The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-05-22
CONGRESSIONAL BILL.

| The following is COPY of Con.
gressional Bill now in hands of Com
mittee.
| AN Acr-lo organize, and define
the Congressional districts of Pennsy.
lvania.
SECTION 1.-Be IL enacted 6y Me
Senate and House Of Representatives
U me Commonwealth of pennsyl-
oonio n General Assembly met and
1 IS hereby enacted By the authority
Of the same. That for the purpose OF
electing Representatives in the Con
gress OF the United States this State
shall be divided into thirty districts as
follows
The first district shall consist of the
First, Seventh, Twenty sixth and
Thirteth wards of the city of Philad-
elphia.
The Second district shall consist of
the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth,
Fourteenth, Twentieth and Twenty
seventh wards Of the city Of Philad
elphia.
The Third district shall cor sist of
the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth Sixth,
Eleventh, Twelfth, Sixteenth and
Seventeenth wards of the city of
Philadelphia.
The Fourth district shall consist of
the Fifteenth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty
ninth and Thrty-second wards of the
city Of Philadelphia.
The Fifth district shall consist of
the Twenty-frst, Twenty-second,
Twenty-fourth, Thirty-third and Thirty
fourth wards of the city of Philadel-
| phia. .r .
The Sixth district shall consist of
the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, twenty
third, twenty-fifth, Thirty-first and
Thirty-ffth wards of the city of Phila-
delphia.
The Seventh district shall consist of
the counties of Chester and Delaware
The Eigth district shall consist of
the county of Montgomery and that
portion of Bucks county not included
in the Ninth district.
The Ninth district shall consist of
the counties of Northampton, Lehigh
and the townships of Durham, Milford,
Springfield, Richand, East Rockhill,
Haycock, Nockamixon and the Dor
oughs of Ricklandtown and Quaker
town in the county of Bucks.
The Tenth district shall consist of
the counties Of Berks and Lebanon.
The Eleventh district shall consist
Of the county of Lancaster.
The Twelfth district shall consist of
the counties of Lackawanna, Monroe
and Pike
The Thirteenth district shall consist
of the county of Luzerne.
The Fourteenth district shall consist
of the counties Of Schuylkill and Car
bon. H.tH
The Fifteenth district shall consist
of the counties of Dauphin, Perry and
Cumberland.
The Sixteenth district shall consist
of the counties of Bradford, Susque-
hanna, Wayne and Wyoming.
The Seventeenth district shall con-
sist of the counties of Tioga, Potter,
Mexican and Cameron
The Eighteenth district shall con-
sist of the counties of Lycoming, Col
umbia, Montour, Northumberland and
Sullivan.
The Nineteenth district shall consist
of the counties of Bedford, Hunting
don, Mifflin, Juniata, Snyder and I'm
ion. -. .-
The Twentieth district shall consist
Of the counties of Fulton, Franklin,
Adams and York.
The Twenty-first district shall con-
sist of the counties of Cambria Blair
and Somerset. ...
The Twenty district shall
consist of the counties of 'Westmore-
land and Indiana. .|.
The Tenty third district shall con-
sist of all that portion of the county of
Allegheny lying north of the Allegheny
and Ohio rivers and the township of
Neville in said county.
The Twenty-fourth district shall
consist of the First, Second, Third,
Sixth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Twenty
second. Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth,
Twenty-ffth, Twenty sixth, Twenty
seventh, Twenty.eighth, Twenty-ninth,
Thirtieth, Thirty-frst, Thirty-second,
| Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty fifth,
Thirty-sixth wards of the city of Pitts
burg, and all the boroughs and town
| eh;nc of the county of A Alleohenv 1yino