Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-12-18
OFFICIAL

D...,J nj ths Seoont Session Of The Fortv-sssond
f" Congress.
GENERAL NATURs, No. 81
An AoT for he appOrdoDment OF Representatives
!, Congress among the several States according 70
es a enacted by tAs Fsnais and Bouse Of Representa-
. ~ he United States Of m rico, IN Congress as
"b,sd That from and after the third day OF March,
sa,gnteen hundred aud seventy three, the House OF
S,snresentatiyea shall be composed OF two hundred
nf eighty- three members, TO be appOrtoned among
Wy iSs act, that Is to say: TO the State OF Name
II y TO the State Of New Hampshire, two; TO the
ate Of Vermont two; 70 me STATE Of Aassaoha-
nv STATE OF Connecticut four; 20 the state OF New
yart IhrtY-two; TO the State of New Jersey seven
usn of delaware, one; TO the State Of Maiylan
IN. TO the State Of Vlrgidia- nine; 10 the State OF
Trth Carolina eight; TO this State Of Sou Carroll
no. dve. 10 the State OF Geor ia, nine; to the State
ng AIabama, seven; TO the State OF Mississippi six
w The state OF ousiana i've: TO the State OF Ohio,
egnessse' nine; to The state OF Indiana iw Tvs;
IN ina state Of lnois, nneteeni 10 the State OF
Missouri, thirteen to the State OF Arkansas. four;
ia one; TO the State of Texas six; to the State
NJ IOWA. nine; 10 the STATE Of Wisconsin, eight; TO
The state OF Cafo mia four; TO the State of Mime
soa, three; TO the State Of oregon, one; to the
state OF Kanses, three: to the State OF West Virgil
MAJ three; TO the State OF Nevada, one TO the State
Of Nebraska one: fTspded, That II, after such APP
Monument shall have been made, any new State
anal he Admire into the Union the Representative
or Representa- ives OF such new 81 te shall be add-
ona TO the number Of TWO hundred and eighty
'H' SIC. 3 That in each State entitled under this
law to more than one Representative, the humber
to which said States may be entitled in the Forty.
thrd and each subsequent Congress, shall be elect
g by districts composed OF contiguous territory
nni containing as bearly as practicable an equal
N mber Of Inhabitants, and equal In number to The
n lBber OF Representatives 10 which said States
NAV be entitled In Congress, no one district electing
m re than one Representative: Fropided, That In
the election OF Representatives to the FoIty-thrd
Cjpnress in any State which by this law is given an
increased number of Representatives, he additional
Representative Represe natives all wed to such
state may be elected by the State at large, and the
other Representatives TO which the Stat 8 entitled
nv the districts az now prescribed by the law 10 said
sae unless the les lsature Of the said state shall
otherwise provide before me time nxed BY law Tor
tina election OF Representatives therein.
SC 3. That the tuesday, nexte ter the first Mon
day III November in the year eighteen hundred
,Iay IN each OF the states and Territories of the
United States, for the election OF Representatives
and delegates 20 spe ~ s MnSSy S
new ~ second year thereafter Is hereby liked and
" ahlshed the day for the election, In each Of
said States and Territories OF Representatives and
Delegates TO the Congress commencing on the
tu III daylof March next thereafter
SIC 4, that II, upon trial, there shall be failure
IL any State, District, or Territory, upon the day
hereby fixed and established for such election, or
H. after any such election, vacancy shall occur 10
any such Ststa, Distl.ct, or Territory, from death,
resignation Othei wise, en- election shall be held
to nll any vacancy caused by such failure, resgna-
ION DEATH or otherwise, at such time as Is OF may
lc provided by Law for nnIng vacancies in the
state or Tel ritoIy In which the same may occur.
SEC, 5. That no State shall he hereafter admitted
to the Union without having the necessary popula-
ton to enttle IL to at least Representative &C
c0rdng to the ratio Of representation liked by this
bill.
SEC @. That should any State after the passage
Ofihis act deny or sbridge the right Of any OF the
male inhabitants OF such StSte, being twenty -one
years Of age and citizens Of the United States TO
vote as any election named IN the amendments 70
the Constitution article fourteen, section two, ex
cep for participation in the rebellion or 9th crime
the number OF Representatives apportioned In this
act to such State shall be reduced In the proportion
which the number Of such male citizens shall have
To The whole number Of male citizers twenty-0nt
years Of age In such State.
Approved, February 2, 1872.