 | Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...of Representatives. IV. The Senators shall be chosen by districts, to be formed by the Legislature, each district containing such a number of taxable...inhabitants, as shall be entitled to elect not more than three Senators. When a district shall be composed of two or more counties, they shall be adjoining,... | |
 | James Wilson - Law - 1804 - 514 pages
...formed by the legislature. In forming those districts, the legislature are empowered to include in them such a number of taxable inhabitants as shall be entitled to elect four senators. ' An enlarged and judicious exercise of this power will have a strong tendency to increase... | |
 | David Bailie Warden - Indians of North America - 1819 - 658 pages
...inhabitants be 40,000, after which they may be increased to forty. The senators are chosen by districts, each containing such a number of taxable inhabitants as shall be entitled to elect not more than three members. The number of senators can never be less than one-third, nor more than one half of the... | |
 | Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...formed hy the legislature; each district containing such a numher of taxahle inhahitants as shall he entitled to elect not more than four senators. When a district shall he composed of two or more counties, they shall he adjoining. Neither the city of Philadelphia, nor... | |
 | Joel Barlow Sutherland - Parliamentary practice - 1830 - 404 pages
...Representatives. SECT. Vir, The Senators shall be chosen in districts, to be formed by the legislature, each district containing such a number of taxable...Neither the city of Philadelphia, nor any county shall bo divided, in forming a district. SECT. VIII. No person shall he a Senator, \vho shall not have attained... | |
 | William Darby, Theodore Dwight - Geography - 1833 - 676 pages
...of this state. The senators shall be chosen in diets, to bo formed by the legislature ; each dist. containing such a number of taxable inhabitants as shall be entitled to elect not more than 4 senators. When a dist. is composed of 2 or moro cos., they shall be adjoining. Neither the city of... | |
 | Tennessee. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1834 - 430 pages
...the number of qualified electors as may be, each of which districts shall be entitled to one Senator. When a district shall be composed of two or more counties, they shall be adjoining, and no coun'y shall be divided in forming a district: provided, that the whole number of Senators shall... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - Missouri - 1837 - 398 pages
...States or of this state. The senators shall be chosen in in districts, to be formed by the legislature ; each district containing such a number of taxable...elect not more than four senators. When a district is composed of two or more counties, they shall be adjoining. Neither the city of Philadelphia, nor... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 1012 pages
...follows, viz : SBCT. 7. The Senators shall be chosen in districts to be formed by the legislature, each district containing such a number of taxable...inhabitants as shall be entitled to elect not more than two Senators, unless 8 single city or county shall at any time be entitled to more than two Senators;... | |
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Representative districts may be altered from time to time as public convenience may require. When a Representative district shall be composed of two or more counties, they shall be contiguous, and the districts as compact as may be. 
