Chap. 73.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5888, as a
of Virginia, relating to the division of the State into jJudiciz
for certain changes in the number and composition thereof.

Approved February 28, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section fifty-eight hundred eighty-eight, a
de of Virginia be amended and re-enacted, as follows
Section 5888. The State shall be divided into thirt
ts as follows:

(1) The county of Norfolk shall constitute the fir
(2) The counties of Nansemond and Southampt«
folk shall constitute the second circuit.

(3) The counties of Prince George, Sussex, Greet
k, and the city of Hopewell, shall constitute the thir
(4) The counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, N
whatan, and the city of Petersburg, shall constitute
(5) The counties of Appomattox, Charlotte, Prine
ham and Cumberland shall constitute the fifth circuit.
(6) The county of Campbell, and the city of Lyn
ute the sixth circuit.

(7) The counties of Pittsylvania, Henry, Patrick
aville and Martinsville, shall constitute the seventh «
(8) The counties of Madison, Greene and Albema
irlottesville shall constitute the eighth circuit.

(9) The counties of Culpeper, Orange, Louisa an
stitute the ninth circuit.

(10) The county of Henrico and the city of Ric
ute the tenth circuit.

(11) The county of Elizabeth City and the city c
li constitute the eleventh circuit.

(12) The counties of Richmond, Northumberlanc
caster and Essex shall constitute the twelfth circuit.
(13) The counties of Gloucester, Mathews, King
liam and Middlesex shall constitute the thirteenth
(14) The counties of New Kent, Charles City,
ies City and the city of Williamsburg shall constite
uit.
(15) The counties of King George, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caro-
line and Hanover and the city of Fredericksburg shall constitute the fif-
teenth circuit.

(16) The counties of Prince William and Fairfax and the city of
Alexandria shall constitute the sixteenth circuit.

(17) The counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren and Shenandoah
shall constitute the seventeenth circuit.

(18) The counties of Augusta, Highland and Rockbridge and the
city of Buena Vista shall constitute the eighteenth circuit.

(19) The counties of Bath, Alleghany, Craig and Botetourt and
the city of Clifton Forge shall constitute the nineteenth circuit.

(20) The counties of Roanoke, Montgomery, Floyd and the city of
Roanoke shall constitute the twentieth circuit. _

(21) The counties of Pulaski, Carroll, Wythe and Grayson shall
constitute the twenty-first circuit.

(22) The counties of Bland, Tazewell and Giles shall constitute the
twenty-second circuit.

(23) The counties of Washington and Smyth shall constitute the
twenty-third circuit.

(24) The counties of Russell and Scott shall constitute the twenty-
fourth circuit. |

(25) The counties of Rockingham and Page shall constitute the
twenty-fifth circuit. ,

(26) The counties of Rappahannock, Fauquier and Loudoun shall
constitute the twenty-sixth circuit.

(27) The counties of Buchanan and Dickenson shall constitute the
twenty-seventh circuit.

(28) The counties of Isle of Wight, Princess Anne, Surry and the
city of Portsmouth shall constitute the twenty-eighth circuit.

(29) The counties of Amherst, Nelson and Fluvanna shall con-
stitute the twenty-ninth circuit.

(30) The counties of Bedford and Franklin shall constitute the
thirtieth circuit.

(31) The counties of Accomack and Northampton shall constitute
the thirty-first circuit.

(32) The city of Norfolk shall constitute the thirty-second circuit.

(33) The counties of Wise and Lee shall constitute the thirty-third
circuit.

(34) The counties of Halifax, Mecklenburg and Lunenburg shall
constitute the thirty-fourth circuit.

(35) The county of Arlington shall constitute the thirty-fifth cir-
cuit.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.