The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-12

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seats Ior two years. and the second tol
four wears, 80 that after the first cleo
ton, one.half of the Senators shall b
elected biennially.
4. For the election OF Senators, thu
State, shall be divided into twelve. Sens'
torial districts. which number shall no
be diminished, but may be increased
as hereinafter provided. Every dis
,rict shall elect two Senators, but where
the district is compo.ed Of more than
one county, both shall not be chosen
from the same county. The dis
tricts shall be compact, formed o.
contiguous territory, bounded by
county lines, and as nearly as prae
ticable, be equal in population
to be ascertained by the census of the
United States. After every such cen
sus, the Legislature shall alter the
Senatorial districts, so far as may oe
necessary to make them conform to the
foregoing provisions. :,
5. Until the Senatorial districts shall
be altered by the Legislature as herein
prescribed, the counties Of Hancock
Brooke and Ohio, shall constitute the
fist senatorial district; Marshall, Wet
Eel and Marion, the second; Richie,
Doddridge, Harrison, Gilmer aid
Calhoun, the third; Tyler, Peasants
Wood and Writ, the fourth jackson
Mason, Putnam and Roane, the fifth
Kauawha, Clay, Nicholas, Braxton and
Webster, the sixth; Cabell, Wayne
Lincoln, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, Nc
Dowell and Mercer, the seventh; Mon
roe, Greenbrier, Summers, Pocahontas'
Fayeue and Raleigh, the eighth; Lewis
Randolph, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor
and Tucker, the ninth; Preston and
Monongalia the tenth; Hampshire.
Mineral, HARDY, Grant and lc"..eio1,
the eleventh; Berkeley, Morgan and
Jrfitraon, hetwelith.
G. For tie election OF Deleyate',
every county containing a population Of
less than three fiths Of the ratio Of
representation for the House of Dele
gates, shall, at each apportlonment, be
attached to some contiguous county OF
counties, to form a Delegate District
7. After every census the Delegates
shall be apportioued as follows: Inc
ratio of representation for the House
of Delegates. shall he ascertalned by
dividing the whole populat on OF the
State, BY the number Of which the
House is to consist, and rejecting the
fraction OF a unit, if any, resulting from
such division. Dividing the popula.
ton of every delegate district, and Of
every county not included in a delegate
district by the ratio thus ascertaIned'
there shall be assigned to each, num-
Der of Delegates equal to the quotIen'
obtained by this division, excluding the
actional remsinder. The additional
delegates necessary TO make up the
number Of which the House is 10 con
sist, shall then he assigned to those
delegate districts and counties, not In
cIuded in a delegate district, which
would otherwise, have the largest frac-
tons uurepresented, but every delegate
district, and county not included in q
de egate district, shall I've cpti'lcd TO at
least one delegate. -.
S. Until new apportionment shall
be declared, the counties OF Pleasants
and Wood shall form the first Delegate
District, and elect three Delegates;
r tchie and Calhoun, the second, and
elect two Delegates; Barbour, Harrison
and Taylor, the third. and elect one
Delegate; Randolph an Tucker the
fourth, and elect one Delegate; Nicho.
las, Clay and Webster, the Fl tn. and
elect one Delegate; Mcdowell and
Wyoming, the sixth, and elect one Dele
gate. :,
Q. Until a new apportlonment shall
be declared, the apportionment OF Dele
gates to the counties not included IN
delegate districts, and to Barbonr, Har'
rison and Taylor counties, embraced IN
such districts, shall be as follows:
To Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke
Cabell, Doddri lge. Fayette, Hamp
shire, Hancock, Jackson, Lewis. Logan
Treenbrier, Monroe, Mercer, Mineral
Morgan, Grant Hardy, Lincoln, Pen
dleron, Putnam, Roane, F liner, Tavlor
TYLER, Upshur. Wayne, Wetzel, Writ
Pocahontas, Summers and Raleigh
counties one delegate each.
TO Berkeley, Harrison, Jefferson
Marion, Marshall, Mason, Mononga'
La and Preston counties, two Delegates
each.
To Kanawla county, three Delegates
To Ohio county, four DELEGATES.
70. The arrangement oil the Senatorial
and Delegate Districts, and apportion
ment OF Delegates, shall hereafter be
declared by. law, as soon as possible
a ter each succeeding census taking by
authority of the United States. When
so declared, they shall apply to the
| first general election for members o
the Legislature to be thereafter he'd
and shall continue in force unchanged
until such districts shall be altered and
delegates sppor.ioned under the succeed
ing census. ,
III. Additional territory may he ad
mirted into and become part of this STATE
with the consent of the Leg stature and
a majority of the qualified voters o
the State voting on the question. AND
in such case, provision snail be made
BY law, tor the representation thereof
in the Senate and House of Delegates
in conformity with the principles SCI
forth in this Constitution. And the
number Of members Of which each
house of the Legislature is to consist
shall thereafter be increased by tn,
representation assigned to such add
tional territory.
- No person shall be Senator o.
Delegate, who has not for one year mex
preceding his election, been resiGen
within the district or county from whici
he is elected and if Senator or Dele