Chap. 193.—An ACT to amend the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and
seventh sections, and to repeal the second section of the twenty-thind
chapter of the Code of 18738, in relation to the Militia.

Approved March 20, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sections
of the twenty-third chapter of the Code of eighteen hundred
and seventy-three, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows: | .

§ 1. The militia of the state shall be organized into divi-
sions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies. There
shall be five divisions and twenty-five brigades.

Divisions and brigades.

§ 3. The first division shall be composed of the first,
second: third, fourth, and fifth brigades, and the following
counties shall compose said brigades, to-wit: The counties of
Lee, Scott, Wise, Buchanan, and Russell shall compose the
first brigade; the counties of Washington, Smyth, Tazewell,
and Grayson the second brigade; the counties of Bland,
Wythe, Carroll, Pulaski, Giles, and Floyd the third brigade;
the counties of Montgomery, Craig, Botetourt, Alleghany,
and Roanoke the fourth brigade; the counties of Rockbridge,
Bath, Highland, and Augusta the fifth brigade.
§ 4. The second division shall be composed of the sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth brigades, and the following
counties shall compose the said brigades, to-wit: The coun-
ties of Rockingham, Page, and Shenandoah shall compose
the sixth brigade; the counties of Warren, Clarke, and
Frederick shall compose the seventh brigade; the counties
of Loudoun, Fairfax, Alexandria, Prince William, and Fau-
quier shall compose the eighth brigade; the counties of Rap-
pahannock, Culpeper, Madison, Greene, Orange, and Stafford
shall compose the ninth brigade; the counties of Albemarle,
Nelson, and Amherst shall compose the tenth brigade.

§ 5. The third division shall be composed of the eleventh,
twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth brigades, and
the following counties shall compose the said brigades, to-
wit: The counties of Patrick, Henry, and Franklin shall
compose the eleventh brigade; the counties of Pittsylvania
and Halifax shall compose the twelfth brigade; the counties
of Campbell, city of Lynchburg, and Bedford shall compose
the thirteenth brigade; the counties of Appomattox, Char-
lotte, Prince Edward, and Nottoway shall compose the four,
teenth brigade; the counties of Buckingham, Cumberland,
Powhatan, Amelia, and Chesterfield shall compose the fif-
teenth brigade.

§ 6. The tourth division shall Se composed of the sixteenth,
seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth brigades,
and the following counties shall compose the said brigades,
to-wit: The counties of Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Bruns-
wick, and Dinwiddie shall compose the sixteenth brigade;
the counties of Surry, Greensville, Sussex, Southampton,
Isle of Wight, Prince George, and city of Petersburg shall
compose the seventeenth brigade; the counties of Nanse-
mond, Norfolk, Princess Anne, and city of Norfolk shall
compose the eighteenth brigade; the counties of Warwick,
Elizabeth City, York, James City, Charles City, New Kent,
Gloucester, and Mathews shall compose the nineteenth
brigade; the counties of Accomac and Northampton shall
compose the twentieth brigade.

§ 7. The fifth division shall be composed of the twenty-
first, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth and twen-
ty-fifth brigades, and, the following counties shall compose
the said brigades, to-wit: The county of Henrico and city of
Richmond shall compose the twenty-first brigade; the coun-
ties of Goochland, Fluvanna, and Louisa shall compose the
twenty-second brigade; the counties of Spotsylvania, Caro-
line, and King George shall compose the twenty-third
brigade; the counties of Westmoreland, Northumberland,
Richmond, Essex, and Lancaster shall compose the twenty-
fourth brigade; the counties of Hanover, King William,
King & Queen, and Middlesex shall compose the twenty-fifth
brigade.

2. That section two of chapter twenty-three be, and the
same is hereby repealed. .

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.