Chapter 116.
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CHAP. 116.— An act making an apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States under the Eleventh Census.February 7, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Number and apportionment of Representatives in Congress. That after the third of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the House of Representatives shall be composed of three hundred and fifty-six members, to be apportioned among the several States as follows:
Alabama, nine. Arkansas, six. California, seven. Colorado, two. Connecticut, four. Delaware, one. Florida, two. Georgia, eleven. Idaho, one. Illinois, twenty-two. Indiana, thirteen. Iowa, eleven. Kansas, eight. Kentucky, eleven. Louisiana, six. Maine, four. Maryland, six. Massachusetts, thirteen. Michigan, twelve. Minnesota, seven. Mississippi, seven. Missouri, fifteen. Montana, one. Nebraska, six. Nevada, one. New Hampshire, two. New Jersey, eight. New York, thirty-four. North Carolina, nine.
North Dakota, one. Ohio, twenty-one. Oregon, two. Pennsylvania, thirty. Rhode Island, two. South Carolina, seven. South Dakota, two. Tennessee, ten. Texas, thirteen. Vermont, two. Virginia, ten. Washington, two. West Virginia, four. Wisconsin, ten. Wyoming, one. Sec. 2. That whenever a new State is admitted to the Union theRepresentatives assigned to new States. Representative or Representatives assigned to it shall be in addition to the number three hundred and fifty-six. Sec. 3.
That in each State entitled under this apportionment theElection by districts, etc. number to which such State may be entitled in the Fifty-third and each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory and containing as 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 in Congress, no one district electing more than one Representative. 736FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Chs. 116, 117, 121. 1891. Sec. 4. That in case of an increase in the number of RepresentativesElection at large, of additional Representatives, etc. which may be given to any State under this apportionment swell additional Representative or Representatives shall be elected by the State at large, and the other Representatives by the districts now prescribed by law until the legislature of such State in the manner herein prescribed shall redistrict such State, and if there be no increase in the number of Representatives from a State the Representatives thereof shall be elected from the districts now prescribed by law until such State be redistricted as herein prescribed by the legislature of said State.
Sec. 5. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this actRepeal. are hereby repealed. Approved, February 7, 1891.