 | 1918 - 1116 páginas
...districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number of Representatives to which the state may be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative." The purpose of that law was to provide for uniformity amongst the states as to the manner In which Representatives... | |
 | 1912 - 672 páginas
...Representative, the number to which each State shall be entitled .... shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number...be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative."23 But the times, the places, and the manner of holding the elections were still under... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1960 - 532 páginas
...which each State shall be entitled under that apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, equal in number to the number of Representatives to which the State may be entitled, no one district electing more than one representative. Chancellor James... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1960 - 536 páginas
...which each State shall be entitled under that apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, equal in number to the number of Representatives to which the State may be entitled, no one district electing more than one representative. Chancellor James... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1961 - 240 páginas
...which each State shall be entitled under this apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number...one district electing more than one Representative." This requirement "was recommended by the wisdom and justice of giving, as far as possible, to the local... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 5 - 1971 - 258 páginas
...districting; that Is not the case with congressional apportionment. be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, equal in number to the number...one district electing more than one Representative." Several States defined this provision and subsequent Congresses seated Members not elected from districts,... | |
 | Jamin B. Raskin - 2004 - 316 páginas
...statute (5 Stat. 491) which provided that representatives "should be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number...one district electing more than one representative." An 1850 apportionment statute (9 Stat. 433) got rid of the single-member district requirement and Congress... | |
 | David P. Currie - 2005 - 369 páginas
...which each State shall be entitled under this apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number...one district electing more than one Representative. 12 In plain English: Representatives must henceforth be elected from single-member districts, not by... | |
 | David P. Currie - 2005 - 369 páginas
...which each State shall be entitled under this apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number...be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative.12 In plain English: Representatives must henceforth be elected from single-member districts,... | |
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The law of 1842 also requires, that the Representatives of each State "shall be elected by districts composed of a contiguous territory, equal in number to the number of Representatives to which said State may be entitled, no one District electing more... 
