CHAP. 213. —An ACT to amend and re-enact section 50 of chapter
7 of the code of Virginia, in relation to apportionment of repre-
' sentation in congress.

Approved February 15, 1892,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section fifty, chapter seven, of the code of Virginia, in
relation to the representation of the state of Virginia in
the congress of the United States, be amended and re-
enacted: so as to read as follows:

§ 50. The counties of Accomac, Northampton, Lancaster,
Richmond, Northumberland, Westmoreland, Gloucester,
Middlesex, Mathews, Essex, King and Queen, Caroline,
Spotsylvania, and the city of Fredericksburg, shall form
the first congressional district.

The cities of Norfolk, Williamsburg, and Portsmouth
and the counties of Princess Anne, Norfolk, Nansemond,
Isle of Wight, Southampton, Elizabeth City, Warwick,
York, James City, Charles City, and Surry, shall form the
second congressional district.

The cities of Richmond and Manchester and the coun-
ties of Henrico, Goochland, Chesterfield, New Kent, Han-
over, and King William, shall form the third congressional
district.

The city of Petersburg and the counties of Prince
George, Sussex, Dinwiddie, Greenesville, Brunswick, Meck-
lenburg, Lunenburg. Nottoway, Amelia, Powhatan, and
Prince Edward, shall form the fourth congressional dis-
trict.

The city of Danville, the town of North Danville and
the counties of Pittsylvania, Franklin, Floyd, Henry, Pat-
rick, Carroll, and Grayson, shall form the fifth congres-
sional district.

The cities of Lynchburg, Roanoke, and Radford and the
counties of Montgomery, Bedford, Campbell, Charlotte,
Halifax, and Roanoke, shall form the sixth congressional
district.

The cities of Winchester and Charlottesville and the
counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Rappahannock,
Madison, Greene, Albemarle, Rockingham, Shenandoah,
and Page, shall form the seventh congressional district.

The city of Alexandria and the counties of Loudoun,
Fairfax, Alexandria, Fauquier, Culpeper, Orange, Louisa,
King George, Stafford, and Prince William, shall form the
2ighth congressional district.

The counties of Lee, Scott, Wise, Dickenson, Buchanan,
Russell, Washington, Smyth, Bland, Tazewell, Wythe,
Pulaski, Giles, Craig, and the city of Bristol, shall form
the ninth congressional district.

The city of Staunton and the counties of Augusta, High-
land, Bath, Alleghany, Rockbridge, Amherst, Nelson, Ap-
pomattox, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Cumberland, and Bot-
etourt, shall form the tenth congressional district.

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