Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-08-29
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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, ;; =, branches,
The legislature shall be formed OF and shall be
which together shall be II comp'ev1Gt ;j
called the General Assembly OF !, ynslha'
House Of "a J, ,hs H"nss of Delegates, and
. Ono Of these shall be called ,v sf,vwo members to be
sial n;iv for and by the several onnorllon-
towns of the Commonwealth anu
ID If Augusta and Rockingham ana hs 0 Counties u
p;honI sha, each elect three deleSa1 nnier Frank
Of Alternate Bedford, Berkeley Jefferson, Ku
n Fsodcts na, sfon MonOnenn Monroe ~ NG Wssh
ptsyyania Preston, RockoTuse' The Counties OF Bue
ngton shall each elect Two eaci two delegates
he ana eoun,es of Alexandria ob Caroline
ato BARBOUR Brunswick cnEEe cupepe Dnwd
CARROLL ChaT1te Fvanna Giles Gloucester o0e an
oie ra,s'aH, oDDbrer Hanover, Hardy iene .. NV
Highland Isle of wigh .desso"h Marshall Mason Mercer
onlsh Morgan prn
Northampton Page paskp [jnee William, Pulaski Put,
cess Anne, rFlhee Rnpmhannock RoanoSe Scott 2y'
nam manaU Taylor u!ssr M Narek
Wayne, Wc,zcl Wood and My,' Mnc ode dels%ae
and and Scott in addition to the delegate
hv each shall together elect one a.,ion
The following counties nd 'p Ba; Amelia and Nooway
districts nnGn" and Logan; Baxon and Nlcho. sS
Charles Civ JAMES City, and New Ment civ Wurwck
ro%na'an G ;1r of Williamsburg; Essex and klng anu
ots anu Fayec and as Gmer and "s 6rSe snd
and Oranpe; G:cenesvlle anu SUISSE N.,th.,Ss and
Sd Lancaster and Ma. nd su r,u
naHasn peasants and Richie; Prince George ana ouiay
md Richmond and Nestuioreianai eae " VIM"
shall elect one deitSi,c Jo- ,bis Constitution the
- If OHIO shall elect three delegates, and Inc coul.e
If Rr9oke and Hancock shall together elec one t
~, second general election the county OF ONO sna III
INC and the counties of Brooke and Hancock 5ha
each elect Que delegates and SO on alternately, d.
ing general elections ,, of ppss.u shall
,n ,o dalprutes and The county OF lu2c"eli sha tc
On, delegate az the second general election inc ceI
Tazewel shall elect @o delegates anu the County Va J
shall elect one delegate; ana 50 ON u'''''"''''' -
T6e General Assembly shall have power application
az majority of the voters Of the county VI CaIippc
provide That instead of the two delegates 10 % ~
said county the town of Lynchburg shall elect one 1eee
and the residue Of the county of Campbell shaii eject cue
delegate.
8 The other House of the General Assembly snail DC
the Senate and shall consist OF fifty members IL DC ccc
far III. tern, of four years for the election OF WHO'LL e
nuntoe ,ies and towns shall be divided into my DISTRICTS
Each county, city, and town OF the respective usticts a.
the time of the first election OF It's delegate OF M
dor Ibis Constitution shall for Senator, ana lie
Shers or other officers holding the election Tor each cohn
~ CITY and town. within five days at arthes alter the s
election in the district shall meet al the Court Rouse OIL c
couny or civ first named in the district and from the pus
SO taken in their respective countess cities anu towns re-
turn as Senator tho person who has received the greatest
number of vetes in the whole district Upon t
bling of the elected they shall DC divided INTO
two equal classes be numbered by lo Inc 'ei VI Set
vice of the Senators OF the first class shall expire WIN ha
of the delegates first elected under this Constitutions ana q"
The Senators of the second class the expiration OF two
years thereafter and this alienation shall be continued so
that one half Of the Senators may be chosen every secoa
year. 49,
T. For the election of Senator's the counties OF Acco
mac and Northampton shall form one district:
H. The City of Norfolk shall be another district:
Ill., The counties OF Norfolk anu Princess Anne su oi
another disrct
shall form another district: - ~
The counties of Sussex, Southampton ana Greenes'e
shall form another district
vi The City of Petersburg and the County Of Prince
George shall form another district:
VIZ The counties of Dinwidde, Amelia ana BRUNSWICK
shall form another district:
VIZ The counties Of Powhatau Cumberland and Ches-
TEL field shall form another district
IN The counties Of Lunenburg, Nottoway and filnce
Edward shall form another district:
X The counties of Mecklenburg and Charlotte shall form
another district:
xI The county Of Psyvania shall be another district ::
XII The county of Halifax shall be another district: ,
NIL. The counties Of Henry Patrick and Franklin shall!
XIV The county of Bedford shall be another districts:
XIV The counties of Campbell and AppomaItox shall form
another district:
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 districts
xviii The City of Richmond shall he another district:
KIN The counties of Gloucester Matthews and Middle
sex shall form another district:
xx The counties OF Richmond Lancaster Norhumber-
land and Westmoreland 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 SpottsyVanla shai
form another district:
XIII. The counties of Stafford King George ana frnce
William shall form another district:
xxlv The counties Of Fairfax and Alexandria shall form
a another district
XIV. The county of Loudoun shall be another district:
xAvI The counties Of Fauquier and Rappaannock shall
form another district:
xvii The counties of Madison Culpeper Orange and
Greene shall form another district:
xviii The county of Albemarle shall be another district
MIX. The counties of Louisa, Goochand and Fluvanna
shall form another district
XXX. The counties Of Nelson Amherst and Buckingham
shall form another district:
MINI The counties of Jefferson and Berkeley shall form
another district:
XXxII. The counties of Hampshire, Hardy ana Morgan
shall form another district:
xxxIlr The counties of Frederick, Clarke and Warren
shall form another district:
The counties OF Shenandoah and rage snail form
another district:
xxxv. The counties of Rockingham and Pendleton shall
form another district:
xxxvI The county of Augusta shall be another districts
The counties Of Bath Highland and Rockbrldge
shall form another district:
xxxvI The counties of BDtetourt Allegheny, Roanoke
and Craig shall form another district:
xxxrx The counties Of Carroll, Floyd Grayson, Mont
gomery and Pulaski shall form another district:
xL. The counties of Mercer Monroe, Giles and Tazewe
shall form another district: ,
xLI. The counties of Smyth, Wythe and Washington shall
form another district:
The counties OF Scott, Lee and Russell snail form
another district:
XIII. The counties of Boone, Logan kanawha, Putnam
and Wyoming shall form another district
XLIv Tho counties OF Nicholas Fayctte Pocahontas TIA
leigh Baxon and GreenbriGr shall form another district
XLv The counties Of Mason Jackson, Cabc Wayne and
Writ shall furn another district:
xLv The counties oil tche Doddridge, Harrison Plea
SAINTS and Wood stall form another district:
xLvII The counties Of WetZe Marshall Marion and Tyler
shall form another district:
xxLvut. The counties uf Upshur, Barbour Lewis Giner
and Randolph shall form another district:
KILN. The counties Of Monongalia, Preston and Taylor
shall form another district
L. The counties OF Brooke Hancock and Ohio shall form
another district
Apporiionmsnt Of Representation.
5. 1t shall be The duty OF the General Assembly in The
thousand eight hundred and sixty five and in every
,enth year thereafter in it upon principle OF
representation, TO reappu0n representation in the Senate
and House OF Delegates in accordance heewih aud IN the
event the General Assembly the first any subsequent
period Of eappor,ionmeni shall fail agree upon prInci
pie Of representation and 10 rcappoun in
accordance herewith each House shall separately propose
scheme Of representation, containing principle rule for
the House of Delegates connection with principle rule
Tor the Senate And it shall DC the duty of the General AS
sembr the session. To certify 10 the Governor the
principles rules Of representation which the respective Hou
applied making