VII. The counties of Dinwiddie, Amelia and Brunswick shall form another district:

VIII. The counties of Powhatan, Cumberland and Chesterfield shall form another district:

IX. The counties of Lunenburg, Nottoway and Prince Edward shall form another district:

X. The counties of Mecklenburg and Charlotte shall form another district:

XI. The county of Pittsylvania shall be another district:

XII. The county of Halifax shall be another district:

XIII. The counties of Henry, Patrick and Franklin shall form another district:

XIV. The county of Bedford shall be another district:

XV. The counties of Campbell and Appomattox shall form another district:

XVI. The city of Williamsburg and the counties of James City, Charles City, New Kent, York, Elizabeth City and Warwick shall form another district:

XVII. The counties of Henrico and Hanover shall form another district:

XVIII. The city of Richmond shall be another district:

XIX. The counties of Gloucester, Matthews and Middlesex shall form another district:

XX. The counties of Richmond, Lancaster, Northumberland and Westmoreland shall form another district:

XXI. The counties of King and Queen, King William and Essex shall form another district:

XXII. The counties of Caroline and Spotsylvania shall form another district:

XXIII. The counties of Stafford, King George and Prince William shall form another district:

XXIV. The counties of Fairfax and Alexandria shall form another district:

XXV. The county of Loudoun shall be another district:

XXVI. The counties of Fauquier and Rappahannock shall form another district:

XXVII. The counties of Madison, Culpeper, Orange and Greene shall form another district:

XXVIII. The county of Albemarle shall be another district:

XXIX. The counties of Louisa, Goochland and Fluvanna shall form another district:

XXX. The counties of Nelson, Amherst and Buckingham shall form another district:

XXXI. The counties of Jefferson and Berkeley shall form another district:

XXXII. The counties of Hampshire, Hardy and Morgan shall form another district:

XXXIII. The counties of Frederick, Clarke and Warren shall form another district:

XXXIV. The counties of Shenandoah and Page shall form another district:

XXXV. The counties of Rockingham and Pendleton shall form another district:

XXXVI. The county of Augusta shall be another district:

XXXVII. The counties of Bath, Highland and Rockbridge shall form another district:

XXXVIII. The counties of Botetourt, Alleghany, Roanoke and Craig shall form another district:

XXXIX. The counties of Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Montgomery and Pulaski shall form another district:

XL. The counties of Mercer, Monroe, Giles and Tazewell shall form another district:

XLI. The counties of Smyth, Wythe and Washington shall form another district:

XLII. The counties of Scott, Lee and Russell shall form another district:

XLIII. The counties of Boone, Logan, Kanawha, Putnam and Wyoming shall form another district:

XLIV. The counties of Nicholas, Fayette, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Braxton and Greenbrier shall form another district:

XLV. The counties of Mason, Jackson, Cabell, Wayne and Wirt shall form another district:

XLVI. The counties of Ritchie, Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants and Wood shall form another district:

XLVII. The counties of Wetzel, Marshall, Marion and Tyler shall form another district:

XLVIII. The counties of Upshur, Barbour, Lewis, Gilmer and Randolph shall form another district:

XLIX. The counties of Monongalia, Preston and Taylor shall form another district:

L. The counties of Brooke, Hancock and Ohio shall form another district.

Apportionment of Representation.

5. It shall be the duty of the general assembly, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and in every tenth year thereafter, in case it can agree upon a principle of representation, to reapportion representation in the senate and house of delegates in accordance therewith; and in the event the general assembly, at the first or any subsequent period of reapportionment, shall fail to agree upon a principle of representation and to reapportion representation in accordance therewith, each house shall separately propose a scheme of representation, containing a principle or rule for the house of delegates, in connection with a principle or rule for the senate. And it shall be the duty of the general assembly, at the same session, to certify to the governor the principles or rules of representation which the respective houses may separately propose, to be applied in making reapportionments in the senate and in the house of delegates: and the governor shall, as soon thereafter as may be, by proclamation, make known the propositions of the respective houses, and require the voters of the commonwealth to assemble at such time, as he shall appoint, at their lawful places of voting, and decide by their votes between the propositions thus presented. In the event the general assembly shall fail, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, or in any tenth year thereafter, to make such reapportionment or certificate, the governor shall, immediately after the adjournment of the general assembly, by proclamation, require the voters of the commonwealth to assemble, at such time as he shall appoint, at their lawful places of voting, and to declare by their votes:

First, whether representation in the senate and house of delegates shall be apportioned on the "Suffrage Basis"; that is, according to the number of voters in the several counties, cities, towns and senatorial districts of the commonwealth:

Or, second, whether representation in both houses shall be apportioned on the "Mixed Basis"; that is, according to the number of white inhabitants contained, and the amount of all state taxes paid, in the several counties, cities and towns of the commonwealth, deducting therefrom all taxes paid on licenses and law process, and any capita

tion tax on free negroes, allowing one delegate for every seventy-sixth part of said inhabitants, and one delegate for every seventy-sixth part of said taxes, and distributing the senators in like manner:

Or, third, whether representation shall be apportioned in the senate on taxation; that is, according to the amount of all state taxes paid in the several counties, cities and towns of the commonwealth, deducting therefrom all taxes paid on licenses and law process, and any capitation tax on free negroes, and in the house of delegates on the "Suffrage Basis as aforesaid:

Or, fourth, whether representation shall be apportioned in the senate on the "Mixed Basis as aforesaid, and in the house of delegates on as aforesaid: and each voter shall cast his vote

the "Suffrage Basis

in favor of one of said schemes of apportionment, and no more.

6. It shall be the duty of the sheriffs and other officers taking said polls, to keep the same open for the period of three days, and within five days after they are closed, to certify true copies thereof to the governor, who shall, as early as may be, ascertain the result of said vote, and make proclamation thereof; and in case it is ascertained that a majority of all the votes cast is in favor of either of the principles of representation, referred as aforesaid to the choice of the voters, the governor shall communicate the result of such vote to the general assembly, at its first regular session thereafter; but in case it is ascertained that a majority of all the votes cast is not in favor of either of the principles of representation referred as aforesaid to the choice of the voters, it shall be the duty of the governor, as soon as may be after ascertaining that fact, in like manner to cause the voters to decide between the two principles of representation which shall, at such previous voting, have received the greatest number of votes; and he shall ascertain and make proclamation of the result of the said last vote, and communicate the same to the general assembly at its next regular session; and in either case, the general assembly, at the regular session thereof, which shall be held next after the taking of the vote, the result of which shall have been so communicated to it by the governor, shall reapportion representation in the two houses respectively in accordance with the principle of representation in each, for which a majority of the votes cast were given; and it shall be the duty of the general assembly in every tenth year thereafter to reapportion and distribute the number of senators and delegates in accordance with the same principle.

Qualifications of Senators and Delegates.

7. Any person may be elected senator, who, at the time of election, has attained the age of twenty-five years, and is actually a resident within the district, and qualified to vote for members of the general assembly, according to this constitution. And any person may be elected a member of the house of delegates, who, at the time of election, has attained the age of twenty-one years, and is actually a resident within the county, city, town or election district, qualified to vote for members of the general assembly according to this constitution; but no person holding a lucrative office, no minister of the gospel or priest of any religious denomination, no salaried officer of any banking corporation or company, and no attorney for the commonwealth, shall be capable of being elected a member of either house of assembly. The removal of any person elected to either branch of the general assembly from the county, city, town or district for which he was elected, shall vacate his office.

Powers and Duties of the General Assembly.

8. The general assembly shall meet once in every two years, and not oftener, unless convened by the governor in the manner prescribed in this constitution. No session of the general assembly, after the first under this constitution, shall continue longer than ninety days, without the concurrence of three-fifths of the members elected to each house; in which case, the session may be extended for a further period, not exceeding thirty days. Neither house, during the session of the general assembly, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and shall be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide.

9. The house of delegates shall choose its own speaker, and, in the absence of the lieutenant governor, or when he shall exercise the office of governor, the senate shall choose from their own body a president pro tempore; and each house shall appoint its own officers, settle its own rules of proceeding, and direct writs of election for supplying intermediate vacancies: but if vacancies shall occur during the recess of the general assembly, such writs may be issued by the governor,