The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-04-25

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fed voter.
ARTICLE V.
DIVISION or POWERS.
The legislative, executive. and judicial
department, shall be separate and distinct,
so that neither shall exercise the powers
properly belonging to either Of the others;
nor shall any person exercise the powers OF
more than one Of them at the same time,
except chat Justices Of the peace shall be
eligible to the Legislature.
ARTIGLE VI.
LEGISLATURE.
/. The Legislative power shall be vest.
ed in the Seuatc and House Of Delegates.
The style Of their acts shall, be Belt en-
acted BY the Legislature Of West Virgin
TO-"
2 The Senate shall be composed Of
twenty.foar, and the House Of Delegates
of sixty Eve members, subject to be in.
creased according 10 the provisions here.
iualter contained.
8. Senators shall DO elected for The term
Of four years, and delegates for the term
Of two years. The Senators FIRST elected,
shall divide themselves into two cusses,
one Senator from every district being as.
signed to each class; and Of lhe:e classes,
the frs. to be desigated by lot, in such
manner as the Senate may determine, shall
hold their seat for two years, aud the scc-
ond for four years. SO that after the first
election, one.hall Of the Senators shall be
elected biennially.
4. For the election Of Senator'S, the
State shall DO divided into twelve Senate.
rial districts, which number shall not be
diminished, but may be increased, as here
matter provided. Every district shall
elect two Senators, but, where the district.
is composed Of more than one county, both
shall not be chosen from tue same county
The districts shall be compact, formed out
of contiguous territory, bounded by couu-
.y lines, and as nearly as practicable. ca.
ual in population, to be ascertaiued by the
census Of the United States After every
such census, the Legislature shall alter the
Senatorial districts, SO far as may be ne.
ces.ary to make them conform to the fore
going provisions
s Until the Senatorial districts shall be
altered by the Legislature as herein pre-
scribed, the counties Of Hancock, Brooke
and Ohio. shall constitute the Grst Senate
rial district; Marshal, We'zel and Marion,
the second; Richie, Doddridge, Harrison,
Gilmer and Calhoun, the third; Tyler,
Pleasants, Wood aud Writ, the fourth;
Jackson. Mason, Putnam aud Roane, the
fifth; Kauawha, Clay, Nicholas, Braxton
aud Webster. tue sixth; Cnbcll, Wayne,
Lincoln, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, Nc
Dowell aud Mercer, the seventh; Monroe.
Greenbrer. Summers. Pocahontas, Fay
ette and Raleigh, the eighth; Lewis, Rau.
dOlph, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor and Tuck
er, the ninth Preston and Moaongalia.
the tenth; Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy,
Grant aud Pendlcton, tho eleventh: Berke-
ley, Morgan and Jefferson, the twelfth.
I For the election of Delegates, every
county containing population Of less
than tbree-6fihs Of the ratio representation
for the House Of Delegates, shall, a. each
appointment, be attached to the same con-
tlguous county Of counties, to form q Dele
gate. District.
I. After every census the Delegates
shall be appor'ioned as follows: The ratio
ofrepreseutation, for the House Of Dele.
gates, shall bo ascertained. by dividing the
whole population Of the State by the nun.
Der Of which the House is to consist, aud
rejecting the fraction Of uait. of any
resulting from such division Dividing
the population of every delegate district,
aud Of every county not included in
delegate district. by the ratio thus ascer-
taiucd, there shall be assigned to each, a
number Of Delegates equal to the quotient
obtained by the division, excluding l'he
fractional remainder. The additional
delegates necessary to make up the ppu-