National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-02-09
The ApportIOnnsent bill.

AN ACT for the apportiohiioh' VI '"P'o
sentatives 10 Congress among the sey
eral States of the Uuited States, ac
cording TO the ninth census.
That on and after the third day o
March, 1873, the House Of Represents
tives shall be composed Of 2i3 members
TO be apportioned among, the severa
States ia accordance with the provisions
Of this net that is to say To the STATE
Of Maine, 4; New Hampshire, 2; Yer
mont, 2; Massachusetts, IL; Rhode Is
land, /; Connecticut, 3; New York, rs
New Jersey, g.; Pennsylvania, ~; Della
ware, 1; Maryland, D; Virginia, =; North
Carolina, 7; South Carolina, &; Georgia,
8; Alabama, 6; Mississippi, 3; Louisi'
ana, 3; Ohio, II; Kentucky, &; Tenncs-
see, s; Indiana, II; Illinois, 10; Nilsson
ri, II; Arkansas, 3; Michigan, Z; Flori-
da, |; Texas, B: Iowa, s; Wisconsin, I;
California, 4; Minnesota, 3; Oregon, !;
Kansas, g West Virginia, 3; Nevada, /;
Nebraska, !. Provided that il after
such apportiontment shall have been
made any new state shall be admitted in
to the Union, the Representative or Rep
resentatives, of such new State shall be
added to the number Of 243 herein limit
ed
SEC. 2. That in each State entitled
under this law to more than one Repre-
sentative, the number TO which said
States may be entitled in the Forty-third
and each subsequent Congress, shall be
elected by districts composed OF contig-
uous territory and containing rs nearly
rs practicable m equal number OF inha-
bitants, and equal in number to the num-
Der of Representatives to which said
States may be entitled in Congress, no
one district eleeting more than one Rep
resentatve Provided that in the cleo
ton of Representatives to the Forty
third Congress in any State which by this
law is given an increased number of Rep
resentatives, the additional Representa-
tive or Representatives allowed to such
State may be elected by the State at
large, and the other Representatives to
which the State is entitled by the districts
as now prescribed by law in said State,
unless the Legislature of said State shall
otherwise provide before the time fixed
by law for the election of Representa-
tives therein.
SEC. 3. That the I 5day after the
first Monday in November in the year
1872 is hereby fixed and established as
the day in each of the States and Terri
tories of the United States for the cleo
ton of Representatives and Delegates to
the Forty-third Congress, and the Tues
day after the first Monday in November
in every second year thereafter is hereby
I1,,1,nI 10 g., h,
election in each of said States and Terri
tories of Representatives and Delegates
to the Congress commencing on the
fourth day of March next there after.
Provided that in any State in which by law
the polls are held open more than one
day for the election of State officers, the
polls for the election of members of Con
gress in such State in A. d. 1872 shall
be held the same length of time, begin
ming on the day above specified in this
section.
SEC. A. That if upon trial there shall
be failure to elect a Representative or
Delegate i'll Congress in any State, dis
trict, or Territory, upon the day hereby
fixed and established for such election,
or If, after such election, n vacancy shall
occur in any such State, district, OF Ter
ritory, from death, resignation, or other
wise, an election shall be held to fill any
vacancy caused by such failure, resigna
ton, death, or otherwise, at such time as
is or may be provided by law for filling
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 hav
ing the necessary population to entitle
it to at least one Representative, accord
ing to the ratio of representation fixed
by this bill. Should any State after the
passage of this act deny or abridge the
right of any of the male inhabitants of
such State, being q years of age and
citizens of the United States, to vote at
any election named in the Constitution
article IA, section y, except for partci-
patton in the rebellion or other crime,
the number of Representatives appor-
toned in this act to such State shall be
reduced in the proportion which the
of such male citizens shall bear
to the whols number of male citizens q
years of age in such State.