The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-10
Reapportionment Will Be
Basis of Population As
Just Announced.
THIS COUNTY 0UTSTRIpS
REST OF THE SlAI|
Hence Is Entitled to (Ira,t.,
Representation in Stat,
Legislature.

The next state Legislature ON ~
apportion the state into Legislative.
senatorial districts, based on tho -
lation OF the state as Just announcsS
the census bureau.
The census returns show tim, a.
Lake county has far outstripped ~. g.
1I inc state in comparative growth =
hence is entitled to a much iar1ss
portionate representation in The NJ W.
legislature than heretofore, ow
There has been no apportionu..s
the state since tho copsti,utionsi :.
vention, The trainers of the constItutis>
at that tinle, took for the unit for r.
senatorial districts a population n "
800 or major fraction thereof and a.
the state into twelve senatorlaI dist.to-
Each OF the districts except the soa,><
sixth and seventh. WAS entltIsd ~
s%na1or Sc W9ero The fourth district, cousistia'
tors; the sixth district. cornprIsing -
Lake county. was given five ssnpis,.
and tho seventh district, compoxsS /
Utsh county was given two senator
Constitutional Provision.
The constitution provides that =.
county shall be entitled TO one renrsss<
tatiVe and that when II has a suffris-
population 1, shall be entitled 10 ma
representatives. In dividing tho "a
INTO representative districts. line g.
stltutional convention gavn each cot,,>
one representative. irrespective OF uon@
lation, and TO larger counties rays y
representative for each 5000 Of nonnI-
ton, or major fraction thereof.
PURSUING the same plan. only ircrs>s
Ing the population unit for senatons
districts TO 10000 or major frarfI<
thereof. the district composed Of 81
Lake county would be entitled To ssq<
senator's, while the apportonmenf (
each of the other senatorial dIstr;r
would remain as at present, althour
he population increase would make "a
SIZE Of the districts Irregular. At II
present. tho district represented
Senator CHRISTOPHER Burton, Jr., Ia II
smallest in population, while that re1
resented by Senator C. A. Iverson is III
largest represented by single seualo
both in area and population. Accordln
TO the last sensus, the population OF n
different senatorial districts of the sta1
and their present apportionment n
as follows: I
First district. Tooele and Box Es,
counties Zone senator), 21.s1s.
Second district. Cache county Zone rer
atorp. 23.Os2. -
Third district. Rich. Morgan and D.
Wis counties Zone senator). 1851.
Fourth dist rict, Weber county ~
senators), 35,173.
Firth district. Summit and wasall
counties lone senetor). 1T.l20.
Sixth district. Salt Lake county "A,
senator's 13l .2S6.
Seventh district. Utah county ttv
seDs tnrs). 3I.9i2,
Eighth district. Juab and SfilIard ceul
tics Zone scnator). 1920.
Ninth district, Sanpete county IN
senator), 1S,70t.
Tcnth district. Sewer, Wayne, Pm
and Garfield counties Zone senatorl, d
9i6.
Eleventh district, Washington, In
kane and Beaver counties tone senator
1925 :,
Twelfth district, Emery, Carbon. UIl
tab. Grand and San Juan counties (ci
senator) 26.3es. 1E-
To Raise Population Unit.
For the representa- lives districts b
plan undoubtedly will be to continue
allow each county one representative q
70 Increase the population unit fro
5000 to about $3.50 or major fractIl
thereof, for counties entitled to ma
than one representative. II this unit
used the representation from each coul
Box Elder and Salt Lake counties n
remain as IT is AT the present. b
ELDERS representation in the state led
lature VIII be increased from one TO q
members of the lower house, while 81
Lake will be entitled to six more men
''i' ~ iiI I'uSt pl Representatives.
Increase OF six over the present rcpn
sentation OF this county in the low
house.
II is probable that the coming sin
legislature Will follow the example
other progressive states and make
thorough reapportionment OF the stat
making one senatorial district for eel
member OF the state senate and q
member for each representative. n|
insuring better local representation fro
the larger counties, II the sugge5t'
population units are used. the state le|
islature of 1918 will consist OF t1en'
senators and fifty-two representafiye
and under this apportionment plan
state would be divided into hfty-tv
representative districts instead of tive!
ty-se~en. as at the present. and twcnl
senatorial districts instead of Twelve
now, ft3
In senatorial districts composed
more than one county reapportlpnmeI
probably will be made, too, in order
make the population of The senalof1
districts palanCp more evenly.