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

Of Convention and providing for organizing lnc same sc
lar as The provisions of said section may be applicable
D. shall be tie duty OF the Governor upon receiving tho
returns at said officers 10 ascertain the result tr,o and
forthwith 10 declare By his proclnn.aD s,,lnp
ic aggregate in for and against the flea
ION OF The amended Constitution and Schedul whirh s,u!
'osiet nj least once week until the second Monday
III nscenoer next ia such newspapers as in his upni,I
wiz ne ocst calculated iisc general nfornariun
u appear that MAJORITY OF the iuvo.
49, sh ING governor ut The same time, and IL ike
ne sa make Procl,,aiiun for hrling on TIC :av tIst
ioL General Election Throughout ih4 State Tor De-
ii SENATORS to the General Assembly according 10
the superintendent and districts prescribed in This tnn.
t'' 'i a's" ,ol TIC election Of Governor, Lieutenant
| Governor, and Attorney General
b. The officers authorized by esis,;,, ,,ws ., hl ,,I
conduct General Elections shall hold and conJuc The rac
lions herein required snd such officers all other ,n.
sha be governed and controlled therein BY the nrnys t
SAID laws SO far as the may be applicable TO- and
r"ssary FOR the proper conducting OF the c,c,i,u.
duplicate polls shall be separately kept for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, for Attorney General md for Sena
lots ana Delegates To the General Assembly, which shall be
verified ny The oaths OF the officers conducting elections
T. The verified duplicate polls for Governor Liutcaanl
governor and Attorney General shall be deposited VITA a
cIefks o The several c"un'ies and cities sh retain one
IN ihelr respective Offices and transmit, the other bv mail
! TO the Secretary of the Commonwealth
O. In the election OF Senators and Delegates for districts
o,e % moro than one County and City the officers
quoting ne same AT the cnurthouses of the several Cuu
Ties and Cities forming each District shall assemble an The
eighth day after the commencement the said election nj
The Counties Of the Disti shall compare the polls ard as
certain the result and r. deliver and return certificates Of
election according 10 tie now in force
g. The members OF IT Generai Assembly so elected shall
meet at the Capitol in City OF Rchmund on second
Monday in January in the year thousand eight hrnrd
and hytwo and then and there organize The General M
semby Of Virginia; but before such organzaon they
respectively take the oath of fidelity The Common weatt
and the other oats ofoce required by the laws now in force
10. The election of Members of the General Assembly.
under this Constitution shall vacae the seats OF tuse erc
ted under the present Constitution.
H. The official terms of the Delegates first elected 10 The
General Assembly under this Constitution shall expire
the thrteth day OF June in the year one thousand eGhs
hundred and fifty -vlree
u. The official terms OF the first Governor Lieutenant
Governor and Attorney General elected under this consu
ton shall expire hirtv-frst day of December the
year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
49, The present Judges Of the Supreme Court Of Appeals
and of the Circuit Courts, and their successors wh" may
be appointed under the existing Constitution shall remain in
office until such time the law may prescribe fur HE c"I-
management Of the official of the judges under the
amended Sos'iY" s"d no longer which time shall net
stirution.
a. The Executive Department of the Government shall
remain as at present organzed and the Governor and Com
clors Of State and their successors appointed under the
listing Constitution shall continue in office until Governor
elected under this Constitution shn be qualified all
other persons in office when this Constitution is adopted
cent as herein otherwise expressly directed shall
office until their successors qualified yacaUrS in
Office happening before such qualification, shall be ,ed
the manner now prescribed by law.
Is All the Courts Of Justice existing shall confirm"
with their Jurisdiction until and except Tho
Judicial system may shall be otherwise oganizcd aud al
laws in force when this Constitution is adopted ami not IN
consistent herewith and all rights prosecutions, Actions
claims and shall remain and continue if this
Constitution was moi adopted.
l6. The Gener Assembly shall pass all laws for
carving this Constitution into full effect and operation
Done in Convention, in the city of Richmond Inc first
day of August in the year OF Lord thousand c@n
hundred and fyone, and in the scvenysixth year of the
Commonwealth of Virginia
JOHN Y. MASON, Prrst Of the Convention.
S. D. Waffle, Secretary Of The Contention.
The Petersburg InleIgencer South Side Democrat.
Lynchburg Firgnian, Lvnchburg Republican. F!edecES
burg Recorder Norfolk News Norfolk Herald Cha o''cs,
Vile Jelersonan, Parkesburg Gzrtfe Fincasc Democrat
Alexandria Gazette Winchester Republican, Nar"n'"n
Flag of 50. Valley Sa! Abingdon Democrat w Ilcse
Republican. Wheeling Argus Charlcston tknnawia) RI
oubican Loudnun Chronicle and Weston Sentinel, viii
please publish the foregoing week. for month and
forward their accounts the Executive. Auu S-Cwiw