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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 4 STAT. · May 22, 1832 · Chapter XCI

Chapter XCI. for the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the fifth census

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Chap. XCI.— An Act for the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the fifth census. May 22, 1832. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Maine, 8 New Hamp. 5 Mass. 12 R. Island, 2 Conn. 6 Vermont, 5 New York, 40 New Jersey, 6 Penn’a. 28 Delaware, 1 Maryland, 8 Virginia, 21 N. Carolina, 13 S. Carolina, 9 Georgia, 9 Kentucky, 13 Tennessee, 13 Ohio, 19 Indiana, 7 Mississippi, 2 Illinois, 3 Louisiana, 3 Missouri, 2 Alabama, 5 That from and after the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, the House of Representatives shall be composed of members, elected agreeably to a ratio of one representative for every forty-seven thousand and seven hundred 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 Maine, eight; within the state of New Hampshire, five; within the state of Massachusetts, twelve; within the state of Rhode Island, two; within the state of Connecticut, six; within the state of Vermont, five; within the state of New York, forty; within the state of New Jersey, six; within the state of Pennsylvania, twenty-eight; within the state of Delaware, one; within the state of Maryland, eight; within the state, of Virginia, twenty-one; within the state of North Carolina, thirteen; within the state of South Carolina, nine; within the state of Georgia, nine; within the state of Kentucky, thirteen; within the state of Tennessee, thirteen; within the state of Ohio, nineteen; within the state of Indiana, seven; within the state of Mississippi, two; within the state of Illinois, three; within the state of Louisiana, three; within the state of Missouri, two; and within the state of Alabama, five.
Approved, May 22, 1832.
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