CHAPTER 2

Act to amend and reenact § 24-12, as amended, of th
relating to apportionment of the members of the F

Approved December 2, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia.
That § 24-12, as amended, of the Code of Virgini:
acted as follows:

§ 24-12. Members of the House of Delegates shall
yrtioned, and each county, city and combination is
ation in the House of Delegates by a delegate, o
ws:

* First.—Chesapeake, two.

Second.—Accomack and Northampton, one.
Third.—Albemarle and Greene, one.
Fourth.—Charlottesville, one.

Fifth.—Alexandria, two.

Sixth.—Alleghany, Botetourt, Covington and Clifto
Seventh.—Amelia, * Lunenburg and Nottoway, on
Eighth.—Amherst and Lynchburg, one.
Ninth.—Arlington, * four.

Tenth.—Augusta, Highland, Staunton and Waynes
Eleventh.—Bedford, one.

Twelfth.—Bland, * Craig, Giles, Pulaski and Wyth
* Thirteenth. —Danville and Pittsylvania, one.
Fourteenth.—Brunswick and * Dinwiddie, one.
Fifteenth. Buchanan, one.

Sixteenth—Russell and Dickenson, one.

* Seventeenth.—Roanoke City and Roanoke County
Kighteenth.—_Campbell, one.
Nineteenth.—Caroline, King George, Essex and King and Queen, one.
* Twentteth.—Fairfax County, and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax
aad Falls Church, one.
Twenty-first.—* James City, * York and Williamsburg, one.
Twenty-second.—Charlotte, Cumberland and Prince Edward, one.
Twenty-third.—Chesterfield and Colonial Heights, * two.
Twenty-fourth.—Clarke, Frederick and Winchester, one.
Twenty-fifth.—Danville, one.
Twenty-sixth. —Hampton, * two.
Twenty-seventh.—Fairfax County, and cities of Fairfax and Falls
Charch, * six
Twenty-eighth.—Fauquier, Warren and Rappahannock, one.
Twenty-ninth.—Fluvanna, Goochland, * Louisa and Powhatan, one.
Thirtieth—Franklin County and Floyd, one.
Thirty-first—Gloucester, Mathews, New Kent, Charles City and
Middlesex, one.
Thirty-second.—Carroll, Grayson and Galax, one.
Thirty-third —Greensville, Surry and Sussex, one.
Thirty-fourth.—Halifax and South Boston, one.
Thirty-fifthHanover and King William, one.
Thirty-sixth.—Henrico, * and city of Richmond, eight.
Thirty-seventh.—Henry, Patrick and Martinsville, two.
Thirty-eighth.—Isle of Wight, * Southampton, and * city of Franklin,
one.
Thirty-ninth.—_Northumberland, Westmoreland, Lancaster and Rich-
mond County, one.
Fortieth_—_Newport News, three.
Forty-first.—Lee, Wise, and city of Norton, two.
Forty-second. —Loudoun and Prince William, * two.
Fortvy-third. —Lynchburg, one.
Forty-fourth.— Madison, Culpeper and Orange, one.
F orty-fifth.— Mecklenburg, one.
Forty-sixth.—Montgomery and Radford, one.
Fi -rtv-seventh.—Nansemond and Suffolk, one.
Forty-eighth.—Nelson *, Appomattox and Buckingham, one.
* Forty-ninth.—Norfolk City, * seven.
* Fiftieth.—Page *, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Harrisonburg, one.
* Fifty-first.—Petersburg *, one.
* Fifty-second.—Pittsylvania, * one.
* Fifty-third.— Portsmouth, * three.
* Fifty-fourth.—Prince George * and Hopewell, one.
* Fifty-fifth—* Virginia Beach, two.
° Fifty-sixth._—Roanoke County, one.
° Fifty-seventh._—Roanoke City, two.
* Fifty-eighth.—Rockbridge, Bath and Buena Vista, one.
* Fifty-ninth.—Rockingham and Harrisonburg, * one.
* Srrtieth._—Smyth, one.
* Sizty-first.—Spotsylvania, Stafford and Fredericksburg, one.
* Surty-second.—Tazewell, one.
* Sirty-third.—Washington, Scott and Bristol, two.
And the districts hereby created are hereby numbered one (1) to *
nrty-three (63) inclusive.

The reference to a county or city in this section is to the area com-
prising such county or city as of January one, nineteen hundred sixty-five.
2 If any part or parts, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is
for any reason declared unconstitutional, such decisions shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this act which shall remain in
force as if such act had been passed with the unconstitutional part or parts,
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or such application thereof
eliminated; and the General Assembly hereby declares that it would have
passed this act if such unconstitutional part or parts, section, subsection,
sentence, clause or phrase had not been included herein, or if such appli-
cation had not been made.