The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-28
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Sress-The United States Law,
An Act for the apportionment OF Rspresen,.
tatives To- Con gress among the several
States, according to the ninth census.
Be Il enacted BY the Senate and
House Of Representatives, Of the
United, States Of America, in Congress
assembled, - That from and after
the third day Of March, eighteen
hundred and seventY-three, the House
Of Representatives shall be- composed
OF two hundred and eighty-three mem
bers, to be apportioned among the sew
eral States in accordance with the pro-
visions Of this act, that is to say: To
the State of Maine, five; to the State
of New Hampshire, two; to the Stale
Of Vermont, two; to the State OF Mae
sachuset's, eleven, to the State of
Rhode Island, two; to the State OF
Connecticut, four; to the State Of New
York, thirty-two; to the State of New
Jersey, seven; to the State of Pepnsyl-l
vania, twenty-six; to the STATE Of Del
aware, one; to the STATE OF Mary land.
six; to the State o. Virginia, nine; to
the State of North Carolina, eight; to
the State of South Carolina, five, to
the State OF Georgia, nine; to the State
of Alabama, seven; to the State OF
Mississippi, six; to the State of Louis
lana, FIVE; to the State of Ohio, twenty;
to the State OF Kentucky, ten; to the
State OF Tennessee, nine; to the State
of Indiana, twelve; to the State of H.
linois, nineteen; to the State of Mis-
souri,, thirteen; to the State Of Arkan>
sas, four; to the State of Michigan,
nine; to the State of Florida, one; to
the State of Texas, elk; to the State OF
Iowa, nine; to II e State OF Wisconsin,
eight; to the State of California, tour;
to the State of Minnesota, three; to
the State Of Oregan, one; TO the State
OF Kansas, three; to the State of West
Virginia, three; to the State Of Ne
vada, one; to the State OF Nebraska,
one: Provided, That if, after such ap
portionment shall have been made, any
new State shall be admitted into the
Union, the Representative or Repre-
sentatives Of such new State, shall be
additional to the number Of two hun
dred and eighty-three herein limited
Sec. 2. That in each State ent tied
10 70 ha
resentstive, the number to which said
States may be entitled in the Forty
third, and each subsequent Congress,
shall be elected by districts com posed
of contiguous territory, and containing
as nearly as practicable an equal num-
Der of inhabitants, and equal in num-
Der to the number of Representatives
TO which said States may he entitled in
Congress, no one district electing more
than one Representative: Provided,
That in the election OF Representatives
10 the Forty-third Congress in any State
which by this law Is gwen On increased
number Of Representatives, the adj
ditional Representative or Representa-
tives allowed to such State NAV be elect.
ed 10y the State at large, and the other
Representatives to which the State 10
entitled by the districts as now pre-
scribed bv law IN said State, unless the
Legisla AZURE Of said State shall otherwise
provide before the time fixed by law tor
the election OF Representatives therein.
SEC. 5. That the Tuesday next alter
the first Monday in November, in the
wear eighteen hundred and seventy-six,
is hereby fixed and established as the
dav, in each Of the States and Terri
tories Of the. United States, for the
election of Representatives and Dele
gates to the Forty-tifth Congress; and
the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in November, in every second yetr
thereafter, is hereby fixed and estab
lished as the day tor the election, in
each OF said States and Territories, OF
Representatives and Delegates to the
Congress commencing on the fourth
dav of March next thereafter.
SEC. t. That if, upon trail, there
shall be failure to elect Representa-
tive or Delegate in Congress in any
State, District, or Territory; upon the
day hereby fixed and established tor
such election, or il, after any such cleo
ton, a vacancy shall occur in any such
State, District or Territory, from death,
resignation, or otherwise, an election
shall be held to fill any vacancy caused
by such failure, resignation, death, or
otherw sc, at such time as Is or may
be provided by law for filing vacancies
in the State or Territory in which the
same may occur.
SEC. 5. That no State shall be here.
after admitted to the Union without
having the necessary population to en-
title it to at least one Representative,
accord ng to the ratio of representation
fixed by this bill.
SIC e. That should any State, after
the passage OF this at deny or ahridge
the right of any Of the male inhab tants
OF sucn State, being twentv-one years
Of age, aud citizens OF the United
States, to vote at any election named IN
the amendments TO the Constitution,
article fourteen, section two, except for
participation in the rebellion, or other
crime, the number OF Representatives
apportioned in this act to such State
shall be reduced in the proportion
which the number of such male Cit
zens shall have to the whole number OF
male citizens, twenty.one years OF a!e,
in such Safe.
Approved, February =, 1872.