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 RECORDS OF THE FEDEP. AL CONVENTION COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, VI The Members of the House of Rei)resentatlves shall be chosen every second Year (in the Manner following) by the People of the several States comprehended within this Union (the Time and Place and the Manner and the of holding the Elections and the Rules) The Qualifications of the Electors shall be (appointed) prescribed by the Legislatures of the several States; but the/r provisions (which they shall make concerning them shall be subject to the Control of) concerning them may at any Time be altered and superseded by the Legis- lature of the United States. (No person shall be capable of being chosen) Every Mem- ber of the House of Representatives shall be (twenty-five Years of Age) of the Age of twenty five Years at least; shall have been a Citizen in the United States for at least three Years before his Election, and shall be, at the Time of his Election, a Resi- dent of the State, (from) /n which he shall be chosen. The ttouse of Representatives shall, at its first Formation and until the Number of Citizens and Inhabitants shall be taken in the Manner hereinafter described consist of 6 5 Members, of whom three shall be chosen in New-Hampshire, eight in Massa- chusetts, &c. As the (present) Proportions of Numbers in the different States will alter from Time to Time; as some of the States may be hereafter divided; as others may be enlarged by Addition of Territory, or two or more States may be united; and as new States will be erected within the Limits of the United States; the Legislature shall, in each of these cases, possess Authority to regulate the Number of Representatives by the Number of Inhabitants according to the provisions herein after made. (Representation) Direct Taxation shall always be in Pro- portion to (direct Taxation.) Representation in the House of Representatives. (In order to ascertain and regulate the Proportions of direct Taxation from Time to Time, the Legislature of the United States shall, within six Years after its first Meeting and within the Term of every ten Years afterwards, cause)

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