| CHARLES C. LITTLE & JAMES BROWN. - 1851 - 1092 pages
...a fraction greater than one moiety of the said ratio, computed according to the rule prescribed by the Constitution of the United States." The law of...Representatives of each State " shall be elected by district* composed of a contiguous territory, equal in number to the number of Representatives to which... | |
| United States - 768 pages
...to which each State is entitled under this apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, equal in number to the number...which said State may be entitled, no one district «lecting more than one representative." In pursuance of this apportionment, and in compliance with... | |
| Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - Great Britain - 1860 - 618 pages
...each State shall be " entitled under this apportionment shall be elected by districts com" posed of contiguous territory, equal in number to the number of " representatives to which the said State may be entitled, no one " district electing more than one representative." This law... | |
| Almanacs, American - 1843 - 358 pages
...a fraction greater than one moiety of the said ratio, computed according to the rule prescribed by the Constitution of the United States." The law of 1842 also requires, thai the Representatives of each State "shall be elected by districts composed of a contiguous territory,... | |
| 1865 - 674 pages
...Statutes, 572,) these five members were required by law to be elected from " districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number of representatives to which srtid State may be entitled in the Congress for which said election is held." It was therefore necessary,... | |
| 1842 - 442 pages
...the legislature thereof, into as many districts, composed of contiguous territory, as shall be equal to the number of representatives to which said. state may be entitled in the house 01' representatives of the congress of the United States, and that each of the said districts... | |
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