Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-12-02
BY the Governor OF the State OF Virginia.
A PROCLAMATION,


majority of the popular of The whole Stale was gwen
for the raticaon and il being necessary in order to make
this result known throughout the State before the elec"hs
required 10 be held in December next; that the action oe
VOWED upon the Executive The said Constitution ana
Schedule ratified by the people, should be taken WIN
out waiting longer for the few returns moi yet I'm
Now, therefore, l, JOHN d. FLOYD Governor oil inc
State aforesaid. do required by the Schedule ceo! o
clare and make known that large majority oi the woes
cast the said election given in favor OF
the said Constitution amended and Schedules and as
Their required by the Schedule do proclaim that
ton will be held throughout the Stale the second o"ao
December merit for Delegates and Senators TO inc ueea
Assembly, according the appotonnent and alsuCs pre-
scbed in the said constitution and presented ~ ue ca
tract heefrom which is hereto annexed ana also ,o'
torney General The said election 10 oe Goauuc,sd'
and thereof made by the said Schedule directed
Given under r. my hand at This
Commonwealth. JOHN B. FLOYD.
1Ertrac,s from Ne Amended Constitutional
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
The House of Delegates shall consist Of hundred and
6y.wo members to chosen bienniay for and by the
several countless cities and towns of the commonwealth and
! distributed and apportoned as fellows:
lite counties Of Augusta und Rockingham and the city Oh
Richmond shall each elect three delegales The counties OF
Albemae Bedford, Berkeley Campbell Fauquier, Frankn,
Frederick, Halifax Hampshire Harrison, Jefferson kanaw-
ha Loudoun, Maron Monongaa, Monroe, Norfolk Put
syvania Preston Rockbrds Shenandoah and Washington
shall each elect TWO delegates; the counties OF Bote!ou ana
Craig shall together elect delegates
The counties of Accomack, Alexandria, Amherst A2o-
Carroll Charlotte Chesterfield Clarke, Cupepe Dinwiddls
Fairfax Floyd, Fuvannu Giles, Gloucester Gooehiand'
syso 5seneJs HnnSvs Rady Mnfo H s%is
Louisa, Lunenhurs, Madison, Marshall, Mason, MERCER
MecGlenburg, Montgomery Morgan, Nanselnond Nelson
Northampton Page P.trltk PCndleton, Pocahontas Pm
cess Anne Prince Edward Prince William Pulaski Putnam
Randolph Rappahannocs, Roanoke, Scott snyth, SCUM
amp,on, Spot-y vania. Taylor Upshur, Warren Wayne,
Welze. Wood and WytIe, and the cities oil NorioA ana
| Petersburg shall each elect delegate.
The Of Lee and Scott in addition 10 the delegate
be elected 10y each, shall together elect one
The following counties and cities shall COMPOSE election
districts Allegheny and bath Amelia ana .>o,.o"ay'
Boone Wyoming and Logan Braxon and Nicholas Snahes
CITY, james City and New Kent; Cumoerano anu
run Doddridge and Tyler Elizabeth City MafwicA oA'
and the civ Of Williamsburg; Essex and King Queen;
Fayee and Raleigh; Gmer and Writ; Creme ana grunge;
and SUSSEX King George and Stafford; Lancas
ter Northumberland; MideseS; fieaSan's
and Rche Prince George and Surry; and Richmond ana
OF which districts shall elect one dele
gate. :,
Al the first general election under this constitution, the
county Of Ohio shall elect three delegates aud the couns:
of Brooke and Hancock shall together elect one delegates at
the second general election the county OF Ohio shall cleo
TWO delegates and the counties Of Brooke and Hancock "
each elect one delegates and SO on alternately u
, general elections.
At the frs, general election, the county Of Russell shall
elect wu DELEGATES and the county Of Tuzewcl shall elect
one delegates The second general election the county OF
farewell shall elect two delegates and The county oil Rus
sell shall elect delegates and SO on alternately ut sue
| ceeding general elections.
The general assembly shall have power, upon appca.
ton Of majority of the Of the county OF Campbell
provide that instead OF the Two delegates to be elected oy
said county, Of Lynchburg shall elect one delegate
and the residue OF the county of Campbell shu elect one
| delegate. -.-r
For the election Of senators:
l. The counties OF Accomac and Northampton shall form
| one district:
II. The county of Norfolk shall be another district:
III. The counties Of Norfolk and Princess Anne shall
| form another district:
". The counties OF Isle OF Wight, Nansemond and Sufy
| shall form another districts
v The counties OF Sussex, Southampton and GreeEes-
vile shall form another district:
! VI. The city Of Petersburg and the county CT Prince
George shall form another district:
VII The counties of Dinwiddie, Amelia and Brunswick
shall form another district:
VIII. The counties Of Powhatan, Cumberland ana Chea
terrified shall form another district:
TX. The counties Of Lunenbuig Noito~ay and Prince
! Edward shall form another district:
Y. The counties of Meckenburg and Charlotte shall form
XII The county OF Pittsylvana shall be another district
XII The county Of Halifax shall be another district:
MIL The counties Of Henry Patrick and Franklin shall
form another district:
XIV The county Of Bedford shall be another district:
XIV The counties Of Campbell and Appomaitox 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 Henrico and Hanover shall form
another district:
XVIII The city of Richmond shall be another district
XIX The couaties Of Gloucester Matthews and Middle
sex shall form another district
M The Counties Of Richmond, lancaster Norhunber-
land and Wcs,moreland shall form another district
XXI. The counties of King and Queen, King William
and Essex shall form another district:
xxi. The counties Of Caroline and Spottsylvana shall
form another district
KILL The counties of Stafford King George and Prince
William shall form another district:
/ XNlF. The counties Of Fairfax and Alexandria shall
form another district:
XIV. The county of Lcudoun shall be another district
/ HASI. The counties Of Fduquier and RIppahanHock
shall form another district:
XVII The counties of Madison, Culpepe Orange and
! Greene shall form another district:
XVIII The county of Albemae shall be another district
xxx The counties vf Louisa, Goschland and FluVan-
ma shall form another district
xxx The counties of Nelson, Amherst and Buckingham,
shall form another dstTict
XXI. The counties OF Jefferson and Berkeley shall
form another district:
XXXlI The counties Of Hampshire, Hardy and Morgan
shall form another district:
XXXlII. The counties OF Frederick, Clarke and Warren
shall form another district:
XXXIv The counties of Shenandoah and Page shall
form another district:
| XXXY. The counties Of Rockingham and Pendeion
shu form another district
XXXVI The county Of Augusta shall be thcr district:
| NXXvII. The counties Of Bath. Highland, aud Rock
| bridge shall form another district:
XSXYllI. The counties OF Botctourt, Allegheny Hoan-
Ok. and Craig shall form another district:
/ SNXlX The counties Of Carroll, Floyd, Graysoh,
Montgomery and PULASKI snail form another district:
XII The counties Of Mercer Monroe, Giles and Iazewei
shall form another district
Kill The counties Of Smyth, Wy,he and Washington
shall form another district:
XIII. The counties OF Scott Lee and Russell shall form
another district:
nam and Wyoming shall form another district:
| Xiv. The counties OF Nicholas Fayette P0cahon-
tas Raleigh BaXon and Grcenbrier shall another dis
trict:
XIV. The counties of Mason, Jackson Cabel, Wayne,
snd Wiz, shall foim another district:
XVI The counties Of Richie, Doddridge, Harrison,
Peasants and Wood shall form another district:
| XLVII. The counties OF Wctze, Marshall, Marion and
| TYLER shall form another district:
NLVlI. The counties Of Uphur, Barbour, Lewis, Gill
mer and Randolph shall form another district:
KILN The counties of Monongaia, Preston and Tay-
lor shall form another district:
T. The counties Of Brooke Hancock and Ohio shall form
an,thcr district.
Extract from the Schedule
The officers authorized by existing laws hold and con-
duct general elections shalt hold aud conduct the elections
herein reuured aud such officers and all other persons shall
be governed controlled therein by the provisions OF said
laws so far as The may be applicable and necessary
for the proper conducting OF the said elections Duplicate
polls shall be separately kept for Governor aud Lieutenant
Governor for Attorney General and for Senators and dele
gates 10 the General Assembly which snail DC verified by
the oaths of the officers conducting the elections
TIE verified duplicate polls for Governor Lieutenant Coy
ernor and Attorney General shall be deposited win the
clerks of the several counties and cities, who shall retain
ne in their respective Offices transmit The other by mail
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