NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 265

HOUSE BILL 1

 

 

AN ACT TO APPORTION THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMONG THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THE STATE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 120‑2 is rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 120‑2.  House of Representatives. Until the General Assembly of North Carolina shall make another apportionment as provided by the Constitution and laws of North Carolina, the House of Representatives shall be composed of members elected from the counties of the State in the following manner, to wit:

"The County of Mecklenburg shall elect five members; the County of Guilford shall elect four members; the Counties of Cumberland, Forsyth and Wake shall elect three members each; the Counties of Alamance, Buncombe, Durham, Gaston, Onslow, Robeson and Rowan shall elect two members each; the Counties of Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Graham, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Martin, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin, and Yancey shall elect one member each."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of April, 1961.