The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-03-24

Senate shall be composed of members elected from
Districts constituted as follows:
lst Neutrality-suspicious., Chowan, Pasquotank,
Currituck Gates and Camden, shall elect Senators
I'd District-Nartin, Washington and Tyrrell, enc
Senator.
Sd District-Beaufort and Hyde, one Senator.
4th Observation-Disclosures one Senator.
5tb District-Bcrtie and Hartford, one Senator.
9th District-IIafax, one Senator.
9TH Disrict-Edge, ombe, one Senator.
9Th District-Pt, senator.
9th District-Nash and Wilson, one senator.
10th District-Craven and CarterCt, two senators.
18th Disrict-Jones and Lenoir, one senator.
18th District-Duplin and Onslow, one senator.
18th Observation-Disclosures and New Hanover, two
senator's.
14th District-Bladen and Columbus, senator.
10Th District-Robeson, senator.
10th Observation-Disclosures, Harnett and Sampson,
two senators.
18th District-Johnson, senator.
18th District-Greene aud Wayne, one senator.
18th Disrict-Franklin and Wake, two senator's.
Goth Disrict-Warren, one senator.
21st Dstrict-GraHville and Person, two senator's.
22d District-Orange one senator
23d Decentralization, senator.
oath District-Caswell, one senator.
18th District-Rocking kan one senator.
26th Observation-Disclosures and Guilford, senator's
9th District-Randolph and Montgomery, one
senator.
| 28th District-Moore and Richmond senator.
29th District-Anson and Union one senator.
Both District-Meckl enburg one senator
31st Observation-Disclosures and Stany, one senator.
32d District-Davie and Rowan, one senator.
SD Decentralization, senator.
! 34th District-Forsythe and Stokes. one senator.
! 35th District-Surry and Yadkin, senator.
3Gth Observation-Disclosures and Iredeii, one senator.
37th District-Catawba, CASTOR and Lincoln,
| senator
! 3sth Distrct-Cleaveland, Polk and Rutherford,
/ one senator.
39th District-Alleghany, Ashe and Wilkes, one
! senator.
10th District-Buncombe, Henderson and Transyl-
! Sania, senator.
41st District-Burke, Caldwell and Watauga,
| senator.
AID Decentralization, Mitchell Mcdowell and
Yancey, one senator.
| 43d District-C1ay, Cherokee Haywood, jackson
| and Macon one senator.
| Sec 5 An enumeration of the inhabitants of the
State shall be taken under the direction of the Cen
erai Assembly, in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-fve, and at the end of every ten
years thereafter; and the said Senate Districts shall
| be altered by the General Assembly at the first
session after the return of every enumeration taken
as aforesaid, by order of Congress. That each
Senate District shall contain nearly may be an
equal number of Inhabitants excluding aliens and In
dans not taxed and shall remain unaltercd until the
return of another enumeration and shall ut all times
| consist of contiguous territory and county shall
be divided into the formation of a Senate District
unless such county shall be equitably entitled TO two
| or Senators
! Sec G. The House of Representatives shall be
posed of one hundred and twenty Representatives,
| biennially chosen by ballot to be elected by the
counties respectively. according to their population,
and each county shall have at least Representa-
tive in the House of Representatives although may
not contain the requisite ratio of representations this
| apportionmen shall be made by the General Assem-
bly, at the respective times and periods when the
Districts for the Senate hereinbfore directed to
be laid off.
| Sec = In making the apportonnent in the House
of representatives. the ratio Of representation shall
he ascerained by dividing the amount Of the popula-
| ton of the State exclusive of that comprehsnded
the hundred and enteth part of the population
of the State by the number of Representatives, less
| the number assigned to such counties; and in
tanning the number of the population of the State
aliens and Indians not taxed, shall not be included
To each county containing the said ratio and not
twice the said ratio there shall be assigned rep
resentatve; to each county containing twice but not
three times the said ratio, there shall be gned
| two representatives, and progressively, and
then the remaining representatives shall be assigned
severay to the counties having the largest fractions
Sec Until the General Assembly shall have
made the apportionment herenbefore provided
the House Of Representatives shall be composed of
members elected from the counties in the following
manner, to wit:
The county of Wake shall elect four members; the
counties of Craven, Granville Halifax and New Han
shall elect three members each the counties of
Caswell Chatham Cumberland Davidson, Duplin
| Edgecombe, Franklin, Guilford, Irede, Johnston
Meckenburg, Northampton, Orange, Pitt Randolph
! Robson, Rockingham, Rowan, Warren and Wayne
|
nance, Alexander, Allegheny, Arson, Ashe, Beau
| fort, BERTHE. Baden, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke,
| Cabarrus, Caldwell. Camden, Carteret Catawba
Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleaveland, Columbus, Cur
| rituck. Davie, Forsyth, CASTOR, Gates. Green. Har
nett, Henderson, Haywood. HEREFORD Hyde Jack son.
Jones. Lenoir. Lincoln Macon, Madison, Martin
Mcdowell, Mitchell Montgomery, Moore Nash, Ons-
| low, rasquotank Perqunans. Person, Polk. Rich
mond, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanley Stokes, Surry
Pennsylvania, Tyrrell, Onion, Washington, Watauga
Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin and Yancey Shall elect one
member each.
than twenty years of age, shall have resided in
the State citizen two years, and shall have usual
resided in the District for which he is chosen one
year Immediately preceding his election.
! Sec 10 Each member of the House of Reprcsen-
taiyes shall be a qualified elector of the State, and
| shall have resided in the county for which he is
| chosen for one year Immediately preceding his cleo
ton
Sec. IL In the election of all officers, whose ap-
pointment shall be conferred upon the General AS
sembly by the Constitution the shall be pra roce
| Sec. II The General Assembly shall have power
to pass general laws regulating divorce and almony
but shall not have power grant divorce or secure
aiimony in any individual case
| Sec IL 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 wcdlock TO the rights of citizen
ship any person convicted of any infamous crime
but shall have power to pass general laws regulating
| the same.
Sec II The General Assembly shall not pass any
private law. unless it shall be made appear that
thirty days notice of application pass such law shall
have been given under such direction, and in such
manner as shall be provided by law
! See 1o. If vacancies shall occur in the General
Assembly by death, resignation otherwise. writs
/ of election shall be issued by the Governor under
such regulations as may be prescribed by law.