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 LEGISLATIVE

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REPRESENTATION OF THE STATES UNDER THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENSUSES, WITH INCREASE UNDER THE LATTER

State Tenth Census (825 M KM- KERS) Eleventh Census (356 Members) State Tenth Census (325 Mem- HERS) Eleventh Census (350 Memheks) Number Number Increase Number Number Increase Alabama. Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut Delaware. Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa. Kansas Kentucky. Louisiana. Maine Maryland. Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota. Mississippi Missouri. 8 5 6 1 4 1 2 10 20 13 11 7 11 6 4 G 12 11 5 7 14 9 6 7 2 4 1 2 11 1 22 13 11 8 11 6 4 6 13 12 7 7 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 Montana. Nebraska. Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina. North Dakota. Ohio. Oregon Pennsylvania. Rhode Island South Carolina. South Dakota. Tennessee. Texas Vermont , Virginia Washington West Virginia. Wisconsin. Wyoming. 3 1 2 7 34 9 21 1 23 2 7 10 11 2 10 4 9 1 G 1 2 8 34 9 1 21 2 30 2 7 2 10 13 2 10 2 4 10 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1

Since the census of 1890 Utah has been admitted as a State with one representative, making the present membership of the House 357. According to the terms of the Constitution, representatives must not be less than twenty-five years of age, must have been citizens of the United States for seven years, and be residents in the States from which they are chosen. In addition to the representatives from the States, the House admits a "delegate" from each organized Territory, who has the right to speak on any subject and to make motions, but not to vote. The dele- gates are elected in the same manner as the representatives. Each of the two houses of Congress is made by the Consti- tution the " judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members " ; and each of the houses may, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member. The Congress of the United States has the power to propose alterations in the Constitution, by the 5th article of the same. The article orders that the Congress, whenever two-thirds of ])oth houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to the Constitution, or, on the ap|)lication of the Legislatures of two-thirds of all the States, shall call a convention for pro- posing the amendments, which in either case shall be valid to