Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-20
THE REAppoRrIoNmENT.

The REGISTER has received several
requests to re-publish the State Sena-
torial and Delegate districts as provided
for by the reapportionment bill passed
at the last session of the Legislature in
pursuance of the law requiring such
reapportIonment after every federal
census. Here is the bill in fult
l. That until the Senatorial districts of
of the Stale of West Virginia snail be
altered by the Legislature, in pursuance of
the provisions Of the constitution. the State
shall consist OF thirteen Senatorial dis
tricts, as follows:
2. The counties of Hancock, Brooke and
Ohio shall constitute the First Senatorial
district; the counties of Marshall, Wetzel
and Marion the Second; the counties OF
Tyler, Richie, Doddridge and Harrison
the Third the counties of peasants,
Wood, Writ, Calhoun and Gilmer the
Fourth; the counties of Jackson, Roane
and Mason the Fifth; the counties OF
Cabell, Wayne and Putnam the Sixth;
the counties of Logan, Lincoln, Wyoming,
Mcdowell, Mercer and Raleigh the seventh;
the counties of Greenbrier, Monroe, Sum-
mers, Fayette aud Pocahontas the Eighth;
ton, Clay and Boone the Ninth; the coun-
ties of Randolph, Lewis, Upshur,
Barbour and Webster the tenth; the
counties of Preston, Monongalia and Tay-
lor the Eleventh; the counties Of Hamp-
shire, Hardy, Grant, Mineral, Pendleton
and Tucker the Twelfth; and the counties
of Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan the
Thirteenth. And each of said districts
shall have two senator's. That the sena-
tors elected at the last general election for
the full term Of four years shall continue
TO hold their seats for the term for which
they were elected; and each district shall
at the next general election to be held on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday in
November, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-two, elect one senator, and BIZ
ennially thereafter one senator shall be
elected from each of said districts.
3. That until a new apportionment OF
delegates shall be declared, in pursuance
Of the constitution, the house Of delegates
shall consist of seventy-one members,
which shall be apportioned as follows: 10
the counties Of Barbour, Berkeley, Boone,
Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Hampshire,
jefferson, Lincoln, Logan, Mercer, Min
eral, Monongalia, Monroe, Nicholas, Pen
dleton, Peasants, Pocohontas, Putnam,
Raleigh, Richie, Roane, summers,
Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel and Writ,
one delegate each.
To the counties of Cabell, Fay&te,
Greenbrier, Harrison, Jackson, Marion,
Marshall, Mason, Preston aid Wayne, two
delegates euch.
To the county of Wood, three delegates.
To the counties Of Kanawha and Ohio,
four delegates each.
To the counties of Brooke and Hancock,
which shall constitute the First Delegate
district. one delegate.
To the counties Of Tyler and Wetzel,
which shall constitute the Second Delegate
district, one delegate.
To the counties of Braxton and Clay,
which shall constitute the Third Delegate
district, two delegates.
To the counties of Lewis and Webster,
which shall constitute the Fourth Delegate
district, two delegates.
To the counties of Randolph and Tucker,
which shall constitute the Fifth Delegate
district, two delegates.
To the counties of Grant and Hardy,
which shall constitute the Sixth Delegate
one delegate.
To the counties of Jefferson, Berkeley
and Morgan, which shall constitute the
Seventh Delegate district, two delegates.
To the counties Of Mcdowell and Wyom-
ing, which shall constitute the Eighth Del
egate district, one delegate.