Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-07-16
Total federal population for the State
An ORDINANCE


AN ORDINANCE
For the Reapportionment Of Representation N
Tie Congress Of the Confederate .Statea
Be it ordained, That the number OF mem,
hers to which this State is entitled in the
House Of Representatives Of the Confederate
States shall continue apportioned amongst The
several counties and corporations Of the State,
arranged into sixteen districts, as follows:
M;ddlcsex Accomac, Northampton, Eliza.
beth City, Warwick, James City, Gloucester,
Matthews, lancaster. Westlnoreland, Rich.
mond, Essex, York, King & Queen and North
cumberland shall be the first district.
Norfolk City, Norfolk County, Princess
Anne, Nansemond, Isle Of Wight, Southamp
ton, Sussex, Surry and GrecnesTille shall be
the second district
IIenrico, City of Richmond, Charles City,
New Kent and Hanover shall be the third dis.
t1ict
Dinviddic and City OF Petersburg, Chester,
field Powhatan, Amelia, Nottoway, Cunber-
land, Buckingham and Prince George shall be
the fourth district
Prince Edward, Brunswick, MecklcIS1urg,
Luncnburg, Charlotte, Halifax and Appomattox
shall be the fifth district.
Plttsylvania, Patrick, Henry, Franklin, Bed.
ford and Carroll shall be the sixth district
Albcmarlc, Campbell and Lvnchburg, Am.
hcrst, Nelson, Fuvanna, Goochland and
Greene shall be the screnth district
SpotsylYania Louisa, Orange, Madison, Cul,
pepper, Caroline, King George, Stafford and
King William shall be the eli gh,h district.
Fauquicr, Rappahunock, Prince William,
Fairfax, Alexandria, Loudon and Jefferson
shall be the ninth district;
Frederick, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire
Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, Page and Hardy
shall constitute the tenth district
Augusta, Rockingham Rcckbridge, Pendle-
ton, Highland, Bath, Pocshontas, and ALE.
ehany, shall constitute the eleventh district
Botte,onrt Roanoke, Montgomery, Floyd,
Pulaski, Giles, Craig, Mercer, Monroe, Green.
brier. R4leigh, and Fayettc shall constitute the
twelfth district.
Wrthe, Smyth, Grayson. Washington, Scott
Lee, Wise, Buchanan, Mcdowell, Tazcwel
RIand, Russell and Wyoming shall constitute
the 'Airteeath district
kanawha, Logan, Boone, Wayne, Cabci
Putnam, Mason, Jackson, Roanc, Clay, Nch.
olas, B:axton and Writ shall constitute the
fourteenth district
Lewis, Wood. Peasants, Tyler, Richie
Doddrdgc Upshur, Rrndulph, Webster,
Tucker, BARBOUR. Harrison, Taylor, G.lmer
and Calhoun shall constitute the fifteenth dis
trict.
Oair, Hancock, Brooke, Marshall Wcizel,
Marion MonongGlia and Preston shall const-
tu;e The sixteenth district.
Each of said districts shall choose one rep
resen,alive in the Congress Of the Confederate
States.
The ordinance was laid upon the table ard
ordered TO be printed.
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
% motion of Mr.. MORTON, the Committee
on the Advisory Council were discharged from
further duty.
sGgECH LOADING Gun.
Mir. CHANELlss, from the Committee on IIar-
per's Ferry machinery, said that the Commit.
tee were not yet prepared 70 MAKE full report,
but he would take occasion to offer m Ordi-
nance for the delivery to the patentee Of certain
tools employed in the manufacture of patent
breech loading gun by Mr. George v. Morse,
taken at 1larper's Ferry.
The ordinance was laid on the table.
AFTERNOON SESSION AND TEN MINUTE RULE.
The Chair announced that when the Con.
Tenuon ad)Ourneu, lne soOJeCt uuuer conSlus1'
alton was Il resolution 10 adjourn from t@o
until five o'clock, and that no member should
be allowed to speak more than ten minutes,
nor more than once upon the same subject
Mr.. MORRIS moved to strike out the words
"nor more than once
TIE motion was not agreed to.
Mr.. MuFFeTr moved 10 amend by striking
out he word "once" and inserting "twicc."
Many gentlemen, he said, desire to speak
upon subjects several times, and think it