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 CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT

379

Alabama

. 10

Arizona

. 1

Arkansas

. 7

California

, 11

Colorado

. 4

Connecticut.

. 5

Delaware

. 1

Florida.

. 4

Georgia

. 12

Idalio.

. 2

Illinois.

. 27

Indiana

. 13

Iowa

. 11

Kansas.

. 8

Kentucky

. 11

Louisiana

. 8

Maine.

. 4

6

Oregon

. 3

16

Pennsylvania

. 36

13

Rhode Island

. 3

10

South Carolina

. 3

8

South Dakota

. 7

16

Tennessee

. 10

2

Texas.

. 18

6

Utah.

2

1

Vermont

. 2

2

Virginia

. 10

12

Washington

5

2

West Virginia

. 6

43

Wisconsin.

. 11

10

Wyoming.

1

3 22

Total. 436

In 1912 with the admission of Arizona and New Mexico it became 436, distributed as follows : —

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada ,

New Hampshire

New Jersey ,

New Mexico.

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio.

Oklahoma

On the basis of the census of 1910 there is one representative to every 210,415 inhabitants. The popular vote for President in 1912 was 15,041,658, or about one in six of the entire population. In 1910 there were in the States, which alone participate in elections of President aud representatives, 26,999,151 males of voting age, 21 years and over, i]icluding 6,829,581 of foreign birth, naturalised and unnaturalised.

According to the terms of the Constitution, representatives must not be less than twenty-five years of age, must have lieen 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 organised Territory, who has the right to speak on any subject and to make motions, but not to vote. The delegates are elected in the same manner as the representatives.

Each of the two Houses of Congress is made by the Constitution 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 lias 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 both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to the Constitution, or, on the application 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 all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or other mode of ratification may be proposed by Congress.

The salary of a senator, re})resentative, or delegate in Congress is 7,500 dollars per annum, with an allowance, based on distance, for travelling expenses. The salary of the Speaker of the House of Representatives is 12,000 dollars per annum.

No senator or representative can, during the time for which he is elected, be appointed to any civil office under authority of the United States which shall have been created or the emoluments of which shall have been in- creased during such time ; and no person holding any ofilce under the United States can be a member of either House, during his continuance in office. No religious test is required as a qualification to any otiQce or public trust under the United States, or in any State.

The period usually termed ' a Congress ' in legislative language, continue.^