The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-01
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THE NEW CONSTITUTION.


ot,hc new Constitutions adopted by the
convention, after discussion and amend
mcnt in Committee Of the Whole. 1t has
still to be formally passed upon by tile
Convention, but as all disputed questions
orc canyassed in Committee oithe Whole
Ills not expected that any changes oil mo-
men, will be made in the chapters when
thew come before the Convention for
adoption as q wholeI
ARTICLE W,-LEGIsLATuRE'
The legislative power shall be vested
IN a Senate and House Of Delegates The
a a NJ Their acts shall be, ABE It enacted
Iy Tho legislature o! West Virginia"
;" The Senate shall be composed Of
,weply.lour and the House Of Delegates
If sitty.Gve members, subject to be IN
crossed according 10 the provisional herein
alter contained. -
4 The term Of office Of Senators shall
be four years, and that Of Delegates two
wears. The Senators lrst elected shall
divide themselves into two classes, one
senator from every district being assigned
10 each class; and OF these classes the
first To be designated by LOT in such man.
ner as the Senate may determPe, shall
hold their offices for two years, and The
second for four years, so that alter the
frSt election, one-halr Of the Senators
shall DO elected blennially.
4. For the election,ol Senators, the State
shall be divided into twelve Senatorial
districts, which number shall not be di.
minished, but may be increased as herein
after provided. Every district shall
choose two Senators, but both shall not
be chosen from the same county. The
districts shall be equal, as nearly as prac-
tiCabe in population, according to the re.
turns Of the United States census. They
shall be compact, formed Of contiguous
territory, and bounded by county lines.
After every such census the Legislature
shall alter the Senatorial districts, so faI
rs may be necessary to make them con.
form to the foregoing provisions.
s. Any Senatorial district may at any
time be divided, by county lines or other.
wise, into two sections, which shall be
equal as nearly as practicable in popula.
ton II such division be made each sec.
ton shall elect one OF the Senators for
the district, and the Senator so elected
shall be classified in such manner as the
Senate may determine.
9. Until the Senatorial districts are
altered by the Legislature after the next
census, the counties of Hancock, Brooke
and Ohio, shall constitute the first Sena:
tOrial district; Marshall, Wetzel and Ma.
riOn tho second; Richie, Doddridge, Har;
risOn, Gilmcr and Calhoun the third; Ty.'
Ter, Peasants, Wood and Writ the fourth;
Jackson, Mason, Putnam and Rosne, the
fifth; Kanawha, Clay, Nicholas, BraXton
and Webster, the sixth; Cabell, Wayne,
Lincoln, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, Nc.
DOwell and Mercer, the seventh; Monroe,
Greenbrier. Summers, Pocahontas, Fay.
cite and Raleigh, the eighth; Lewis,
Randolph, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor and
Tucker, the ninth; Preston and FMonon.
gala, the tenth; Hampshire, Mineral,
Hardy, Grant and PendletOn, the eley.
rnlhi Berkeley, Morgan and Jefferson,
the twelfth.
!, Alter every census the delegates shall
he appOrliOncd rs follows: The ratio Of
representation for the House of Delegates
shall be asCertaincd by dividing The whole
population OF the State by the number of
which the House is TO consist, and reject.
ing the fraction of q unit, il any, resulting
lrOm such division. Dividing the popu.
laIiOn Of every delegate district and Of
every county not Included In delegate
district, by the ratio thus ascertained,
there shall be assigned to each a number
Of delegates equal TO the quotiept obtain
elby this division, excluding" the lrac.
lional remainder. The additional dele.
gates necessary 10 make up the number
Of which the House is 10 consist shall
then be assigned to those delegate districts
and counties not included IN a delegate
district, which would otherwise have the
largest fractions unrepresented; but every
delegate district, and countynOt included
in a delegate district, shall be entitled to
al least one delegate.
$. Until new apportionment IS de.
Clared, the counties of Peasants and
Wood shall form the first delegate dis,
trict, and elect three delegates !; Richie
and Calhoun the second, and elect two
delegates; Barbour and Taylor the third,
and elect one delegate; Kanawha and
Clay the fourth, and elect three delegates;
Randolph upd Tucker the fifth, and elect
one delegate; Nicholas and Webster the
sixth, and elect one delegate; Mcdowell
and Wyoming tie seventh, and shall elect
one delegate.
.. Until q new apportionment Is de-
clsred, the appOrtionInent Of delegates to
the counties not included in delegate dis.
Iricts, except Barbour and Taylor coun.
lies, shall be as follows:
70 Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke,
Csbell, Doddridge, Fayette, Hampshire,
Hancock, jackson, Lewis, Logan, Green.
6rer Monroe, Mercer, Mineral, Morgan
Grant, Hardy, Lincoln, Pendleton, Put.
nam, Roane, Gilmer, Taylor, Tyler, UPS
sAur, Wayne, Wetzel, Writ, POcahontas,
Summers and Raleigh counties, one dele.
gate each.
To Berkeley, Harrison, Jefferson, Mari.
%, Marshall, Mason, Monongalia and
Preston counties, two delegates each. 4.
10 Ohio county, four delegates.
10; The arrangement of the Senatorial
and Delegate districts and apportionment
o. delegates shall hereafter he declared
Oyaw assOon rs possible alcr each sue:
TEegeilng census taken by authority of the
InlIed Stats, When so declared they
snail apply to the first general election
,IF members OF tho Legislature to be
thereafter held, and shall; continue in force
unchanged until such Districts are altered
Ml delegates arc appointed under the
succeeding census,
u. Additional territory may be admit.
M INTO and become part 0G this State
with the consent 81 the legislature. And
10 such case provision shall be made by
Aw ior the representation OF the
POPULATION thereof IN ihe. Senate and
house Of Delegates, in conformity with
G %c principles set forth ih Tia cobstitp.