Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-08-12


lie danger; to work upon the public roads,
or TO attend any court as suitor Juror or
witness; and no voter shall be subject to
arrest under any civil process during his
attendance at elections, or in going to and
returning from them.
A. In all elections votes shall be given
openly, or oira ooce, and no, by ballot,
but dumb persons entitled TO suffrage,
may vote by ballot.
ARTICLE Nv.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
l. The Legislature shall be formed of
two distinct branches, which together shall
be complete Legislature, and shall be
called the General Assembly Of Virginia.
House Of Delegates.
2. One of these shall be called the
House OF Delegates, and shall consist of
one hundred and fifty-two members, to be
chosen biennialiy for and by the several
counties, cities and towns. of the Com
monwealth, and distributed and appor-
toned as follows:
The counties OF Augusta and Rocking
ham and the city OF Richmond shall each
elect three delegates The counties OF Al
bemarle, Bedford, Berkeley, Campbell.
Fauquer, Franklin, Frederick, Halifax,
Hampshire, Harrison, Jefferson, Kanawha,
Loudoun, Marion, Monongalia, Monroe,
Norfork, Pittsylyania. Preston, Rockbridge,
Shenandoah and Washington shall each
elect two delegates: The counties OF Bote-
tourt and Craig shall together elect two
delegates
The counties Of Accomac, Alexandra,
Amherst, Appomattox, Barbour, Bruins
wick, Buckingham, Cabell, Caroline. Car
roll, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Clarke, Cui.
pepper, Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Floyd, Flu.
wanna. Giles, Gloucester, Goochland,
Grayson, Greenbrer, Hanover, Hardy,
Henrico, Henry, Highland, Isle OF Wight.
Jackson, King William, Lee, Lewis, Loui-
sa, Lunenburg, Madison, Marshall, Mason,
Mercer, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Nor
gan, Nansamond, Nelson, Northampton,
Page, Patrick, Pendleton, .Pocahonlas,
Princess Anne, Prince Edward, Prince
William, Pulaski, Puinam, Randolph,
Rappahannock, Roanoke, Scott, Smyth,
Southampton, Spousy lvania, Tayl Up.
shur, Warren, Wayne, Weizel, Wood and
Wythe, and the cities of Norfolk and Pc
tersburg, shall each elect one delegate.
The counties Of Lee and Scott, in addi-
ton TO the delegate to be elected by each,
shall together elect one delegate.
The following counties and cities shall
compose election districts: Allegheny and
Bath Amelia and Nottoway Logan,
Boone, and Wyoming; Braxton and
Nicholas; Charles City, James City and
New Kent; Cumberland and Powhatan
Doddridge aud Tyler; Elizabeth City,
Warwick, York, and the city of Williams
burg Essex and King and Queen; Fay.
cite and Raleigh; Gilmer and Writ;
Greene and Orange; Greenesville and
Sussex; King George and Stafford (; Ian.
caster and Northumberland Matthews
and Middlesex Peasants and Richie
Prince George and Surry and Richmond
and Westmoreland; each of which DIS
,ricts shall elect one delegate.
AT the first general election. under this
Constitution, the county of Ohio shall
elect three delegates, and the counties of
Brooke and Hancock shall together elect
one delegate; at the second general cleo
ton the county Of Ohio shall elect two
delegates, and the counties of Brooke and
I. Hancock shall each elect one delegate !;
and so on, alternately, at succeeding gene
raj elections.
AT the FIRST general election the county
Of Russell shall elect two delegates, and
the county Of Tazewell shall elect one de-
legate at the second general election the
county of Tazewel shall elect two dele
gates and the county of Russell shall elect
one delegate; and so on, alternately, at
succeeding general elections.
The General Assembly shall have
power, upon application Of majority of
the voters of he county of Campbell, to
provide, that instead of the two delegates
10 be elected by said county, the town Of
Lynchburg shall elect one delegate, and
the residue ofthe county of Campbell shall
elect one delegate.
Senate.
8. The other House Of the General AS.
semoly shall be called the Senate. and
shall consist Of fifty members, TO be elect
ed for the term oftour years for the cleo
ton of whom, the counties. cities and
towns shall be divided into fifty districts.
Each county, city, and town otthe respec-
tive districts, al the time Of the first cleo
lion of its delegate or delegates under this
Constitution, shall vote for one Senator,
and the Sherifs or other officers holding
the election for each county, city, and
town, within five days at farthest after the
last election in the district, shall meet at
the Court House of the county or city first
named in the district, and from the polls
so taken in their respective counties,
cities, and towns. return as Senator the
person who has received the greatest num-
Der of votes in the whole district Upon
the assembling of the Senators so elected,
they shall be divided in,o two equal clas-
ses TO be numbered by lot. The term OF
service of the Senators of the first class
| shall expire with that of the delegates first
| elected under this Constitution and Of
| the Senators Of the second class at the ex-
piration of two years thereafter and this
alienation shall be continued, so that one
half Of the Senators may be chosen every
second year.
A. i. For the election Of Senators. the
counties of Accomac and Northampton
shall form one district:
II. The City of Norfolk shall be another
| vlo o.nt;as of Norfoik and prin-