Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-12
THR sFATg OF WRsrYIRoINIA.

Report Of the senate COmmlttoo on
TsrFitoFiss, aad the Sew Features
for which u PFOVldsS.
WHEETAs, BY AZ act Of The State OF Viz.
gaia, passed Nay thirteenth, eighteen
hundred And IiXly.lRo, entitled "Au act
EiVlbg tie consenI Of the Legislature Of
Virginia 10 the formation aad erection Of
rev State within the jqrisdietioa Of
the State Of Virginia iSslading the eOH1.
Ties VI Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, MAr6hAll.
W,tGsl, MAtiou, Mon0ngaliA, Preston,
Taylor, Tyler, Peasants, Richie, Dod-
bridge, Hsui.uu, Wood. JsekSon, Writ,
Roans, Calhoun, GiIner, Barbour. Tuck.
er. Lewis. B'a1t0n, Upshur, Randolph,
Mason. Putnam, KanaSbs, Clay, NjcbO-
las, Cahell, Wayne Boone, Logan, wyo-
Mig, Mercer Mcdowell, Webster, Po-
eAhonIAs, Payetls, Raleigh, Gretnbtier,
Monroe, PenIlston. HARDY, Hampshire.
aud Morgan, did, with the r0nseut Of the
Legislature Of said State OF Virginia,
form themselves Into an Independent
State. aud did establish constitution
tor the goVernment Of the same There.
fore
Bet tAGeird by NE Senate aud HOuis Of
R,preIsnia,erU Of he United SdiI Of
Am,riel in Congress asIsmbied, That the
State OF West Virginia shall be admitted
into the Union on an equal footing with
the original States in all respects whatever,
upon the following conditions, viz;
PirsI. That there shall be included with.
Ia the said State Of weSl Virginia, 10 I'd.
ton to the counties already enumerated in
the preamble to this act, tue following
counties, AS laid OF and defined by the
Legislature Of the State of Virginia, to
wit; Berkeley, Jefferson, Clark, Frederick,
Warren, Page, Shenandoah, Rockingham,
Augusta, Highland, Bath, ROekbridge,
Botetourt, Craig and Allegheny.
Second, That the Convention hereinnf.
ter provided tor shall, ia the Constitution
framed by it, make provision that from aud
after the fourth day Of July, eighteen hun
dred and siIty.three, the children Of all
slaves bora within the limits Of said State
shall be free.
Sac. .. Aad be It further saaeftd, That
the people Of the said counties bereinbe.
fore enumerated, qualified uGder the Cou.
stitutiOn OF Virginia US electors, be, and
they are, hereby, authorized and empower.
ed to vote for aud choose representatives, to
form Convention for framing and adopt.
ing Constitution for State by the name
of West Virginia, or any other the said
Convention may adopt, in accordance with
the provisions Of this act; and all persons
qualified for representatives TO the Legisla.
ture OF Virginia under the Constitution.
thereof shall be qualified to be elected TO
said Convention. The election for the rep.
resenIutiYes aforesaid shall be held at such
time at the usual places of voting in the
several counties rs the Governor of Virgin.
ia may direct and prescribe, and MS soon as
may be after the people thereof shall be
relieved from the presence of armed insur.
gents aud the representatives to said Goa.
ventiou shall be apportiOued among the
several counties NJ follows:
For the county Of Hancock, one repre-.
sentative; for the county OF Brooke. one
representative; tor the county of Ohio,
three representatives; for the county OF
Marshall, two representatives; for the
county Of Wetzel, one representative; for
the county Of Marion, two representatives
for the county Of MonongAlia, two repre-.
seu'"'..cs' ioF 'Ge county o1 rFes'o ., Two
sep'escu'A'I'es, iot 'ue county OF lHyiori
""o sese""''se, so' '"e county ot Iy'er'
ou. . p'sSv".".,'s, '"' s"' sou%'y o' t!easI
"'si V's '' '.'.,t ''s .ne county %
t'',".1i GLs 'oF aue Souu.y
:" DVa ~ ~ J"o 'p'sse"."'ISe, lot 1ue
Eouuy VI n..'''ST ~, wv" representatives
,s.' '% ~. ,%n .,rn, "V S wv fepresenH'
ssn,a,iy.. far ,Ss copn,v Of wrt o Ono .epr re
ss"fativc, far the cnnniy If RosnS 49, ro,-
rsssntatiys. for the county If Cslbonr npo
renresenta,ive. for the co,intv n GiIms. U U"e
rsrr.ssntstive. far Tho romH,S ~ R"sh RAJ, ,I"s
one renrrsepta,iye. far ths conn,v 81 1'ncL
or one renre,en,Stiye. for Tho :o"r,S W." =,
LAWS. one renresertn,ivs. far tbs conn,v ~
Braxton ons rsnresentativs. cor ths .",;,, y,
Of TInshnr one renressn,st;vs. n, IN. SS Sonr
~ of Raniolnb ma rrnrassntst;vs a. ~.
ronn,y NJ Mason one rrnrsssn,s,;S,. ~ ~, ,Se
COUNT of P1tnsm one rsnrssSn,,,;v ~. w, ,os
The c3untv oF Knnawhn Two r"nrasSn w.
tiyss: for The countv Of CIav ors rsnssson
tstiye: for the county Of NisboIss ops sp ,sD
ressntatiye: for The connty ~ C1hsIi 81 ep.
reDresentn,iye: for the c3un,v ~ Wa y"'
one representative, for tbs comfy If Roons
one representa,iye: for The county NJ TNSsn
one representative; for the conniv If We
mine. one Representative: for ths conn,y NJ
Mercer. ope reprDsen,ative. for ,bs coEr,,,