Chapter 119.
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CHAP. 119.— An act providing for the reapportionment of the members of the legislatures in the Territories of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.June 3, 1880. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Reapportionment of members of legislatures of Territories of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, on basis of census of 1880. That the governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the council during the last session of the legislatures, in the Territories of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to act as a board of apportionment in their respective Territories; and when assembled at the capitals of their respective Territories, they, or a majority of them, shall reapportion the members of the council and house of representatives in their respective Territories upon the basis of the population as shown by the returns of the census for the year eighteen hundred and eighty, excluding Indians, and shall make such apportionment strictly in accordance with said census returns, allotting members of each house of the legislative assembly to the different sections of their respective Territories, pro rata, as nearly as practicable, according to the population, and to that end may apportion, when necessary, in joint council districts.
Sec. 2. That the reapportionment so made by said boards shall be forthwithElection. certified to by the members, or a majority thereof, making the same, and filed in the office of the secretary of the Territory; and within ten days thereafter the governor shall issue his proclamation for an election of such members of the legislature so apportioned as aforesaid, specifying in such proclamation the apportionment so made to the different sections, and which election shall be held at the time and places as provided by law, and the returns to be canvassed as provided by the laws of said Territories respectively.
Sec. 3. That the persons elected under such apportionment shall, whenLegislative assembly. assembled at their respective capitals, at the time provided by law, and when duly qualified and organized, constitute the next legislative assembly in each of said Territories, and shall be empowered to alter or amend the reapportiomnent for members of the legislature so made, and at any time thereafter reapportion their respective Territories in accordance with the population as the same may vary and change.
Sec. 4. That the members constituting such boards of apportionment shallAppropriation. assemble at the capitals of their respective Territories and complete their work on or before the first Monday in September, eighteen hundred and eighty, and they shall be allowed the same compensation per diem and mileage as are allowed to the presiding officers of the legislatures in such Territories; which allowance shall be certified by the secretary of the Territory to the proper officers of the United States Treasury Department, and the same shall be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 5. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, June 3, 1880. Chapter 120: providing the times and places of holding the circuit court of the United States in the district of Iowa, and for other purposes. Chapter 120 21 Stat. 155 1880-06-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public 155 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 120, 121. 1880.
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