The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-03-25
,No.e24S1.o

mond shallaeIect one senat0-."a" 's9Fh"
! Twenty-ninth District-Atiso1 ana TN.
ion shall eject Une senators aaEd z ose
| sThirtieth' tDistrict- aMeckienburg shall
electone senator. 81! "a bsbiasa aFga iIsds
Thirty first District tic Cabarrus and STAN
ly shalIselect one senator. .fei tsi1isiu oil III
Thirty second District-Davis and Row
40 shaft elect one senator. d2s'3 ~ 'aad
'aThirty-thiraF DISTRICT Davidsor, shall
elect one seaator.gad llads has ala 80 TO
'SfhHty fourth ''District-f orsythe' and
Stokes shall elections senator. 'asush.a3!! at3!
Thirty fifth Distrct-Surry and yadkin
shall elect one senator. $"94@a'e4H6 +f@a II
1hirty.slxth yDstrict--Alexander and
Iredell shall elect oae senator. rs@t 7ts m:
Thirty seventh Distrlct-Catawba, Gas
ton and Lincoln shalt elect one senitor. ~ &~
Thirty 1eighth District-Cleaveland, Polk
and Rutherford shall elect one senator. ''' o.
Thirty ninth District-AA Aiirghany, Ashe
and Wilkes shall elect one senator. .>.
Fortistf District -Buncombe. Hsnder-
son aas 'rrausly yvania shall elect one sena-I
tor. .asail's" Ibl"a' ii a.od IN aas1@7 fnf
Forty 6rst Disirict--Burke. j Caldwell
and Watauea shall elect one senator. f.@ IL
Forty second District-Madison, Mitch
ell. Mcdowell and Yancy shall elect one
senator. ~ y|dWsgtE fes@}aS1e e"1 - .ec
Forty. third 'Distrirt-Clay. Cherokee,
Hay wood, Jackson and Macon shall elect
one senator. s"s 81 t2a* r<z-. -: ef :'a"' i.
I See. 5. An'enuneration OF the inhabi-
,ants Of the State shall be taken under the
direction Of the General Assembly In the
year one thousand eight hundred and ses
Venty 1--WE, and atthe end dof every ten years
thereafter; anti the said Senate Districts
seall be So altered by the General Assem-
bly, at the hrst session after the return of
every enumeration taken as aforesaid, or by
order 7oi Congress, that each Senate Dis
trirt shall ccntain as nearly as may be an
equal number Of inhabitants, excluding a.
hens and Indians not taxed, and shall re-
main unsltered until the return Of anotlIsr
remuneration, and shall at all times consist
OF contiguous territory and no county shall
be Idi,ided 10 the formation of Senate
District unless such county shall be equits-
bly, entitled to two or more Senators. - 81.
See. 9. The House Of Represen :atives
shall be composed of one hundred and twen-
" Representatives, bicnnisIly chosen by
ballot, TO be elected by the coun les res
Ipect'sely, according 10 their populstion,
and each county shall have at least one Rep
resentativs in the House of Representatives,
although IL may not contain the requisite
ratio OF representation this sapportlDnmcnt
shall be made BY the General Assembly at
the respective times aud periods when the
District Tor the Senate are hereinbsfore dI-
reeted to be laid Of.
Sec. z. ln making the spportionment in
the House Of Representatives.. the.ratio OF
representation shall be ascettained by di-
yldIng the amount OF the population ot the
State, exclusive Of that csmprehented with y
in those counties which do net se.erally
contain the one hundred and twentieth part
OF the population Of the State, by the num-
ber of Representatives, less the number a..
signed 10 such counties and in ascertain.
ing the number Of the population oi the
State, aliens and Indians not taxed, shall
no. be inrludsd. To each county contain.
ing the said ratio and not ~ ice the said RAJ
ito, there sbsll.be assigned one representa-
tive; 20 each county containing twice bu
not three times the said ratio. there shaft
be assigned TIVE representatives. and SO on
progressively, and then the remaining rep
ressptstives shall be assigned seseraily TO
che sounties having the largest fractions.
Sec. 8. Until the General Assembly shall
hars. made the apportioHmest as hereinbr- E
fore provided, the House OF Representatives y
shall be composed Of members elected from
the counties in the following manner. TO wit
The county of Wake shall elect tou:
members the counties Of Craven. Gran.
vile. HALIFAX and New Hanover shall slse,
three nembsrs each; the sountiss Of Cas-
well, Chatham, CsnbsrIsnd, Dsvidsos.
nnnltn Elrnnar~hn. R..nLIi, GniIEnrn Irs.