Daily Republican., 1882-01-28
IuEAPPORTIOaTMEkr BILL,
That HixiDg the Number Of Repre-.
senlatives ~ Three Hundred ~ d
Twenty Reported FavOrably.

WASHINGTON, Jan. E.-The House
Committee on Census this morning
agreed to report favorably the bill
known as the McCoid measure, fixing
the number OF Representatives at 800,
or one to every l54, ,9S5 inhabitants; the
present number, 203, giving one to every
l6S, SOB Inhabitants. As amended and
reported by the committee the bill is as
follows:
A bill making an apportiontment OF
Representatives in Congress among the
several States under the Tenth Census.
Be it exaCted, etc, that after the Sd
of March, 1882, the House of Rep'esen-
tatives shell be composed Of three hun
dred aud twenty members, to be appor-
toned among the several States as fol-
lows: Alabama,S; Arkansas, 8; q gain
of |: California ., q gain OF | Colorado,
1; Connecticut, A Delaware, Fiori-
da 1, a los, of J.; Georgia 10, gain of Il;
Illinois q, gain off,, ipdiana, Is ;
Iowa II, gain ot2; Kansas Il, a gan
OF 3, Kentucky ii, gain Of l. Lpnis-
ana, 6, Maine, 4, a loss of L, Maryland,
6; Massachusetts, r. a gain OF J.;
Michigan II, ~ gain VI =; Mississippi I,
a gain OF l.; Missouri IA, a gain Of u;
Minnesota s, gain of 2; Nebraska 3,
a gain Of .; Nevada, |, New Hampshire
2, loss OF ] New ,Io.sey, 7; New York
81, a gain of !; North Carolina 9, IL
gain OF !; Ohio Il, y gain Of J; Oregon,
|; Pennsylvania ~, q gain of :, Rhode
Island !, loss OF |; South Carolina :, a
gain OF / Tennessee, ~, Texas 10, a
gain of A.; Vermont =, loss Of |; Nir-
gina 10, gain OF |; Wes; Virginia 4, a
gain of |; Wisconsin, S.
Section 9. That whenever new
State ia admitted to this Union the rep
resenta.ive or representatives. assigned
10 it shall be IN addition 10 the humber
OF $40.
Section 3. That in each State enti-
led under This appointment the nun
her TO which such State may be entll.
led in the fort eighth and each sub
suuucut Congress shall he elected by
districts composed of contiguous terri
tory, and containing AS nearly rs
practicable an equal humber OF inhahit.
ania, and equal in number to the re.
prcsentatives to which such state may
he entitled in Congress-, no one district
electing more than one representative;
provided that unless the Legislature OF
such State shall otherwise prov ide, the
election Of such Representatives shall
take place as provided by law. Where
no change SHAH he hereby made in the
representation of a State, the Repre-
septatives thereof TO the Forty eighth
Congress shalt be elected therein as
provided by law.
If fthenumber az herein provided for
shall be larger than it was before this
change, then the additional Representa-.
tive or Representatives allowed to said
State. under this apportiontinen. may be
elected by the State at large and the
other Representatives TO which
the State is entitled by the district as
now prescribed bylaw in said State; and
if the number hereby provided for shall
in any State be less than il was before
the change hereby made, then the
whole number to such State hereby pro.
vIdrd for shall be elected at large unless
the Legislature of said States should
otherwise provide before the time fixed
by law for the next election Of Repre-
sentativeS therein. All acts and parts
of acts inconsistent herewith are here
by repealed,
When the matter is taken up foI con-
sideration IN the House, Representative
Colerck, OF Indiana, will probably
offer an amendment providing that the
total number of representatives shall
not exceed 3lG, which will make the
ratio LOO, 23G.
representative Tillman, OF South
Carolina, has intimatet his intention to
propose an amendment fixing the total
number of cpresentativcs at 73O in
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