Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-03-11
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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
RICHMOND, March 8.

tional territory to the county of Lewis.and pro
vi9ing for county government for the same
was read third time. and the question being
put on the passage thereof, the bill was reject,
!; ed.
: A resolution offered by Mr.. Rice that the
House meet daily at 10 o'clock, ad ourn at 2
O'Clock, and meet again at o'clock was adop
ted
A bill providing for an increase of the capi
tai stock ofthe Virginia Central Railroad Com
pany to the amount of one million of dollars
and requiring the Board of Public Works tc
subscribe for three. ffths of said increase
came up as the order of the day. Mr.. Ander-
son Withdrew his amendment to the bill. Mr.
Barbour moved to amend the bill by the addi
ton of the following independent sections
which were adopted.
1t shall be lawful for the stockholders of said
Rail Road Company, in general meeting as
sembled, TO make the increased stock hereby
authorized, or so much thereof as they may g.
lect, preferred stock,by guaranteeing divi-
dend of six per cent per annum for fixed or
indefinite period on each share of stock paya-
Bile out of the nett proceeds Of the said Road.
The General assembly hereby reserves the
right Of regu lating the mode in which the
freight cars of any road connecting with said
Central Railroad shall be transported over
the track of the said Road,
The bill was then ordered to be engrossed
for third reading
The arrangement of the Congressional Dis.
tricts was taken up, and the roll called on the
adoption of he following substitute to the Com
mittee's 's,'report, offered by Mr.. Garrett:
l. Be enacted by the General Assemb y,
That the tnird section of chapter four of the
code of Virg na be and the same Is hereby a.
lnended and re enacted, so as to read as fol
lows;
The number Of members to which this State
is entitled In the house of representatives OF
the United States shall continue apportloned
amongst the several counties and corporations
of the State, arranged into thirteen districts.
numbered as follows; that is to say: Middle
sex, Westmoreland, Richmond county, Essex,
Northumberland, King & Queen. Lancaster,
Gloucester, Matthews, James City, the city OF
Williamsburg, New Kent, York, Warwick,
Northampton, Accomac and Elizabeth City,
shall be the first disrict.-Federal population
92,815.
Isle of Wight, Princess Anne, Norfolk
county, Norfolk city, Nanse mond ,Surry, Sussex
Southampton. Greenesyile. Prince George
and Charles City shall be the second district
Federal population 9l,254.
Richmond CITY, Henrico, Chesterfield, Pow
hatan, Goochland, Hanover, King William and
Caroline shall be the third distrct,-Federa
population Otis.
Nottoway, Prince Edward, Dinwiddie, the
city of Petersburg, Brunswick, Amelia, Luz
nenburg, Campbell Cumberland and Appo-
mattox shall be the fourth distrct.-Federal
population 94,770.
Piltsylvania, Halifax, Franklin, Henry, Pat
rick Mecklenburg and Charlotte shall he the
fifth distrct.-Federal population 10l. 2l7.
Albermarle, Bedford, Amherst, Nelson
Bucking ham, Fluvanna, Greene, Madison and
Orange shall be sixth district.--Federal pop
ulation 90, ,S96.
Alexandria. Spottsylvania, Fairfax, Fau-
pepper. Stafford, Louisa and, King George shall
be the seventh dstrict.-F ederal poplation 96,
$50.
Frederick, Page. Warren, Clarke, Berkeley
Jefferson, Hampshire, Morgan and Loudoun
shall be the eighth distrct.-Federal popula-
| ton 94,491.
Rockingham, Augusta, Rockbrdge, High.
land, Pendleton, Hardy, Shenandoah and
Bath shall be the ninth district Federal pop
ulaton OIL ,545.
Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, Hancock, Wetze
Tyler, Pleasans, Marion, Mononsalia, Taylor
and Preston shall be the tenth distrct.-Fed.
era population 90,1l2.
Lewis. Upshur, Harrison, Barbour. Ran
dolph, Braxton, Doddridge, Ritchie, Gilmer
Wood, Writ, Jackson, Mason, Putnam and
Kanawha shall be the eleventh distrct.-Fed
era population 94,4l6.
Monroe. Craig, Roanoke, Montgomery, AL
leghany, Botetourt. Giles. Mercer, Greenbrler
Boone, Logan, Cabell, Wyoming, Wayne
Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas and Raleigh shall
be the twelfth district-Federal population
95,140. >,
Smythe. Washington,L Lee Russell. TazweIl
Wythe Grayson, Carroll, Pulaski, Floyd and
Scott shall be the thirteenth district.-Federa
population 96,2i6.
2. Each of said districts shall choose one rep
resenative of this State in Congress.
The substitute was then adopted by the fol
lowing vote, and the bill ordered to be engross
ed.