The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-10-03
LEGISLATIVE APPORTIOSMENT.

tHN ioIi'N IVY tHlSldAlNC hIIoliioi
ment was adopted lay the Constitl
tional Convention on The 10Th al
| viii likely stand as adopted In III
new Constitution. The aIIlcle IN al
portiOnmcnt was specially cOuSidrrc
and amended In several portion,
The number of Representatives wa
r increased to 1873 instead Of l20 a
, originally reported, and they ar
divided into sixteen Reprcscntatiy
Districts as follows:
lot District The counties of Chloe
taw, C%ovington, Greene, Hancock
%Issaqucna, Jones, Lawrence, LrflOrP
Marion, Neshoba, Pearl River, Perry
Quitman, Scott, Sharkcy, Simpson
Smith, Suntlower, Tallahalchie, fish
omingo, Tunica, Wayne and Webster
shall have each one Representative.
2nd District I: The counties ~ Al
corn, Amitr, Alfalfa, Bolivar, Calhoun
Carroll, Chicasaw, CLAY, Coahoma
DGSOtO, Kcmper, Lafayette, Madison
Newton, Pike, Pontotoc, PreutiSs
Rankin, TATE, Union, Wilkinson and
Yallabusha, shall have each two Rep
rcsenlaIives.
3rd District: The counties of CO.
piah, Kinds, Marshall, Monroe, Pnno.
la, Warren and Washington shall
have each three Representatives.
4th District The counties of Frank,
lin and Lincoln, each one Representa-
tive aud a FlOatcr between them.
9Th District The counties Of Tippal
and BrntOn, one Representative each,
and a FlOater between them.
9th District /: The counties Of Clai-
borne and Jefferson, II Representa-
tive each, and a Floater between
them.
Hh District The counties of Clarke
and Jasper, one Representative each,
and a FlOatcr between them.
9Th District The counties OF Grena-
da and Montgomery, one Representa-
tive each, and a tlOater between
them.
9th District The counties Of Lcake
and Winston, one Representative
each. and Il Fl0atcr between them.
10th District The counties Of IIar-
risOn and Jackson, one Representa-
live each, and a Floater between
them.
llth DislricT The counties of va
ECO and Kinds, each three Represent
t%atives, and a FlOatcr between them.
18th District The county of Lau-
derdaIe shall have three Representa-
tives. One to be elected in the Civ
of Meridian, one by the county out
side of the city limits, and one by the
county at large, including the City OF
Meridian.
18Th District The City OF Natchez
shall have one Representative and
the county of Adams outside of
the city of Natchez shall have one.
l4lh District LoWndcs county
shall have three Representatives, two
of whom to be elected by that portion
of the county east of Tombigbee river
and one from that portion of the
county west of said river.
18th District Lee county shall have
two Representatives and Lee and TIA
wanda a Floater between them.
10Th District: Oktibbeha county
shall hayG two Representatives, one
to he elected by that portion Of the
county lying east of the line running
North and South between ranges Is
and II and the other by that portion
otthc county west of SAID Inc.
In the counties divided into Lcgis-
lative Districts any citizen of the
county eligible for election 10 the
House of Representatives shall be
eligible TO represent amy District
thereof.
Pending consideration, Mr.. McLau-
rim, OF Sharkey, offered a substitute
TO reduce the number of Representa-
tivcs TO 100. Lost.
Mr.. Palmer moved to reduce the
Representatives TO one for each coun-
". Rejected by a vote oil division of
SO 10 80.
The Senatorial apportionment, as
adopted, provides for forty-tive Sen
ators in t~hirty-six Districts, as fol-
lows:
1st District: Hancock, Harrison,
Jackson, one Senator,
End District Wayne, Jones, Perry,
Greene, one Senator.
81 District Jasper, Clark, one.
4th District : Simpson, COvington,
Marion AID Pearl River, one.
9th District Rankin ami Smith,
one.
9th District: Pike and Franklin,
one.
7th District Amite and Wilkinson,
one.
9Th District Lincolna and Lawrence.
one.
9Th District Adams n
10th District Claiborne and Jeffer-
son. one.
1lth District: CnpIah, one.
18th District Kinds and Warren,
Dnc each and ono between them.
18th District Scott and Newton,
Dne.
18th District /: Lauderdalc, one.
18th District: Kemper and Win
ston, one.
18th District Noxubee, one.
l7th District Leake and Neshoba,
18th District : Madison, one.
18th District YazOo, one.
10th District Sharkuy and Issaque-
IA, one.
2lst District Holmes, one.
22rd District Atlala, one.
23d District Oktibbeha and Chick
lsaw, one.
2lth District: Clay and Webster,
lne.
18th District /; LOwndes, n
26th District Carroll and Mont
sonery, one.
9Th District: Leforc and ITALIA
lalchic, one.
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