762 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 470-NOV. 15 , 1941 L55 SlAT. under an apportionment of the then existing number of Representa- tives by the method known as the method of equal proportions, no State to receive less than one Member. Number of Repre- "(b) Each State shall be entitled, in the Eighty-third Congress sentatives to which each State entitled. and in each Congress thereafter until the taking effect of a reappor- tionment under this section or subsequent statute, to the number of Representatives shown in the statement required by subsection (a) Certificate. of this section, no State to receive less than one Member. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, within fifteen calendar days after the receipt of such statement, to send to the executive of each State a certificate of the number of Repre- sentatives to which such State is entitled under this section. In case of a vacancy in the office of Clerk, or of his absence or inability to discharge this duty, then such duty shall devolve upon the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives; and in case of vacancies in the offices of both the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms, or the absence or inability of both to act, such duty shall devolve upon the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. Manner of election "(c) Until a State is redistricted in the manner provided by the tiStte red- law thereof after any apportionment, the Representatives to which such State is entitled under such apportionment shall be elected in the following manner: (1) If there is no change in the number of Representatives, they shall be elected from the districts then prescribed by the law of such State, and if any of them are elected from the State at large they shall continue to be so elected; (2) if there is an increase in the number of Representatives, such additional Representative or Representatives shall be elected from the State at large and the other Representatives from the districts then prescribed by the law of such State; (3) if there is a decrease in the number of Representatives but the number of districts in such State is equal to such decreased number of Representatives, they shall be elected from the districts then prescribed by the law of such State; (4) if there is a decrease in the number of Representatives but the number of districts in such State is less than such number of Representatives, the number of Representatives by which such number of districts is exceeded shall be elected fron the State at large and the other Representatives from the districts then prescribed by the law of such State, or (5) if there is a decrease in the number of Representa- tives and the number of districts in such State exceeds such decreased number of Representatives, they shall be elected from the State at Number of Repre- ar E 2. (a) Each State shall be entitled, in the Seventy-eighth and sentatives in 78th Congress. in each Congress thereafter until the taking effect of a reapportion- ment under a subsequent statute or such section 22, as amended by this Act, to the number of Representatives shown in the statement transmitted to the Congress on January 8, 1941, based upon the method known as the method of equal proportions, no State to receive less than one Member. Newcertifcate. (b) If before the enactment of this Act a certificate has been sent to the executive of any State under the provisions of such section 22, as in force before the enactment of this Act, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall, within fifteen calendar days after the date of enactment of this Act, send a new certificate to such executive stating the number of Representatives to which such State is entitled under this section. Approved, November 15, 1941.
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