St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-10-21

meratiOn Of the inhabitants of this State the
thousand eight hundred and and tenth
made and also their first session after each enumeration
power prescribe bounds congressional
senatorial and representative districts and to appOrtOn
districts
according provisions
sc "a The shall be chosen by single districts
Of contiguous territory the time that
of the house Of representatives required be chosen
be divided in the formation of district The senate
d % . be "S Numbered in sT ., :. % The r.
prescribed BY law until the general election of the
time there shah be an entire new election of ali senators and
shat. hold @ Of
two except it be to gil vacancy; and the senator's
shall go out Of expiration year
S 6 % tied by Rqm aH5 s s
after senators shall be M four there shall
next succeeding each new appOrtiOnment pro-
ii be repealed and Art w. viii read as follows:
each deeenna thereafter made by the authority Of the
United States shall have the prescribe the bounds Of
appOrOn the and representatives the
Senate sRs not exceed 81 and the number Of members who
the House of Representatives shall not exceed 1875
senatorial district The senators shall be chosen by single dis
convenient contiguous territory and the
members of the House of Representatives
pOtOned throughout the state the basis Of equality accord
tieS % manner Which will give fair representation to all
parts of state Provided counties adjacent
having per the ot.! population
computed to the closest WI number
"If the legislature does reappOrton compliance with
shall be extraordinary session Immediately after the end
Of that regular session for the purpose OF such only
accomplished and the members shall not be allowed
Representatives a years and
for @ f6S sa no be-
effective until the next election Of senator's
ment may be summarized as follows:
ARTICLEV
To provide that the legislature have the prescribe
the boundaries of congressional senatorial and representative
the districts after the s7O federal
and after each federal census thereafter.
g. To provide that the boundaries of shall
not divide representative districts
To provide that senators be chosen by single districts Of
srs o bsss srs t e5Hss and the same "
To provide apportonment in the house on the basis OF
s. To provide appointment the the basis Of
Ave counties adjacent to and including the county Of the seat
have 85SS of the members of the senate
T. To provide of failure to reaPportOn at the reg
the purposes of reappoonment only continue indefinite
until that and de n that no COM
To provide two year term for house members and
our year term for senate members .,,,, .r..
To provide that o no act should take effect
TO- To expressly repeal % "a of Article w.
The effect would be-
The three sections dealing with legislative
onment ~, S. 20 and a. would be replaced by the
section proposed Portions of each Of the existing sections
IRE retained but q number Of changes made.
number of the member. in the house and senate would
longer prescribed by law The legislature in fixing the
number of members would be subject the maximums stated
control of this matter by the through his veto
power would be removed.
The basis reapporonment the changed IN
from shall be apporioned equally throughout the
sections Of the state in proportion the population
SHALL be apportoned throughout the the
equality according population While such change
in language ordinarily suggests intention change the
meaning Of the provision involved difficult to ascertain
change, intended here. The house would
tinue be apportioned the basis Of population.
The basis for apportionment Of the senate would be
changed population "fair
all the state The factors which the egiSla
consider determining fair representation to all
parts of the state" specified.
provision a every 10th follow
ing the year eliminated Since the last
provided 1905 the Of this provision would
appear to be without practical effect