The national Republican., 1860-12-18
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
APPoRTIoNMENT FOR MEMBERS OF
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APPORTIONMENTF FOR MEMBERS OF
.ass. ~. CONGRESS.
In the House, December l3, Mr.. Ashley, of
Ohio, introduced bill, of which the following
is Q copy 10 D. ...
Be q enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States in Congress
assembled, That from and after the third Of
March, eighteen hundred and sixty.three, the
number Of members Of the House Of Represent
atives to be apportioned among the several
States shall be asccrtained in the manner pre-
scribed in the provisions of this act.
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted That so
soon as the present and such subsequent cnu.
meraton of the inhabitants of the several States,
directed by the Constitution of the United
States to be taken every ten years, shall be
completed and returned to the office Of the De
partment Of the Interior, it shall be the duty of
the Secretary Of the interior to ascertain the
aggregate representative population rithin the
several States, including those bound to service
for term of years. and excluding Indians not
taxed, threeffths of al other persons; which
aggregate population he shall divide by the
number t,ro hundred and SEE. mtg fire, and the
product of such division, rejecting any fraction
Of unit, shall be the ratio Of apportionment
among the several States, under such enumer
alton and the Secretary Of the Interior shall
then proceed in the same manner to ascertain
the representative population Of each State by
the ratio obtained as above directed and the
product of this last division shall be the number
Of Representatives apportioned to each State,
under the then last enumeration. Prorided,
That when any State has fraction above the
entire ratio, so large that by being multiplied
by the number Of sessions in the decennial
periodic wit 6ve-it will produce ratio equal
to one or more Representatives, such additional
ii L. II. IL Al.
sion Of the decennial period; if there are two
ratios, the Representatives shall be allotted to
the fourth and ftM sessions; if three ratios
to the third, fourth, and I'm sessions and if
four ratios, to the second, third, fourth, and
,tffth sessions, respectively; and said Represent.
atives apportioned on fractions among the sew
eral States, shall be chosen in said States by
the electors at large. PrOrided, also, That if
after the appUrtonment of the Representatives
of the present or any subsequent census, n rev
State or States shall be admitted into the Union,
the Representative or Representatives assigned
by the act Of admission 10 such new State shall
be in addition to the number Of Representatives
herein provided for, which excess of represent.
alton, over and above the number created by
this act, shall only continue Until the succeeding
epportionment under the Hrxt succeeding cen
sus.
Sec. 3. 1rl be ii further enacted, That the
election for Representatives III Congress under
this apportionment shall be held at such times
and in the manner prescribed by the Legisla-
lures of the several States, except in the years
eighteen hund, ed and Sirty;tour and until
Congress shall otherwise direct, every four
years thereafter, in which years said election
for Representatives shall be held in all the
States of the Union on the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November. PrC rided, That
nothing contained in this act shall be construed
to prevent any State from providing by law for
the holding of elections at any time for the
purpose of filling vacancies which may occur
in the delegations of the several States.
SEC. A. And be ii further enacted, That so
much Of the act to which this act is an amend.
ment as the Secretary Of the Interior shall
deem proper to publish, for the information of
the people, and the assistance Of the mars halls
in the discharge Of their duties in taking the
census, together with such instructions as he
may think necessary, shall be published for six
consecutive weeks Immediately preceding each
enumeration, in one or more newspapers in the
English, and one in the German language, (ii
there be one,) in each county in every State
and Territory, provided the cost of said publ
cation shall not exceed the usual charge for
advertising.
SIC. 8. And be IL further enacted, That sec
tions twenty-four and twerty five of the act
providing for the taking Of the seventh census
and for the apportonment of Representatives
among the several States, approved May %
1850, to which this act is an amendment
and all acts inconsistent with the provisions o
this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed