The Brookhaven leader., 1890-09-25
THE STATE CONVENTION.
The Article on ApportIonment Adopted
The Legislature to be Composed Of 133
Representatives and IS Senators.

Inc LeKIslaIuTe 10 DC NOHpOsSo u ASc
Representatives and as Senators.
JACKSON, Sept. 19.-The report Of the
Committee on Franchise, which has
been under discussion for two weeks,
was taken up, and the article on appor-
tionment was specially considered and
amended in several portions. The num-
Der of Representatives was increased to
1873 instead of l2O as originally reported,
and they are divided into sixteen Repre-
sentative Districts, as follows:
First DIstrict--The Counties of Choctaw,
CovingtOn. Greene, Hancock, lssa1uena, j ones,
Lawrence, Lefiore, Marion, Neshoba, Pearl
River, Perry Qutman, Scott. Sharkey, Slrnp-
son, Smith. Suntlower, THllahatcne, Tisno-
mingo, Tunioa- Wayne and Webster. shall
have each one Representative.
Second District-Thc Counties OF Aicorn,
Amite. Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll.
Chickasaw' Gay, Coa3oma, b9S2,o' pP hemPer'
Prentiss, Rankin. Tate, Union, wilkinson
and alobusha, shall have each two Repre-
sentatves.
Third District - The Counties of Copiab,
Kinds, Marshali, Monroe, Pamela, Warren and
Washington shall have each three Represenia-
tives.
Fourth Dlstrlct-The Counties of Franklin
and Lincoln, each one Representative and a
Floater between them.
Fifth Dlstriot-1he Counties Of Tippah and
Benton, one Representative each and Floater
between them.
Sixth District The Counties of Claiborne and
Jefferson, one Representative each and a
Floater between them.
Seventh District-The Counties of Clarke
and Jasper, each one Representative and II
Floater between them.
Eighth District-The Counties of Grenada
and Montgomery, one Representative each
and a Floater between them.
Ninth DistrIct-Jhe Counties of Leake ana
Winston, one Representative each and
FlOater between them.
and jackson, each one Representative ana q
Eloater between them.
Eleventh District-The Counties of Yazoo
and Kinds, each three Representatives and
Floatcr between them.
Twelfth District-The County of Lauderdale
shall have three Representatives; one to be
elected in the city of Meridian, one by the
county outside the city limits. and one hy the
county at Iag ge inc uding the city of Meridian.
Thirteenth District-The city of Natch"z
shall have one Representative and the county
of Adams outside of the city OF Natchez shalI
have one.
Fourteenth District-Lowndes County shall
have three Representatives. two of whom to
be elected 10y that portion OF the county east
of Tom mbigbee River and one from that por.
ton of the county west of said river.
Fifteenth District Lee County shall have
two Representatives and Lee aud ltawamba
q FlOHter between them.
sixteenth Observation-Disclosures County shall
have two Representatives, one to be elected
by that portion of the county Iying east OF the
line running north and sOulh between ranges
- and IA and the other by that portion OF the
county west OF said line.
The Senatorial apportionment, as
adopted, provides for forty-tive Senators
in thirty-six districts, as follows:
First District Hancock, Harrison Jackson,
one Senator.
Second District Wayne. Jones, Greene,
Perry, one Senator.
Third District-Jasper, Clark one.
Fourth District-Simpson, Covington, Ma
,ion and Pearl River. one.
Fifth District-kankin and Smith. one.
sixth District-Pike and Franklin, one.
Seventh District-Amite and wilkinson, one-
Eighth Dlstrct-LincolRa and Lawrence, one.
Ninth District-Adams, one.
Tenth Distrlct-Claiborne and Jefferson,
Eleventh District-Copiah. one.
Twelfth District-Hinds and warren one
each and one b"tween them.
Thirteenth District-Scott and Newton, one.
Fourteenth Observation-Disclosures, one.
Fifteenth District-Kemper and Winston,
one.
Sixteenth Observation-Disclosures, one.
Seventeenth District-Leake and Neshoba,
Eighteenth Decentralization, one.
Nineteenth District-YaZOo, one.
Tewntieth District-Sharkey aud lssaquena,
one
Twenty-first District-Holmes. one.
Twenty-s. cond District-Attala, one.
Twenty-third Observation-Disclosures and Chick.
Twenty-fourth District-Clay and Webster,
one.
Twenty-fifth District-I.owndes, one.
TwenIy-sixth District-Carrou and Mont
gOmery, one.
Twenty-seventh District-Lef1ore and Talla-
hatchie one.
Twenty-eIghth District - Yalobusha and
Grenada, one.
Twenty ninth District - Washington and
SunfOwcr; the County of Washington to
elect one and Washington and Sunhower one
between them.
Thirtieth District Bolivar. one.
Thrty-t first District-Chickasaw. Calhoun
ana Pontotoc, two. Both at no time to be
chosen from the same county.
1hirty-second Observation-Disclosures, one.
Thirty-third District-Panula. one.
Thirty fourth District-Coahoma, Quitman
and Tunica, one.
The report was adopted TO and including the
Thirty-tOurth District, when the convention
adjourned.
The following are the additional districts
reported by the committee, and which Will
probably not be changed.
Thirty-ffth Dstrict-DeSOto, one.
Thirty-sixth Dstrict-Unon, Tippah, Ben
ton, Marshall and Tate, three, one of whom
shall reside in Union or 1ippah. one in Pen
ton or East Marshall and one in West Mar
shal or Tate.
Thirty. seventh District - Tishomingo, Al
corn and Prentiss, one.
Thirty-eighth District Monroe, ltawamb ba
and Lee, two, one of whom shall be resi-
dent of Monroe and the other resident OF
Lee or ltawamba.
Section 2 1t shall be the duty of the Legis-
lature, at its first session after the Federal
census of 1900, and Gecennialy thereafter, to
make a new appOrtionment of Senators and
Representatives.