Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 26.djvu/788

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FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 116. 1891. 735 CHAP. 116.-An act making an apportionment of Representatives in Congress Fvbnmry 7.1Ul. among the several States under the Eleventh Census. * """;` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatives of the United States of America in Con ress assembled, qhat after the third Number su u apof March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the House of Repre- @},‘{',{{‘{‘,?Q{,° {f gg; sentatives shall be composed of three hundred and nfty-six members, sms to be apportioned among the several States as follows- ' Alabama, nine. Arkansas, six. California, seven. Colorado, two. Connecticut, four. Delaware, one. Florida, two. Georgia, eleven. Idaho, one. Illinois, twenty-two. Indiana, thirteen. Iowa, eleven. Kansas, eight. Kentucky, eleven. Louisiana, six. Maine, four. ‘ Maryland, six. Massachusetts, thirteen. Michigan, twelve. _ Minnesota, even. Mississippi, seven. Missouri, fifteen. Montana, one. Nebraska, six. Nevada, one. New Hampshire, two. New Jersey, eight. New York, thirty-four. North Carolina, nine. North Dakota, one. Ohio, twenty-one. Oregon two. Pennsylvania, thirty. Rhode Island, two. South Carolina, seven. South Dakota, two. Tennessee, ten. Texas, thirteen. Vermont, two. Virginia, ten. Washington, two. West Virginia, four. Wiscoiisin, ten. \Vyoming, one. Sec. 2. That whenever a new State is admitted to the Union the dgggrgggtggg Representative or Representatives assigned to it shall be in addition ‘ to the number three undred and fifty-six. _ _ _ Sno, 3. That in each State entitled under this apportionment the e,L¤7*¤¤¤°¤°Yd*¤*¤°°¤· number to which such State may be entitled in the Fifty-third and ` each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants. The said districts shall be equal to the number of the Representatives to which such State may be entitled in Congress, no one district electing more than one Representative.