 | Mississippi. Legislature. House - 1902 - 576 páginas
...That act further provides that the Congressional Districts shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory, and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants, and that the said districts shall be equal to the number of Representatives to which the State may... | |
 | Mississippi. Legislature. Senate - 1902 - 602 páginas
...That act further provides that the Congressional Districts shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory, and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants, and that the said districts shall be equal to the number of Representatives to which the State may... | |
 | 1902 - 640 páginas
...each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts com- "tors' posed of contiguous and compact territory and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants.' "... SC McSweeney, 14 Ja 02, p.30-31 Legislative apportionment recommended. Tex. Sayers, 6Ag01, p.4-5... | |
 | 1902 - 914 páginas
...gerrymandering, viz., that members "shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous and compact territory and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants." Before this it was the custom of Congress to leave the states unlimited authority 'in making up the... | |
 | 1892 - 938 páginas
...which such State mav be entitled in the Fifty -third and each subsequent C'ODgress shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory and containing...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... | |
 | Hazlitt Alva Cuppy - 1904 - 586 páginas
...in each State members of Congress " shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous and compact territory and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants." This provision was aimed at the practice of gerrymandering, by which districts were often distorted... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1883 - 486 páginas
...which such State may be entitled in the Forty. eighth and each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, and containing...nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants, and equal in number to the Representatives to which such State may be entitled in Congress, no one... | |
 | 1905 - 1032 páginas
...number to which such state may be entitled in the 53d and each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, and containing,...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... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1907 - 778 páginas
...Wisconsin, П; WyCongresaman-at-Large— Continued. omine, I. It also provided that Congressmen snail be elected from districts composed of contiguous territory and containing as nearly as possible an equal number of inhabitants, the number of such districts equaling the number of Representatives... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1908 - 750 páginas
...Wisconsin. II; WyCongressman-at-Large— Continued. omine', I. Ц also provided that Congressmen snail be elected from districts composed of contiguous territory and containing as nearly as possible an equal number of inhabitants, the number of such districts equaling the number of Representatives... | |
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Sec. 3. That, in each state entitled under this apportionment, the number to which such state may be entitled in the 53d and each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, and containing, as nearly as practicable,... 
