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Rh Assembly, shall disclose the fact to the House of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon.

Section 44.One Representative in the Congress of the United States shall be elected from the State-at-large, at the first election under this Constitution, and thereafter at such times and places and in such manner as may be prescribed by law. When a new apportionment shall be made by Congress the General Assembly shall divide the State into Congressional districts accordingly.

Section 45.The General Assembly shall provide by law for an enumeration of the inhabitants of the State, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and every tenth year thereafter; and at the session next following such enumeration, and also at the session next following an enumeration made by the authority of the United States, shall revise and adjust the apportionment for Senators and Representatives, on the basis of such enumeration according to ratios to be fixed by law.

Section 46.The Senate shall consist of twenty-six and the House of Representatives of forty-nine members, which number shall not be increased until the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety, after which time the General Assembly may increase the number of Senators and Representatives, preserving as near as may be the present proportion as to the number in each house; provided, that the aggregate number of Senators and Representatives shall never exceed one hundred.

Section 47.Senatorial and Representative districts may be altered from time to time, as public convenience may require. When a Senatorial or Representative district shall be composed of two or more counties, they shall be contiguous, and the district as compact as may be. No county shall be divided in the formation of a Senatorial or Representative district.

Section 48.the State shall be divided into Senatorial districts, in accordance with the provisions of this article, said districts shall be constituted and numbered as follows:

The county of Weld shall constitute the first district, and be entitled to one Senator.

The county of Larimer shall constitute the second district, and be entitled to one Senator.

The county of Boulder shall constitute the third district, and be entitled to two Senators.

The county of Gilpin shall constitute the fourth district, and be entitled to one Senator.

The counties of Gilpin, Summit and Grand shall constitute the fifth district, and be entitled to one Senator.