Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-12-06

, The following Counties and cities shall com
pose election districts: Allegheny ard Bath;
:ADelie ana Eo.toway; B9oac, Wyoming ard
Lcgec; B;axton and Nicholas; Charles City,
James City and New Kent; Cumberland and
Pawhs liar; D0ddridgc and T; Ter; E z.belh
City, Warwick, York and The city cf Williams.
burg; Z soy ard King aEd Queen; Fayet,e ard
Racish; Giincr and Wir'; Green. ard Orange;
GrecncSv!!ic and Sussex; King George enc
Stafford; Lancaster and northumberland;
Matthews ana Miid.escx; picasaals and
R'tchie Prince George and Surry; AMI Rich
lnond ard Wcstr,oreland-eac of which dis
tricts snail elect one delegate.
A. tie Brs: general election under this Con-
s;itution, the county of Ohio shall elect three
delegates, and the counties Of Brooke and Han.
cock shall together elect one delegate; at the
second general election, the county Of OHIO
shall elect TWO delegates, arc the counties of
Brooke and Hancock shall each elect one dele
gale; ard so on. alternately, ct succeeding
general elections.
At the tlrst general election, the county Of
Russell shall elect two dele gates. ard tts coun.
" Of Tazcwe!l shall elect one delegate; st the
secc1d genera: election, the county Of Tsz=ue:;
:i:-7. elect t%o Delegates M .he c:ur:y ':s
Ru sell SHALL elect one; md 81 On, alternately,
ct succeeding general elections.
The motion to strike out ali tina: IS coz .:ae.i
above was agreed to.
Tie following clause was then taken IN :or
ccrsi4eiation:
"fhe General Assembly shall have power,
upon application Of majority OF the voters o!
the county Of Campbell, 10 provide that, in-
stead OF the two delegates to be elected By
sad county, tho town OF Lynchburg shall elect
one delegate, and the residue of the county Of
Campbell snail elect one delegate"
Mr. klLpy-I move to amend that clause
by adding thereto the following:
".ind the said General Assembly shall bavo
like power, on the application of a msjori.y Of
the vc;e:s cf the county Of Norfolk, to pre-
vide that, instead Of two delegates TO be dec
ted By said county, the city Of Portsmouth
Shall elect one delegate, and the residue Of the
county shal! elect one delegate"
The amendment was adopted.
The next section was then taken up and
read as follows:
THE other house Of the General Assembly
shall be called the Senate, and shall consist OF
fifty members, to be elected for tho term Of
four years for the election Of whom, The
counties, cities and towns shall be divided into
fifty districts. Each county, city and town Of
the respective districts, &. the time Of the first
election OF lis delegate or delegates under this
Constitution, shall vote for one Senator; and
the sher:fs or other officers holding the eec.
ton for each county, city and town, within
five days, q. Garthest, after the last election in
The district, shall neet at the court house oi
the county OF city first named in the district,
and from the polls so taken in their respective
counties, cities end towns, return rs Senator
the person who has received the creates; nun.
Der Of votes in the whole district. Upon tho
assembling Of the Senators so elected, they
shall be divided into two equal classes, to bo
numbered by lot. The term Of service Ct the
Senator'S Of the frst class shall expire with
that OF the Delegates first elected under this
Constitution, ana OF the Senator'S Of the second
class at the expiration Of two years thereafter;
and this alteration shall be continued, so tina:
one-half Of the Senators may be chosen every
second year"
Before the consideration Of this section, N..
TugsrR, Of Jackson, moved to ADJOURN snd
the motion vas carried.
Tic Convention accordingly adjourned