The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-27

The joint committee Of the Senate and
House on Privileges and Elections. have
completed a scheme OF rcdistricting the
State for the Senate.
The committees and a. subcommittee
have worked over the matter ata num-
Der of meetings. The subcommittee, con-
sisting of AIessrs. Sale. Barksdale, Kel-
ley, Carter and Cumming, held late
night meeting at the Westmorelard Club
night before last. After a tive-hours
session report was completed at four
o'clock yesterday morning. One of the
features of the subcommittee report
was the Encouragement and reduction of
representation in the lower Valley, against
which representatives from that section
have SO urgently argued.
The full committee of the Senate met
yesterday morning, received the SUD
committees report, and after argument
for and against decided to leave the lower
Valley districts unchanged. The bill was
reported to the Senate yesterday and
will come up for discussion to-day.
The majority of the districts are un-
changed. The changes arc made in FORM
ing the Fourth, Seventh, Eighteenth,
Twenty-second, Twenty-fifth, twenty
eighth, Thirty-first. Thirty-1ifth, Thirty.
sixth, Thirty-scvcntll, Thirty-eighth and
Fortieth.
Craig county, now with Montgomery
and Roanoke in the Fourth, Is put with
Alleghany, Bath, Botctourt and High
land in the Seventh.
Rockbridge, now with Botetourt, Ale.
ghany. Bath and Highland in the Sew
entl, is put with Bedford in the Twenty.
second.
Brunswick, now with Luncnbnrg and
Nottoway, i'll the Twenty-eigllth. is added
to Cha lotte and AIecl1lenburg in the
Twenty-iifth.
Cumberland, now with Amelia and
Prince Edward, in the Thirtieth. Is put
with Appomattos, buckingham and Flu
wanna in the Eighteenth.
Amelia and Prince Edward, now with
Cumberland in the Thirtieth, are put
with Lunenburg and Nottoway, III the
Twenty-eighth. In this way. by dl-
vision of the present Thirtictf1 District.
district is saved for Tidewater Virginia
Princess Anne, now with Norfolk city
in the Thirty-f1st, is put with Accomac
and Northampton in the Thirty-seventh.
Richmond city and Henrico now form
a district with two senators, and Eliza
beth City, Newport News, WARWICK
York, James City. Charles City. New
Kent and King William, a district with
one senator Under the new approtion'
n1ent this territory. is given four. sena-
tors instead of three as follows: try5 1ilcll-
nond city, two senators; IIenrico, iAlns
William. New Kent, Charles City, James
City and williamsburg. one senator. and
Elizabeth City, York. Warwick and New
port News. one senator.
THE NEW DISTRICTS.
The following list gives the apportlon-
n1ent Of the bill with the population OF
the counties and districts, according tc
the census of 1900:
i. washington l2s,o95), smyth u7,12),
and Bristol city G.579), unchanged. 5o69'.
9. Ice a9,S56), Scott t2e,6sD, and Wise
na. s53). unchanged. g., 2os
s. Bunchanan (9,692), Dickenson G,aO,
Russell us.oaD, and Tazewell t2S,Ss4), un-
1. Montgomery u5,s5g, Roanoke city
e., ,4e5). and Roanoke county Q5.ssO, u11-
changed Cnow also Craig, 53.1S4.
5. Giles (1o.793), Bland f5,49O, Pulaski
n4,eo9), and Wythe tao.4s'o, unchanged,
81. 1886.
6. Carroll t1a,3O3,, Grayson d6,S5s), and
Patrick Q540S). unchanged. 51.55a.
Z. Craig (42ss), Allegheny 1S,Ss0l, Bath
(.5e5), Botetourt Q7,16D. and HiEhla nd
(564D, changed (now Rockbridge instead
of Craig, 49,026.
S. Rockingham. unchanged, $685..