Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-14

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xxu. The counties Of fCaroline and SpottsyIvnria
| shall form another district:
XIII. The counties Of Stafford King George and
Prince W illiam shall form another district:
XIV. The counties of Fairfax and Alexandria
| shall form another district:
XIV. The county of Loudon shall be another dis
| trct:
xxvI. The counties of Fauquier and Rappahan-
| mock shall form another district:
XVII. The counties Of Madison. Culpeper. Grunge
and Greene shall form another district:
XVIII. The county ofAIbemare shall form anotli-
cr district
xxx. The counties of Louisa. Goochland and
| Fluvanpa shall form another district
xxx. The counties of Nelson Amherst and Buck
| ingham shall form another district:
| XXI. The counties of Jefferson and Berkeley
| shall form another district:
xxxn. The counties OF Hampshire, Hardy and
Morgan shall form another district:
xxxrr. The counties Of Frederick, Clarke and
Warren shall form another district:
xxxfy. The counties of Shenandoah and Page
shall form another district
xxxv. The counties of Rockingham and Pendle-
| ton shall form another district
xxxvT The county of Augusta shall be another
district:
xxxviI. The counties Of Bat,. Highland and
| Rockbridge shall forTnspnnther district:
Roanoke and Craig shall form another district:
| 1xxrx. The counties of Carroll, Floyd, GRAY
! Montgomery and Pulaski shall form nnoiher dis
trict:
xL. The counties ofMercer, Monroe, Giles and
Iuzewell shall form anuther district:
| XII. The counties Of Smyth. Wythe and WASH
ington shall form another district;
| Kill. The counties of Scott, Lee, and Russell
| shall form another district:
xLtn The counties of Boone, Logan. Kanawha
Putnam and Wyoming shall form another district;
Xiv The counties of Nicholas. Fayettc, Poca-
hontas, Raleigh, Braxton and Greenbrier shall form
another district:
XIV. The counties of Mason, Jackson, Cabel
! Wayne and Writ shall form another district
xLvr. The counties of Richie. Doddridge, Harri-
son, Peasants and Wood shall form another district
xLvrr. The counties of Weize Marshall, Mari
on and Tyler shall form another district:
! XVIII. The counties of Cpshur Barbour Lewis
Gilmcr and Randolph shall form another district:
XIX. The counties of MoBong,lia, Preston and
| Taylor shall form another district
| l.. The counties of Brooke, Hancock and Ohio
shall form another district.
APporti2ament Of otReprescatoticn.
;. 1t shall be the duty OF the General Assembly in
the year Of one thousand eight hundred and sixty
five, and in every tenth year thereafter, in it
can agree upon principle Of representation, to
apportion representation in the Senate and House
OF Delegates in accordance therewth and in the c.
vent the General Assembly. at the first or any subse
quent period of e-apportionment, shall fail to agree
| upon principle a representation and TO reappor
tinn representation in accordance herewith each
House shall separately propose a scheme of repre-
sentation. containing principle or rule for the
House ofDelcgates, in connection with principle
rule for the Senate And it shall be the duty Of the
General Asscmb y,at the session, TO certify tothe
Governor the principles rules of representation
whichthe respective Houses may separately propose
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| to be applied in making re-appofionments in the
Senate and in tie House of Delegates: and the Gov
ernor shall.as soon thereafter may be, by proca-
nation make known the propositions of the rcspec-
tive Houses and require the voters of the Common
wealth assemble at such time he shall appoint,
attheir lawful places Of voting and decide by their
votesbotwccn,thc propositions thus presented In the
event the General Assembly shall fail in the year
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-ve, or in any
tenth year hercaiter,to make such reappor,ionment
or certificate, the Governor SHALL Immediately after
| the adjournment Of the General Assembly, by proc
lamation, require the voters Of the Commonw ealth
! to assemble, such time US he shall appoint, at
their lawful places of voting, and declare by their
votes;
| First, whether representation in the Senate and
House of Delegates shall be apportioned the
Suffrage Basis; that is according the number
of voters in the several couniics critics. and
Senatorial districts of the Commonwealth:
| Or, second, whether representation in both Iiou-
is according the number Of white inhabitants
tained and the ofall State PAID in the
several counties cities and towns of the Common
wealth deducting therefrom all taxes paid on liccn-
ses and law process and any capi;aton tax free
negroes allowing delegate for every seventy
tixth part of said inhabitants, and delegate
for every seventy-sixth part of sadtaxcs. and dis
u-ibutingthc Senaisors in ike manner;
Or. third. whether representation shall be nppor-
toned in the Senate taxaton; that is, according
the of all State taxes, paid in the several
counties, cities and towns ofthe commonwealth, de-
ductng therefrom all taxes paid licenses and
law process and any capitation free negroes,
and in the House of Delegates the Suffrage
Basis as aforesaid;
Or, fourth. whether representation shall be appor
toned in the Senate the "Mixed Basis" as afore
said ,end in the House of Delegates the Suffrage
Basis" aforesad:and each voter shall cast his
in favor of one of said schemes Of apportionmcnt,
and
6. 1t shall be the duty of the Sherifs, and other
officers taking said polls to keep the open for
the period of three days. and within five days after
they are closed to certify copies thereof the
Governor, who shall, early may be, ascertain
the result Of said and make proclaim tion there
of; and in case it is ascerianed that majority of
all the in favor OF either of the princi-
pies of representation, referred aforesaid TO the
choice of the voters, the Governor shall communi-
cate the result of such the General Assembly
at its first regular session thereafter but in It is
ascertained that a majority of all the votes cast is
in favor of either of the principles of represcn-
tation referred aforesaid to the choice of the vo-
shall be the duty of the Governor as soon as
NAV be after ascertainng that fact in like manner
to SC the decide between the two prin-
ciples of representation which shall, such prev
Gus voting have received tho greatest number of
votes; and he shall ascertain and make proclamation
of the result of the said last vote, and communicate