Article V.
Legislative Department

Section 2.

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Number and election of delegates

The House of Delegates shall consist of not more than one hundred and not less than ninety members, who shall be elected biennially by the voters of the several house districts, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November.

The House of Delegates shall consist of not more than one hundred and not less than ninety members, who shall be elected biennially by the voters of the several house districts, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November.

The house of delegates shall be elected biennially by the voters of the several cities and counties, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, and shall, from and after the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, consist of not more than one hundred and not less than ninety members.

The House of Delegates shall be elected biennially by the voters of the several cities and counties on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, and shall be distributed and apportioned as follows:

District No. 1. Accomack shall have two delegates.
District No. 2. Albemarle shall have three delegates.
District No. 3. Amelia shall have one delegate.
District No. 4. Alexandria shall have two delegates.
District No. 5. Amherst shall have two delegates.
District No. 6. Appomattox shall have one delegate.
District No. 7. Alleghany and Craig shall have one delegate.
District No. 8. Augusta shall have three delegates.
District No. 9. Bath and Highland shall have one delegate.
District No. 10. Bedford shall have three delegates.
District No. 11. Bland shall have one delegate.
District No. 12. Botetourt shall have one delegate.
District No. 13. Brunswick shall have one delegate.
District No. 14. Buckingham shall have two delegates.
District No. 15. Buchanan and Wise shall have one delegate.
District No. 16. Campbell shall have three delegates.
District No. 17. Caroline shall have two delegates.
District No. 18. Carroll shall have one delegate.
District No. 19. Charles City shall have one delegate.
District No. 20. Charlotte shall have two delegates.
District No. 21. Chesterfield and Powhatan shall have three delegates.
District No. 22. Cumberland shall have one delegate.
District No. 23. Culpeper shall have one delegate.
District No. 24. Clarke shall have one delegate.
District No. 25. Dinwiddie shall have one delegate.
District No. 26. Elizabeth City and Warwick shall have two delegates.
District No. 27. Essex shall have one delegate.
District No. 28. Fauquier shall have two delegates.
District No. 29. Fairfax shall have one delegate.
District No. 30. Floyd shall have one delegate.
District No. 31. Franklin shall have two delegates.
District No. 32. Fluvanna shall have one delegate.
District No. 33. Frederick shall one delegate.
District No. 34. Giles shall have one delegate.
District No. 35. Goochland shall have one delegate.
District No. 36. Greenesville shall have one delegate.
District No. 37. Green shall have one delegate.
District No. 38. Gloucester shall have one delegate.
District No. 39. Grayson shall have one delegate.
District No. 40. Halifax shall have three delegates.
District No. 41. Hanover shall have two delegates.
District No. 42. Henrico and Richmond City shall have eight delegates.
District No. 43. Henry shall have one delegate.
District No. 44. Isle of Wight shall have one delegate.
District No. 45. James City and City of Williamsburg shall have one delegate.
District No. 46. King and Queen shall have one delegate.
District No. 47. King William shall have one delegate.
District No. 48. King George shall have one delegate.
District No. 49. Lancaster shall have one delegate.
District No. 50. Lee shall have one delegate.
District No. 51. Louisa shall have two delegates.
District No. 52. Lunenburg shall have one delegate.
District No. 53. Loudoun shall have two delegates.
District No. 54. Mathews shall have one delegate.
District No. 55. Madison shall have one delegate.
District No. 56. Mecklenburg shall have two delegates.
District No. 57. Middlesex shall have one delegate.
District No. 58. Montgomery shall have one delegate.
District No. 59. Nansemond shall have one delegate.
District No. 60. New Kent shall have one delegate.
District No. 61. Norfolk county and the City of Portsmouth shall have three delegates.
District No. 62. Norfolk City shall have two delegates.
District No. 63. Nelson shall have one delegate.
District No. 64. Nottoway shall have one delegate.
District No. 65. Northampton shall have one delegate.
District No. 66. Northumberland shall have one delegate.
District No. 67. Orange shall have one delegate.
District No. 68. Patrick shall have one delegate.
District No. 69. Page shall have one delegate.
District No. 70. Pittsylvania shall have four delegates.
District No. 71. Petersburg City shall have two delegates.
District No. 72. Prince Edward shall have one delegate.
District No. 73. Prince George shall have one delegate.
District No. 74. Prince William shall have one delegate.
District No. 75. Pulaski shall have one delegate.
District No. 76. Princess Anne shall have one delegate.
District No. 77. Rappahannock shall have one delegate.
District No. 78. Richmond County shall have one delegate.
District No. 79. Rockingham shall have two delegates.
District No. 80. Rockbridge shall have two delegates.
District No. 81. Roanoke shall have one delegate.
District No. 82. Russell shall have one delegate.
District No. 83. Shenandoah shall have one delegate.
District No. 84. Smyth shall have one delegate.
District No. 85. Southampton shall have one delegate.
District No. 86. Scott shall have one delegate.
District No. 87. Surry shall have one delegate.
District No. 88. Stafford shall have one delegate.
District No. 89. Sussex shall have one delegate.
District No. 90. Spotsylvania shall have one delegate.
District No. 91. Tazewell shall have one delegate.
District No. 92. Washington shall have two delegates.
District No. 93. Warren shall have one delegate.
District No. 94. Westmoreland shall have one delegate.
District No. 95. Wythe shall have one delegate.
District No. 96. York shall have one delegate.

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1865 — Article IV. Section 3

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