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Into sixteen congressional districts.
Senate Bill No. a, Flfty-first General
Assembly.
(sECoND EXTRA SESSION.
AN ACT dividing the state of Missouri
into sixteen congressional districts ana
providing for the election OF one mem
Der of congress from each district by
the legal voters thereof, and repeating
sections 5267, 1858, 1868, 527O, 5271, 5272,
527S, 5274, 5275, 5276, 5277, - 5279.
$3.50, 52S1, $3.50 and 5283 of the Revised
Statutes Of Missouri, 1919.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the. State of Missouri, as follows:
Section 1. The state of Missouri is
hereby divided into sixteen congressional
districts the legal voters OF each district
to elect one member of congress of the
United States.
Sec. 2. The first district shall be COM
posed of the counties Of Clark, Lewis,
Scotland, Knox. Macon. Shelby, Marion,
Pike, Monroe, Randolph. Howard and
Rails.
Sec. 8, The second district shall be
composed of the counties OF Schuyler,
Putnam, Mercer. Sullivan, Linn, Chari-
ton, Carroll AdC.r, Livingston, Grumpy
Daviess, Caldwell and Saline.
Sec. 4. The third district shall be com
posed of the counties of Atchison, Nod
away, Holt, Andrew, Buchanan, Worth,
Gentry, DeKalb and Harrison.
Sec. +. The fourth district shall be
composed of the counties of Lincoln, st.
Charles, Warren, Montgomery. Audrain,
Galloway, Boone, Usage. Gasconade and
Franklin.
Sec. 6. The fifth district shall be COM
posed of wards 3, 4, 10, II, IL, 13 and IA
of Kansas City as now constituted and
laid out inc all that part Of Jackson
county now lying without the corporate
limits of Kansas City.
Sec. 7. The sixth district shall bt
composed of the counties of Platte, Clin-
ton, Clay, Ray and wards 1, 2, 5, 8, Z, 8
Q. is and 16 of the city Of Kansas City
In jackson county, Missouri, as now laid
out.
Sec. 8. The seventh district shall b.
composed Of the counties of Lafayette
Johnson, Cass, Bates, Henry, Benton
Hickory, st. Clair, Cedar and Polk.
Sec. Q. The eighth district shall b
composed of the counties Of Pettis, Coop
er, Moniteau, Morgan, COLE, Miller, Cam
den, Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski, Maries an
Phelps.
Sec. 10. The ninth district shall b
composed Of the county of st. Louis an
all that portion of the city Of st. Loui
included within the following ward line
and limits as now laid out, to wit: Ward
81 and %.
Sec. IL. The tenth district shall b
composed of wards IL, IL, 10, IA, 10, an
"a of the city of st. Louis, Missouri, sam
being that portion Of the city Of st. Lou
included within the limits OF the war
districts as now laid out.
Sec. IL. The eleventh district shall b
composed of wards /. Q, 10, 20, 81, %, 2
2S ana all that part of rs lying west {
Kingshighway Of the city Of st. Loui
Missouri, same being that portion Of tt
CITY of st. Louis included within IL
lines of the ward districts as now aid GU
Sec. Is. The twelfth district shall
composed of wards 8, 4, s, 6, 7, 8, 3, !
: 16. II, 18, and that part of rs lying ca
of K~ingshighway Of the city of st, Loui
! Missouri, same being that portion OF Il
: city of st. Louis included within the lin,
. Of the ward districts as now laid out.
Sec. IA. The thirteenth district shf
be composed OF the counties of Jefferso
Ste. Genevieve, Perry, Washington, S
Francois, Madison, Wayne. Ripley, Carte
!, Oregon, Shannon, Reynolds, Iron. De
: and Crawford.
: Sec, is. The fourteenth district shall
: composed Of the counties Of Cape CT
q ardeau, BoIlinger, Scott, Stoddard. Butlt
Mississippi, New Madrid, Perniscot n
? Dunklin.
!. Sec. is. The fifteenth district h
: composed of the counties of Vernon, Ba
ton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence. Newtc
n Barry and Mcdonald.
SEQ. IL. The sixteenth district shall
d composed OF the counties OF Greer
' Christian, Stone. fancy, Webster. Dough-
9 Ozark. Wright. Texas and Howell.
Sec. Is. That sections 5267. 526S. So
5270, 5s71, 5272, 52Ts, STA, 5275, 6276, So
: B27s, 5279, $3.50, 52g1, $3.50 and 1888, Of I
d Revised Statutes Of 1919 be and the sal
J. are hereby repealed.
= Approved November %, 1891.