The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-06
DISTRICTING
PLAN WILL BE
GIVEN S0LONS
New Basis of ApportiOnment
For Legislature To Be
Submitted
MANY CHANGES MADE
Western Part of State Would
Be Given Increased
Representation
MANY CHANGES MADE

The SO-calIed "Hardt plan" OF re.
apportioning the state legislative dis.
tricts probably will be presented to
the legislature, in the form of a bill
today or to/orrow. Under the plan
the legislature would be composed OF
32 Senators and 67 Representatives.
Some Of those sponsoring the plan
declare that if the redistricting plar
is not enacted it will be submitted
to the people as an initiated measure
While Independents who have seen
it. say that it is designed to give con.
troll to the League, this is denied by
the Nonpartisans. 1t is declared by
Herman Hardt of Napoleon, who ori.
ginated the plan, that it would re.
district the state and give the west.
ern part the recognition it deserves
on a basis of population.
There would be 32 legislative dis
tricts, the division to be as follows
No. 1. Pembina county, one Sena.
atOr, two representatives.
No. 2, Walsh county, one senator
two representatives.
No. 3, Grand Forks county. one
senator. three representatives.
No. 4, Steele and Trail counties
one senator, two representatives.
No. s, Cass county, outside Fargo
one senator, two representatives.
No. 6. city of Fargo, one senator
two representatives.
No. Z. Richland county, one sena.
tor, two representatives.
No. 8, Sargent and Ransom coun-
ties. one senator. two representa-
tives.
No. .. Barnes county, one senator
two representatives.
No. 10. Foster, Eddy, Griggs coun.
ties, one senator, two representatives
No. II, Ramsey and Nelson coun-
ties. one senator. three representa-
tives.
No. 12, Cavalier county, one sena-
tor, two representatives.
No. 13, Rolettc and Towner coun-
ties, one senator. two representatives
No. Ia. Pierce and Benson coun-
ties, one senator. two representatives.
No. Is. Sheridan and Wells coun-
ties. one senator. two representa-
tives.
No. 16, Stutsman county, one sena-
tor, two representatives.
No. II, LaMoure and Dickey coun-
ties, one senator and two represen-
tatives.
No. 18, Logan and Mcintosh coun-
ties, one senator and two represen-
tatives.
No. 10. Emmons and Kidder coun-
ties, one senator and two representa-
tives.
No. 20, Burleigh county, one SEN
ator, two representatives.
No. 81, Mclean county, one sena-
tor, two representatives.
No. 22, McHenry county, one sena-
tor, two representatives.
No. 23, Bottineau and Renville
counties, one seSator, two represen-
tatives.
No. "a, Ward county, one senator.
three representatives.
No. 25, Divide and Burke counties,
one senator, two representatives.
No. &C., Williams county, one sena-
tor, two representatives.
No. q, Mckenzie and Mountrail
counties, one senator, two represen-
tatives.
No. %, Dunn, Mercer and Oliver,
one senator, two representatives.
No. 20, Morton county, one senator,
two ranresenfatives
No. 80, Grant and Sioux counties,
one senator, two representatives.
No. 81, Stark and Hettinger coun-
ties, one senator, two representa-
tives.
No. 80, Golden Valley, Billings,
Slope, Bowman counties, one senator,
two representatives.
1t is possible a change will be Of
fered to increase the number of
senators to 33, an odd number, to
avoid ties in voting. The basis of
apportionment is one senator for
10000 population and one represen-
tative for 10000 population or ma
jor portion.