CHAPTER 57

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 24-8, 24-12, and 24-14, as amended, of
the Code of Virginia, relating to Congressional districts, House of
Delegates districts, and State Senatorial districts, respectively.

[H 109]
Approved February 26, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 24-8, 24-12, and 24-14, as amended, of the Code of Virginia
be amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 24-3. Congressional districts.—The cities of Newport News, Hamp-
ton, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg and the counties of Accomack,
James City, Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, and York shall
constitute the first Congressional district.

The cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth shall constitute the second
Congressional district.

The city of Richmond and the counties of Chesterfield and Henrico
shall constitute the third Congressional district.

The cities of Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Emporia, Franklin, Peters-
burg, Suffolk and Hopewell and the counties of Amelia, Appomattox,
Lunenburg, Buckingham, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of
Wight, Nansemond, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George,
Southampton, Surry and Sussex shall constitute the fourth Congressional

istrict.

The cities of Danville, Martinsville, South Boston, and Galax and the
counties of Campbell, Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin, Patrick, Carroll,
Grayson, Halifax, Charlotte, Brunswick and Mecklenburg shall constitute
the fifth Congressional district.

The cities of Roanoke, Lynchburg, Radford, Clifton Forge, Covington
and Salem and the counties of Amherst, Nelson, Bedford, Roanoke, Mont-
gomery, Floyd, Craig, Botetourt and Alleghany shall constitute the sixth
Congressional district.

The cities of Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Waynesboro,
Winchester, Staunton and Buena Vista, and the counties of Albemarle,
Culpeper, Greene, Fluvanna, Orange, Clarke, Frederick, Rappahannock,
Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren, Augusta, Bath, Highland, Madi-
son, and Rockbridge shall constitute the seventh Congressional district.

The city of Fredericksburg and the counties of Essex, Charles City,
King and Queen, New Kent, Caroline, Fauquier, Goochland, Westmoreland,
Lancaster, Richmond, Northumberland, Hanover, King George, Loudoun,
Louisa, Prince William, Spotsylvania, King William and Stafford and that
part of Fairfax County comprising Mount Vernon, Lee. and Centreville
magisterial districts and those parts of Dranesville and Providence magis-
terial districts situated north and west of the Interstate highways num-
bered sixty-six and four hundred ninety-five shall constitute the eighth
Congressional district.

The cities of Bristol and Norton and the counties of Lee, Scott, Wise,
Dickenson, Buchanan, Russell, Washington, Smyth, Pulaski, Giles, Bland,
Wythe and Tazewell shall constitute the ninth Congressional district.

The cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church, the county of
Arlington and that part of Fairfax County comprising Falls Church and
Mason magisterial districts and those parts of Dranesville and Providence
magisterial districts situated south and east of the Interstate highways
numbered sixty-six and four hundred ninety-five shall constitute the tenth
Congressional district.

§ 24-12. Apportionment of members of House of Delegates.—Mem-
bers of the House of Delegates shall be distributed and apportioned, and
each county, city and combination is entitled to representation in the
House of Delegates by a delegate, or by delegates, as follows:

First.—Chesapeake, two.

Second.—Accomack and Northampton, one.

Third.—Albemarle and Greene, one.

Fourth.—Charlottesville, one.

Fifth.—Alexandria, two.

Sixth.—Alleghany, Botetourt, Covington and Clifton Forge, one.

Seventh.—Amelia, Lunenburg and Nottoway, one.

Eighth.—Amherst and Lynchburg, one.

Ninth.—Arlington, four.
Tenth.—Augusta, Highland, Staunton and Wa:
Eleventh.—Bedford, one.

Twelfth.—Bland, Craig, Giles, Pulaski and Wyt
Thirteenth.—Danville and Pittsylvania, one.
Fourteenth.—Brunswick and Dinwiddie, one.
Fifteenth.—Buchanan, one.
Sixteenth.—Russell and Dickenson, one.
seventeenth.—Roanoke County, and the cities

Eighteenth.—_Campbell, one.
Nineteenth.—Caroline, King George. Essex an:
Twentieth.—Fairfax County, and the cities ¢
Falls Church, one.

Twenty-first—James City, York and Williamsk
Twenty-second.—Charlotte. Cumberland and Ff
Twenty-third.—Chesterfield and Colonial Heigt
Twenty-fourth.—Clarke, Frederick and Winch
Twenty-fifth.—Danville, one.
Twenty-sixth.—_Hampton, two.
Twenty-seventh.—Fairfax County, and cities
rch, six.

Twenty-eighth.—Fauquier, Warren and Rappa
Twenty-ninth.—Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa |
Thirtieth.—Franklin County and Floyd, one.
Thirty-first—Gloucester, Mathews, New Ke
dlesex, one.

Thirty-second.—Carroll. Grayson and Galax, o
Thirty-third.—Greensville, Surry. Sussex and
Thirty-fourth.—Halifax and South Boston, one.
Thirty-fifth—Hanover and King William, one.
Thirty-sixth.—Henrico, and City of Richmond.
Thirty-seventh —Henrv. Patrick and Martinsvi
Thirty-eighth.—Isle of Wight, Southampton, ar
Thirty-ninth.—Northumberland, Westmorelan:
d County, one.

Fortieth.— Newport News, three.
Forty-first.—Lee, Wise, and city of Norton, tw
Forty-second.—Loudoun and Prince William, tv
Forty-third.—Lvnchburg, one.
Forty-fourth.—Madison, Culpeper and Orange
Forty-fifth— Mecklenburg, one.
Forty-sixth.—Montgomery and Radford, one.
Forty-seventh.—Nansemond and Suffolk, one.
Forty-eighth.—Nelson, Appomattox and Buckit
Forty-ninth.—Norfolk City, seven.

Fiftieth.— Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah anc
Fifty-first—Petersburg, one.
Fifty-second.—Pittsylvania, one.
Fifty-third.—Portsmouth, three.
Fifty-fourth.—Prince George and Hopewell, on
Fifty-fifth.—Virginia Beach, two.
Fifty-sixth.—Roanoke County, and the city of §
Fifty-seventh—Roanoke City, two.
Fifty-eighth.—Rockbridge, Bath and Buena Vi

Fifty-ninth._—Smyth, one.
* Siztieth._Spotsylvania, Stafford and Freder
* Sixty-first—Tazewell, one.
* Sixty-second.—Washington, Scott and Bristol, two.
And the districts hereby created are hereby numbered one (1) t
sixty: : two * (62) inclusive.
*

§ 24-14. State senatorial districts —The State is hereby divided int
thirty-three districts entitled to senators as follows:

First.—The counties of Accomack, Northampton, Mathews, Glouceste
and York, one.

Second.—Norfolk City, three.

ree rd .—The cities of Chesapeake, Portsmouth and Virginia Beack

e Fourth.—The counties of Halifax, Charlotte, Prince Edward, Luner
burg and Nottoway and the city of South Boston, one.

Fifth.—The counties of Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Southampton, an
the cities of Suffolk and Franklin, one.

Sixth.—The counties of Greensville, James City, Prince George, Surr
and Sussex, and the cities of Hopewell, Emporia and Williamsburg, ons

Seventh.—The counties of Brunswick, Dinwiddie and Mecklenburg
and the city of Petersburg, one.

Fighth.—The counties of Arlington and Fairfax, and the cities o
Fairfax and Falls Church, one.

Ninth.—Arlington County, one.

Tenth.—The counties of Appomattox, Buckingham, Amherst, Nelso:
and Campbell, one.

Eleventh.—Bedford County and city of Lynchburg, one.

Twelfth.—The counties of Henry, Patrick and Pittsylvania, and th
cities of Danville and Martinsville, two.

Thirteenth.—The counties of Carroll, Floyd, Franklin and Mont
gomery, and the cities of Galax and Radford, one.

Fourteenth.—The counties of Washington, Lee and Scott and the cit:
of Bristol, one.

Fifteenth.—The counties of Dickenson, Russell and Wise and the cit:
of Norton, one.

Sixteenth.—The counties of Buchanan, Smyth and Tazewell, one.

Seventeenth.—The counties of Bland, Giles, Pulaski, Craig, Grayso:
and Wythe, one.

Eighteenth.—The counties of Alleghany, Bath. Botetourt, and Roa
noke, and the cities of Clifton Forge, Covington, and Salem, one.

Nineteenth.—The counties of Augusta, Rockbridge and Highland, an
the cities of Buena Vista, Lexington, Staunton and Waynesboro, one.

Twentieth.—The counties of Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham an
Warren, and the city of Harrisonburg. one.

Twenty-first—The counties of Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah an
Loudoun and the city of Winchester, one.

Twenty-second.—The counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Cum
berland, Powhatan and Madison, and the city of Charlottesville, one.

Twenty-third.—The counties of Goochland, Louisa, Orange, Spotsy]
vania, Culpeper, Caroline, King George and the city of Fredericksburg
one.

Twenty-fourth.—The county of Fairfax and the cities of Fairfax an
Falls Church, two.

Twenty-fifth.—The counties of Prince William, Stafford and Fauquier
one.

Twenty-sixth.—The counties of Hanover, King William, Essex, Kin;
and Queen, Middlesex, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Richmond an
Lancaster, one.

Twenty-seventh.—City of Newport News, one.

Twenty-eighth.—City of Hampton, one.
Twenty-ninth.—The counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Amelia
and New Kent and the city of Colonial Heights, one.

Thirtieth.—Richmond City, two.

Thirty-first.—County of Henrico, one.

Thirty-second.—City of Roanoke, one.

Thirty-third.—City of Alexandria, one.