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] Dirision of Pc1r,rs
IN 7 II III III.
Qualification Of TOters

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weasthdol tae age on twenty years. who has been
resident II the State for Two years, and 81 the
county eityprsown where he offers 10 vote for twelve
months ne proceeding an election and nosother
person SHAH be qualified 10 vae for members III the
General Assembly and all officers elertiTe BIZ b.
peopleI bHk 90 person in the military, naval o,
maTnf SCI DICE q he United States shall a deemed
resdfGt Of this State by reason Of keing stationeg
therein khd. no person shall kave he fisbt Il
vote, who ii uf nnSoaRd mid OF a pauvef or /
non. ceHtnl EfstoDed officer soldier seaman ar ma
ripF ntde service Of tbs United STATES or who has
been eYnssa, ofhribery in an election, Of any
infamous offence
2 TIE General Assembly al lis iigst session afei
the adSptdn Of this constitution, and afterwards al
occasi9n may require, shall cause every city or
town. she hhite population Of which exceeds 1--WE
IhousaEd IL be laid of into convenient wards and
sepafale place Of voting to be blished 10 each
and thereafter no iuhabant OF such city oil tow
shall tk allowed TO vote exceptin The ward II which
be res Rtes
g. No v5ter daring the time for holding any elec.
ton atwhieh he is entitled to vote shall Be compel
ed 10 psffoIm military service, except in slime oil
war OF public danger; to work upon the public
roads NJ ID attend any court as sutton juraf or wit
hess lnd he voter shall be subject TO arrest under
any ciIfl process during his attendance al elections
or 10 gfingto and returning from them.
a. IHfali selections votes shall be gvngfo emily,
or rir4sroFs, and not by ballot. But dumb persons
entitled tos1afage may vote BY ballot.
/ ARTICLE Nv.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT..
!. Tss Legislature shall be formed of two dis.
Il tinct brtueAes, which together shall be complete
LegislpSute, andshalI be called the General As
seInblyPflvirginla
III 2 Ole Of these shall be called the House Of Del
egates and shall consist OF one hundred aud fily-
two mstnhers to be chosen bennially for ard by the
several counties cities and towns of the Common
wealihf AID distributed and apportioned as follows
TherQanties Of Augusta and Rockingham and
the city II Richmond shall each elect three dele
gales 1.-THE counties OF Albemarle, Bedford. Berke-
ley, Campbel Fauquier franklin, Frederick, Hal
| flax hampshire, Harrison Jefferson, Kanawha,
Louddsin Marion, Monongalia Monroe Norfolk,
| PittsyEania Preston Rockbridge Shenandoah
and Huntington shall each elect Two delegates
/ The cpuuiies OF Boetonrt ana Craig shall together
elect ttTodelegates:
AppoAattox Barbour Brunswick, Buckingham,
1 Cabets, Caroline, Carroll Charlotte, Chesterfield,
! Clarkg CnIpepper, Dinwiddie, Fairfax Floyd,
/ FluvaDna, Giles, Gloucester, Gocchland, Grayson,
/ Gree1tbrier. Hanover, Hardy, Henrico Henry,
4 Highland, Isle of Wight Jackson, King WILLIAM,
Lee, lewis, Louisa Lunenburg.- Madison, Mar
shall Mason, Mercer, Meckenhug, Montgomery,
Morgan, Nansemond Nelson, Northampton, Page
Pausk. Pendleton, Pocahoutas Princess Anne,
| Prinde Edward, Prince William, Pulaski Putnam
Randolph Rappahannock, Roanoke, Scott Smyth
SOUTHAMPTON, Spottsyl Taylor Upshur, War
rem, Wayne, Me'zel, Wood and Wythe, and the
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T5e counties Of Lee and Scott in addition TO the
delegate u be elected by each shah together elect
one delegate
Tie following counties and cities shall compose
election districts Allegheny and Bath; Amelia
and Notoway; Logan, Boone and Wyoming
BraIton and Nicholas Charles City, James City,
| andiNew Kent; Cumberland and Powhatan bod
4 dFidae and Tyler; Elizabeth City, Warwick, York,
4 aud he city Of Williamsburg Essex and King
and sQaeen FaYetie and Raleigh; Gilmer-and
| Wiz, Greene and Orange; Greenssvie and Sns-
4 sex 1 King George and Stafford; Lancaster and
4 Northumberland Matthews and MiddeseH
i Pleakants and Richie Prince George and Sur
ry kAd Richmond and Westmoreand each OF
whiGh districts shall elect one delegate.
T. Al The FIRST general election, under this Constn-
i tionl The county of Ohio shall eect three delegats
and Abe counties of Brooke and Hancock shaIl-to-
gethrt elect one delegate at the second generae-
ect5sn the county Of Ohio shall elective delegates
and ahe counties OF Brooke and Hancock shall each
elecspne delegate and so on alternately, at sue
Il ceedihg general elections
| AtIthe FIRST general election the county of Rus
/ sell Mhall elect two delegates and the county of
Ta2twe shall elect one delegate at the second zen
ltlscton the county Of Tazewell shall elect two
delegates aud the county Of Russell shall elect enc
delegate and 50 on, alternately, at succeeding
| genG8ai elections
The General Assembly shall havi power, 1Fon
application of majority of the VOTERS Of The coRn-
y olcAmpbel toproyide that instead Of ,he two del
egatsss 10 be elected BY said county, tbs town Of
LynshbuFg shall elect one delegate and The residue
Of the county of Cam ohell shalt elect one delegaas
Sendte
3aThe other House OF the General Assembly
sh7H be called the Senate and shah consist Of fifty
merHber> to be elected for the term OF four years;
for The etecian5of whom. The Counties cities and
| lowAs shall be divided into ffiy districts Each
couhiy city, and town ojhe respective districts at
The 1irae ei the rs election Of s delegate or dele
Sats under this Constitution. shall vote far one Sem
! atoe and The Sheriffs or other officers holding the
eieetI0n Tor each county, city aad town within FIVE
DAYS at iar,hesi after the last election in The dis
trct shall tneetat the Court House Of the county or
llEArst banned in lhe district and from the polls
50 saEen IN their respective Counties cities and
towns, Return as Senator the person who has re-
ceiFfd he greatest number Of votes in the whole
dIststct- Upon the assembling of the Senators so
elected they shall be divided into Two equal class
6, f. be numbered BY Iot The term of service Of
The Senators Of The first class shall expire with that
81 lie delegates first elected under This Constitu
tonB and OF the Senators Of the second class at the
expiration Of tWp years thereafter; aud this aterna
onthall be continued, SO thai one half OF the Sen
alofE may be chosen every second year.
Y For The election Of Senators, thecounties of
Acepmac aud Northampton shall form one district:
MI Che City Of Norfolk shall be another district !:
III The counties OF Norfolk and Princess Anaes
shall form another district:
TN Ihs counties of Isle OF Wight Nansemond
andfSayrg shall firm another district:
yh The counties Of Sussex, Southampton and
9reehssVttie shall form another district:
Vi Fhe City Of Petersburg and the County of
ksEEce GEORGE shall form another district
w. Inc counties of Dinwiddie, Amelia and
brqtls wick shall form another. district !.
VII. The counties OF Powhatan, Cumberland and
CnYsfeTteld shall form another district:
me counties Of Lunenbnrg, Notfoway and
FriNce Edward shall form another district:
~ ne counties of Mecklenbnrg and Charlotte
shaa form another district
Ns The county Of Pennsylvania shall be another
lridss
yn The counties Of Henry, Patrick and Franklin
shaal form another DISTRICT:
NV. Il he county Of Bedford shall Be another dis
VS.. The counties Of Csmpbell and Appomattox
sh4a form another district.
Esi- The City Of Williamsburg and the counties
ossgSmss CITY Charles City, New Kent, York. Elz-
aefzq Gssy ana Warwick shall lerm another Dis
!, asIi Tss epaa,iesof Henriso and Hanover shan
I di+tfict: q Is IS
Esx The counties Of Gloucester. Matthews and
Ali9diesex shall form another district.
M Inc counties Of Richmond Lancaster Nor
Ahn1abefand and lTesfmorelnn shall form smother
| dSkHtict: a
xxi The counties Of King and Queen, King vii
nan ana Essex shall form another district.
I'LL Inc eountiestof Caroline and Spoitsylfania
l shat form another district.
xxHi The counties Of Stafford King George and
/ Pffhee William shall form aaoihef district.
zxfF. The counties Of Fsfrfax and Alexandria