1965/66/67 session laws – Ch.5 Sec.1
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CHAPTER 5 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS, TO AP- PORTION SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMONG THOSE DISTRICTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT- ATIVES BY DISTRICTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
G.S. 120-2 is rewritten to read as follows: $ 120-2. House of Representatives. For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the House of Representatives in 1966 and every two years thereafter, representative districts are established and seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned among those districts as follows, which representative districts shall be numbered from 1 through 49, consecutively: District 1 shall consist of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, and Perquimans Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 2 shall consist of Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 3 shall consist of Carteret, Craven, and Pamlico Counties and shall elect three Representatives. District 4 shall consist of Onslow and Pender Counties and shall elect three Representatives. District 5 shall consist of New Hanover County and shall elect two Representatives. District 6 shall consist of Bertie, Hertford, and Northampton Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 7 shall consist of Halifax and Martin Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 8 shall consist of Pitt County and shall elect two Representatives. District 9 shall consist of Greene, Jones, and Lenoir Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 10 shall consist of Wayne County and shall elect two Representatives. District 11 shall consist of Duplin County and shall elect one Representative. District 12 shall consist of Bladen and Sampson Counties and _ shall elect two Representatives. District 13 shall consist of Brunswick and Columbus Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 14 shall consist of Edgecombe and Nash Counties and shall elect three Representatives. 17 District 15 shall consist of Johnston and Wilson Counties and shall elect three Representatives. District 16 shall consist of Franklin, Vance, and Warren Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 17 shall consist of Caswell, Granville, and Person Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 18 shall consist of Durham County and shall elect three Representatives. District 19 shall consist of Wake County and shall elect four Representatives. District 20 shall consist of Chatham and Orange Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 21 shall consist of Alamance County and shall elect two Representatives. District 22 shall consist of Harnett and Lee Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 28 shall consist of Cumberland County and shall elect four Representatives. District 24 shall consist of Hoke, Robeson, and Scotland Counties and shall elect four Representatives. District 25 shall consist of Rockingham County and shall elect two Representatives. District 26 shall consist of Guilford County and shall elect six Representatives. District 27 shall consist of Montgomery and Randolph Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 28 shall consist of Moore County and shall elect one Representative. District 29 shall consist of Richmond County and shall elect one Representative. District 30 shall consist of Forsyth County and shall elect five Representatives. District 31 shall consist of Davidson County and shall elect two Representatives. District 32 shall consist of Stanly County and shall elect one Representative. District 33 shall consist of Anson and Union Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 34 shall consist of Rowan County and shall elect two Representatives. District 35 shall consist of Cabarrus County and shall elect two Representatives. District 36 shall consist of Mecklenburg County and shall elect seven Representatives. District 37 shall consist of Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, and Surry Counties and shall elect three Representatives. District 38 shall consist of Wilkes and Yadkin Counties and shall elect two Representatives. 18 District 39 shall consist of Davie and Iredell Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 40 shall consist of Catawba County and shall elect two Representatives. District 41 shall consist of Gaston and Lincoln Counties and shall elect four Representatives. District 42 shall consist of Alexander, Burke, and Caldwell Counties and shall elect three Representatives. District 43 shall consist of Cleveland, Polk, and Rutherford Counties and shall elect three Representatives. District 44 shall consist of Avery, Mitchell, and Watauga Counties and shall elect one Representative. District 45 shall consist of Buncombe and McDowell Counties and shall elect four Representatives. District 46 shall consist of Henderson County and shall elect one Representative. District 47 shall consist of Haywood, Madison, and Yancey Counties and shall elect two Representatives. District 48 shall consist of Jackson, Swain, and Transylvania Counties and shall elect one Representative. District 49 shall consist of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and Macon Counties and shall elect one Representative.