Chapter IX. *for the apportionment of Representatives among the several States, according to the third enumeration.*(*a*)(*a*) See act of January 14, 1802, chap, J, page 128, and note
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Chap. IX.— An Act *for the apportionment of Representatives among the several States, according to the third enumeration.*(*a*)(*a*) See act of January 14, 1802, chap, J, page 128, and note. Dec. 21, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Ratio of one representative to every thirty-five thousand. That from and after the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, the House of Representatives shall be composed of members elected agreeably to a ratio of one representative for every thirty-five thousand persons in each state, computed according to the rule prescribed by the constitution of the United States, that is to say:
Within the state of New Hampshire, six; within the state of Massachusetts, twenty; within the state of Vermont, six; within the state of Rhode Island, two; within the state of Connecticut, seven; within the state of New York, twenty-seven; within the state of New Jersey, six; within the state of Pennsylvania, twenty-three; within the state of Delaware, two; within the state of Maryland, nine; within the state of Virginia, twenty-three; within the state of North Carolina, thirteen: within the state of South Carolina, nine; within the state of Georgia, six; within the state of Kentucky, ten; within the state of Ohio, six; within the state of Tennessee, six.
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*for the apportionment of Representatives among the several States, according to the third enumeration.*(*a*)(*a*) See act of January 14, 1802, chap, J, page 128, and note
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