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 App<^"dixE ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 625 22. Until the Parliament otherwise provides, the presence of at least one-third of the whole *<'""■""'■ number of the senators shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Senate for the exercise of its powers. 23. Questions arising in the Senate shall be determined by a majority of votes, and each senator voUnn in Senate, shall have one vote. The President shall in all cases be entitled to a vote ; and when the votes are equal the question shall pass in the negative. Part III. — The House of Rf.preskntativrs. I'art hi. HOUSF, OF RkI'RF." 34. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members directly chosen by the people sf.ntativf.s of the Commonwealth, and the number of such members shall be, as nearly as practicable, twice thet'onsiitntioTi of House , -, of Representatives. number oi the senators. The number of members chosen in the several States shall be in proportion to the respective numbers of their people, and shall, until the Parliament otherwise provides, be determined, whenever necessary, in the following manner : — (i.) A quota shall be ascertained by dividing the number of the people of the Commonwealth, as shown by the latest statistics of the Commonwealth, by twice the number of the senators. (11.) The number of members to be chosen in each State shall be determined by dividing the number of the people of the State, as shown by the latest statistics of the Commonwealth, by the quota ; and if on such division there is a remainder greater than one-half of the quota, one more member shall be chosen in the State. But notwithstanding anything in this section, five members at least shall be chosen in each Original State. 25. For the purposes of the last section, if by the law of any State all persons of any race are Provision as to races ,. i./'tr ■ 1- r.i TT riT..!. ri^, disquaUtlcd from voting;. disqualified from voting at elections for the more numerous House of the Parliament of the State, then, in reckoning the number of the people of the State or of the Commonwealth, persons of that race resident in that State shall not be counted. 26. Notwithstandinof anvthins: in section twentx-four, the number of members to be chosen in each Representatives in first ° -^ '^ • Parliament. State at the first election shall be as follows : — New South Wales twenty-three; Victoria twenty; Queensland eight; South Australia six; Tasmania ... ... ■■. •• ■■ ■•• ■■• five: Provided that if Western Australia is an Original State, the numbers shall be as follows : — New South Wales twenty-six; Victoria twenty-three; Queensland ... .. ■•. •■• •■• •• nine; South Australia seven; Western Australia ... ... ... .•• •■• ••• five; Tasmania ... ... ... ••■ ••■ ••■ ••• five- 2-]. Subject to this Constitution, the Parliament may make laws for increasing or diminishing the AReration ot numi.er of number of the members of the House of Representatives. 28. Every House of Representatives shall continue for three years from the first meeting of the UuraUon^of.House of House, and no longer, but may be sooner dissolved by the Governor-General. 29. Until the Parliament of the Commonwealth otherwise provides, the Parliament of any State Electoral divisions. may make laws for determining the divisions in each State for which members of the House of