number Of the several countless
cities and Senatorial districts the