The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-06-18
. NEW APPoRTIONMENr.l

a new apportionment Of Senators and Represent
a'lves takes place this year, agreeaby to provisions
IN the Constitution. The Senate is based on popu-
latlon and the number limited to 40. Every Dis
rlct IS entitled to one, and District have more
thar slx Franklin will probably lose Senator, and
1t may be doubtful whether Hampshire will be able
to retain two. In the apportionment in 1910, after
80 Senators had been distributed, Middlesex was
found to have the largest unrepresented fraction, and
the fortleth Senator was assigned to her.
The basis of the present House of Representa-
tlves is population Of 1900 for the first Represent
ave and 2400 for every additional Representative.
Ii the whole population of the Commonwealth, DUR
ing the last ten years, has increased to 100000, (oi
which there can be no doubt, } then the number Of
inhabitants which shall entitle town to elect one
Representative, and the mean increasing number
which shall entltle town or city TO elect more than
one, must be increased one-tenth. The same rule
lsto be applied to small towns not entitled to Rep
resentatlve every year. This provision is designed
to prevent the House of Representatives from be-
coming too numerous. If the population of the
State have increased to $40, 000 the number will be
increased one-twentieth; and for every additional
increase OF 40 ,000 the addition of one-tenth is re-
CURED The population of the State is probably
about one million. The representation Of small
towns, therefore, will be much reduced
The returns Of the census OF the population taken
on the FIRST of May, must be made to the office of
the Secretary Of the Commonwealth, on or before
the Both of June, to make the apportionment and
cause the same to be published by the first day of
September next. Hampshire Gazette
% The above article has been pretty extensively
copied, but paper, far as we have noticed has
commented on singular error contained in it. 1t says
that 'f the population Of the State have increased to
$4,000 the number necessary for representative
will be increased one-t,ceeth." 1t should be one-fh,
Or two-tenths, or in other words, twenty per 1t
estimates the population Of the State at one mllion
This must be too high We hardly think it will ex-
coed nine hundred thousand If it should he over
$4,000 and underS $4,000, the population neces-
sary for one representative will be 1440, andfor each
additional representative 2sS0. This would give Wor-
cester six representatives, with fraction of only 81 II
the population should exceed go 0OO the ratio for one
representative Will 1860 and for each additional 1920
This will give Worcester FIVE Representatives with a
fraction of 92l. Ftchburg will be entitled to two under
either, with fraction Of 20 under the latter Milford
will be entitled to two under the former and but one I'M
der the latter. No other town in the County will prob
ably be entitled to than one Representative, under
eitherratio If,, .s.a e5., .
great number of towns, throughout the State
which have heretofore had the right of an annual rep
resentaton, will now be partially disanchised They
will feel the deprivation sorey, and we should not be
surprised if it led to effective movement for a
change in the mode ofrepresentaton. The number Of
representatives must be kept down its present limits
by the existing provisions or other, or else the
Representatives Hall must be enlarged to accommodate
any increase This year. every in the State is en-
titled to a representation, and it will be favorable
time to take the whole subject into consideration.