Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-07-30
STATE CONVENTION
AFTERNOON SESSION.

MONDAY, JuIy 49,
AT halfpast four the Convention reassembled
The question pending at the adjournment was the
amendment OF Mr. PRICE, to the amendment of Mr.
BococK.
Mr.. PRICE Withdrew his amendment
d, MI boCoCks amendment was to insert 10 the list oil
those counties entitled each to delegate the coun-
ties OF "Greenbrier Pocahontas, Monroe, and Mer-
GER"
The counties were separately agreed to be inserted
ayes H. noes 81.
Mr. MARTIN Of Marshall, moved to strike from that
part which reads The counties of Doddrre and
htche shall together elect delegate the word
Richie" He expressed his intention that was car.
REQ TO move to substitute in its stead the word "Ty-
Ter; Agreed to, ayes 3d. noes 38.
Mr. CAMDEN moved the suspension Of the rule reouir-
ing one DAY notice OF motion TO reconsider for the
purpose OF moving the reconsideration of the vote bv
which the word "Ritchie had been just stricken from
the report.
The rule was suspended but the motion to reconsider
was rejected-aves 49, noes So
Mr. MARTIN of Marshall, moved to insert in the
place of The word r itchie" the word"Tyer --aore.d
to- Richie substituted in the blank created bv striE
ing out the word "Tyler"
Mr. FURGUsoN moved to strike out the I'd section
which reads as follows:
cat the first general election under this Constitution
the county OF Ohio shall elect three Delegates and the
counties of Brooke and Hancock jointly one Delegate
AT the second general election the county of Ohio sha
elect two Delegates and the counties OF Brooke and
cock shall each elect Delegate And at all future
genera elections the representation of the said counties
shall alternate In manner aforesaid, that at cleo
ton, The county OF Ohio shall elect three Delegates and
the counties of Brooke and Hancock delegates and
at the other, tine county of Ohio shall elect Dele
gates and the counties of Brooke and Hancock shall
each elect one Delegate
The motion to strike out was rejected
The 3rd section was reported as follows:
AT the frst general election the county of Russell
shall elect two Delegates and the county of Tazewell
shall elect one At the second general election, the
county Of TazeweIl shall elect two Delegates and the
county OF Russell one Delegate. And al all future gen.
eral elections, the representation of the said counties
shall alternate in aforesaid so that at one cleo
ton the county oil Russell shall elect two Delegates
and the county OF Tazewell one Delegates and at the
other, the county of Tszewe shall elective Delegates,
and the county of Russell one Delegate.
In the first line, Mr. LETcHER moved to strike out
the word Russell " Disagreed to.
Inc next section was reported as follows
SENATE.
For the election OF Senators, the county of Augusta
shall form one district the counties OF Bath, Rock.
bridge and Highland shall form another district the
counties OF Boetourt, Roanoke, Allegheny and Craig
shall form another district the counties OF Boone Ka-
nawha, Logan, Putnam and Wyoming shall form ano.
Their district; the counties Of Brooke, Hancock and
OHIO shall form another district; the counties of Car
roll, Floyd, Grayson, Montgomery and Pulaski shall
form another dist riot; the counties OF Clarke Frederick
and aren shall form another district; the counties of
Hampshire, Hardy and Morgan shall form another
district; the counties OF Jefferson and Berkeley shall
TORN another district; the counties of Mason, Cabel
Jackson, Wayne and Writ shall form another district;
the counties OF Marshall, Marion, Tyler and Wetzel
shall form another district; the counties OF Mononga-
la, Preston and Taylor shall form another district the
counties of Mercer, Monroe, Giles and Tazewell Shall
form another district the counties of Nicholas Fayette
Pocahontas, Raleigh Braxton and Greenbrier shall
form another district; the counties of Richie, Dod-
drdge Harrison, Peasants and Wood shall form ano.
Their district, the counties of Rockingham and Pende
ton shall form another district; the counties OF Shenan.
doah and Page shall form another district; the coun-
ties of Smythe, Washington and Wythe shall form
another district the counties of Scott Lee and Rus
sell shall form another dsrct and the counties Of Up
shur, Barbour, Lewis GiImer and Randolph shall form
another district.
MIR. SEYMOUR moved to strike oul the word "Mor-
gan" in the first part of the section. Rejected
On motion OF Mr.. FERGUSON,
The Convention then adjourned