Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-03-27

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Fifth District-Bertie and HEREFORD shall eiec'
one senator. , -. ,, e,noto,
| Seventh District Edgecombe shall elect one
senator. w ,. $500. oo,,.tor
| Ninth District-Nash and Wilson shall eject one
senator. .4 .I,o1! or.ot
zenith District-Craven and Carteret Sii"n eiec'
F,eventb District-Jones and Lenor shall elect
TWeIffh Disrict-Duplin and Ous"w shall elect
one senator. ,,;l ,l -. Hon.
lover shall elect two senators
Fonrtepnth Decentralization and Columbus
shall eject one senator: =, -. -
Fifteenth DIatllct-iE"DeFou SHAH t'eo' "iie
Sixteenth Distrct-Cum Harnett and
ISampsOn shall elect two senators.
Seventeenth Dstrict-Johnston shall eject one
Eighteenth District Greene and Wayne shall
elect one senator. 1ro,, al
| Nineteenth District-trankhn ana WAKE shaA
! elect two senators.
Twentieth District-Warren shall elect one aena-
| tor. az, D,r
Twenty-frst District Granville and Person
shall elect two senators.
Twenty-second District-Orange shall elect one
Twentv-third District Chatham shall elect one
| senator. :, 49,
Twenty-fourth District-Caswel shall elect one
| senator.
! IWenty-tlftH Observation-Disclosures SH0iA YIN =
| one senator. ~ If,
Twenty-sixth Observation-Disclosures and Guilford
| shall elect two senator's ,,-.
| Twenty-seventh District-Randolph ana MONT
! gomery shall elect one senator.
! Twenty-eighth Distrlct-Moore and Richmond
| shall elect one senator. :,
Twenty-ninth Distrlct-AEson ana Union shali
Thirtieth ct-Mecklenourg shall elect one
Thirt9-frst Observation-Disclosures and stanly shall
Thirty-second District-Dave and Rowan shall
elect one senator.
Thirty-third DISQUALIFICATION shall elect one
| Thirty-fourth District-ForsJ the and Stokes
shall elect senator.
Thirty-fifth District-9urry and Iadkn shall
elect one senator.
Thirty -siXth District Alexander anu lreoeh
shall elect one senator.
Thirty seventh District-Catawhe, CASTOR ard
Lincoln shall elect one senator.
,Thiriy-eghth Observation-Disclosures, Polk and
Rutherford shall eject one senator.
Tnirty-ninth District-Alleghany, Ashe and
Wilkes shall elect one senator.
Fortie1h District-BuDcOmbe, henderson and
Pennsylvania shall elect che senator.
Forty-tirst DistriCt-Burke, Caldwell ana VA
tauga shall elect one senator.
FOrtY-second District-MadlsOn, Mitchell, Nc
Dowell and Yaucey shall elect one senator
Forty-third District-Clay, Cherokee, Haywood,
jackson and Macon shall elect one senator =,
Sec. 8. An enumeration of the inhabitants OF
the State shall be taken under the direction OF
the General Assembly in the year one thousand
eight hundred and seyenty-hve, and at the emo OF
every ten years thereafter and the sa1d Senate
Districts shall be altered by the General AS
sembIy st the first session after the return OF every
enumeration taken as aforesaid or by order OF
Congress. That each Senate District shall con-
tain as nearly az may be an equal number Of in
habitants excluding aliens and Indians not taxed,
and shall remain unaltered until the return of an
other enumeration, and shall at all times consist
Of contiguous territory and no county shall be dl-
vided into the formation OF Senate District I'M
less such county shall be equitahy entitled to two
or more Senators.
Sec 6. The House of Representatives shall be
composed of one hundred and twenty Representa-
tives biennialy chosen by ballot to be elected by
the counties respectively, according to their pop
ulatiOn, and each county snail nave at least one
Representative III the House of Representatives,
although 1t may not coutair the requisite ratio OF
representation this apportlonment shall be made
by the General Assembly at the respective times
and periods when the Districts for the Senate are
hereinbefore directed to be laid of.
Sec. 7. In making the apportionment IN the
House Of Representatives the ratio OF represen-
tation shall be ascertaned by dividing the amount
of the population OF the State. exclusive Of that
comprehended within those counties which do not
severally contain the one hundred anG twentieth
part Of the population OK the State, by the num-
ber of Representatives, less the number assigned
to such counties and in asCertaininG the number
of the population of the State, aliens and Indians
not xed shall not b. included. To each county
containing the said ratio and not twice the said
ratio there shall be assigned one representative
to each county containing twice but not three
times the said ratio, there shall be assigned two
repre- sentatiyes, and on progressively and then
the remaining representatives shall be assigned
oeveTaNy to the counties having the largest frac
lions.
Sec g. Until the General Assembly shall have
made the apportonment rs hcrenbefore provided,
the House Of Representatives. shall be composed
Of members elected from the counties III the fol-
lowing manner, to wit:
The comfy Of Wake shall elect four members
the counties OF Craven, Granville, Halifax and
New Hanover shall elect three members each; the
counties OF CasWeh, Chatham, Cumberland, Da-
wilson, Duplin, EdgecOmbe, Franklin, GuifOrd,
Irclcu, Johnston, Mecklenburg, northampton,
Orange. Pitt, Randolph, Robson Rockingham,
Rowan, Warren and Wayne shall elect two mem
bcrs each; the counties Of hamance, Alexander,
Allegheny, Arson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bcrtic Baden,
well, Camden, Cartcret, Catawba Cherokee, ChO-
wan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Curr1tuck, Da-
vic, Forsyth, CASTOR, Gates, Gleon, Harnett Hen
dersOn. Haywood, Hartford, Hyde, Jackson,
Jones' Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin,
Mcdowell, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore Nash,
Onslow, PasqUOtank. Perqulmans, Person, Polk,
richmond, Rutherford, Sampson Stanley, Stokes,
SurrY, Transyl vania, Iyrrell, Union, Washington,
Watauga, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin and lancey
shall elect one member each.
Sec. 9. Each member of the Senate shall be not
less than twenty-five years of age, shall have
sided in the State citizen two years. and shall
have usually resided il the District for which he
chosen, one year Immediately preceding his
election.
Sec 10. Each member of the House of Repre-
sentatives shall be qualified eector of the State.
and shah haYe resided in the county for which he
is chosen for one year Immediately preceding his
election.
Sec. II. In the election of all officers, whose ap-
pointment shall be conferred upon the General
Assembly by the Constitution, the vote shall be
Uird
Sec. IL. The General Assembly shall have
power to pass general laws regulating divorce
and alimony, but shall not have power to grant a
divorce or secure alimony in any individual case.
Sec. IS. The General Assembly shall not have
power to pass any private law to alter the name
OF any person, or to legitimate any person not
born in lawful wedock, or to restore to the rights
of citizenship any person convicted of any irfa-
nous crime, but shall have power to pass general
laws regulating the same
Sec. Ii. The General Assembly shall not pass
any privste law, unless it shall be made to ap-
pear that thirty days notice of application to
pass such law shall have been given under such
direction and in such manner shall be provided
by law.
Sec. 15 If vacancies shall occur in the General
Assembly by death. resignation or otherwise,
writs of election shall be issued by the Governor
under such regulations as may be prescribed by
law.