White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-08-27
A Law Providing for the Election Of
Members Of the Territorial Legislature.

A Law Providing for the Election Of
Members of the Territorial Legislature.
AN ACT to define and establish the Council
and Representative Districts for the Second Leg
islative Assembly, and for other purposes.
Be Il enacted By tie Governor and Legislative
Assembly Of the Territory Of Kansas, as fol-
lops:
SEcrreS /. The County of LeavenEorth shall
be and constitute the first council district; the
County of Atchison shall be and constitute the
second council district; the County of Doniphan
shall be and constitute the third council district
the Counties of Brown, Nemaha, Marshall, Pot
taWattomie and Riley, shall be and constitute
the fourth council district; the Counties of JEFF
larson and Calhoun, shall be and constitute the
fifth council district; the Counties Of Douglas
and Johnson shall be and constitute the sixth
council district; the Counties of Shawnee, Rich
ardson, Davis, Wise and Breckenridge shall be
and constitute the seventh council district; the
Counties of Bourbon, Godfrey, Wilson, Dom and
MCGEE, shall be and constitute the eighth com
ell district; the Counties of Butler, GreenH God,
Hunter, Madison, Weller, CofFey, Woodson and
Allen, shall be and constitute the ninth council
district; and the Counties Of Anderson, Lykins,
Linn and franklin, shall be and constitute the
tenth council district; all that part Of the Ter
ritory of Kansas that lies west of the Counties
of Marshall, Riley and Davis shall be attached
to the fourth council district, and all that part
which lies west of the Counties of Wise, But
Ter and Hunter shall be attached to the tenth
council district.
SEC. 2. In the first session Of the second leg
islative assembly of the Territory of Kansas,
the County of Leavenworth shall be and eonsti-
tute the first representative district; the County
Of Atchison shall be and constitute the second
representative district; the County of Doniphan
shall be and constitute the third representative
district; the County of Brown shall be and con-
stitute the fourth representative district; the
County Of Nemaha shall be and constitute the
fifth representative district; the County Of Mar
shall shall be and constitute the sixth represen-
tative district; the County of Jefferson shall be
and constitute the seventh representative dis
trict; the County Of Calhoun shall be and con-
stitute the eighth representative district; the
Counties of Pottawattomie and Riley shall be
and constitute the ninth representative district;
the Counties Of Douglas and Johnson shall be
and constitute the tenth representative district;
the County Of Shawnee shall be and constitute
the eleventh representative district; the Coun-
ties of Richardson, Davis, Wise and Brecken-
ridge, shall be and constitute the twelfth repre-
sentative district; the Counties Of Weller, Mad
ison, Butler, Hunter and Greenwood shall be and
constitute the thirteenth representative dis
trict; the Counties Of Bourbon, Godfrey, VIII
son, Dom and MCGEE, shall be and constitute
the fourteenth representative district; the Coun-
ties of woodson, COffey and Allen shall be and
constitute the fifteenth representative district;
the Counties Of Anderson and franklin. shall
be and constitute the sixteenth representative
district: the County Of Linn shah be and con-
stituts the seventeenth representative district;
and the County Of Lykins shall be and eOnsti-
tute the eighteenth representative district; and
all that part of the Territory Of Kansas lying
west of the Counties of Wise, Butler and Hun
ter, shall be attached TO the tenth representative
district.
SEs. 8. The whole number of members for
the House Of Representatives in the next Leg
islative Assembly of Kansas Tertiary shall be
thirty-nine. The following shall be the order in
which the superintendent among the several rep
resentative districts shall be made: the Cover
nor and Secretary, OF in case Of failure upon their
part from any cause to perform the duty hereby
epoined upon them before the frst day Of Juas
next, then the President Of the Council and
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives, Of the
present session Of the legislative Assembly, or
either one of them, shall take complete census
returns made in pursuance Of an-act, entitled
"a An act to provide for taking the census and
election for delegates TO convention" and divide
the whole number Of legal voters By thirty-nine,
and the psoduct Of such division, rejecting any
fraction Of unit, shall be the ratio or rule Of
apportionmenf Of members among the several
representative districts; and II any representa-
tive district shall not have number Of legal
votes thus ascertined equal to the ratio, itshan
be attached to some adjoining representative
district, and thus form representative districts
the number Of said votes in the district s. joined
shall then be divided By the ratio. and the pro-