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census of the United States in the year eighteen hundred and eighty, and after each subsequent decennial census, to fix by law the number of Representatives and apportion them among the several counties of the State: Provided, That each county shall be entitled to at least one Representative.

6. IX.

Until the General Assembly shall make an apportionment of Representatives among the several counties, after the first decennial census of the United States, as herein provided, the counties

of Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb,

Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Escambia, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Henry, Lauderdale, Marion, Morgan, Monroe, Marshall, Randolph, Sanford, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker, Washington and Winston shall each have one Representative; the counties of Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Limestone, Lawrence, Lowndes, Lee, Macon, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuskaloosa and Wilcox shall have each two Representatives; the county of Madison shall have three Representatives; the counties of Dallas and Montgomery shall have each four Representatives.

2. V.

ARKANSAS.

The House of Representatives shall consist of members to be chosen every second year by the qualified electors of the several counties.

The Senate shall consist of forty members, and the Assembly of eighty members, to be elected by districts, numbered as hereinafter provided. The seats of the twenty Senators elected in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two from the odd-numbered districts shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, so that one-half of the Senators shall be elected every two years: Provided, That all the Senators elected at the first election under this Constitution shall hold office for the term of three years.

3. V.

COLORADO.

Senators shall be elected for the term of four years, except as hereinafter provided, and Representatives for the term of two

years.

5. V.

The Senators, at their first ses

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sion, shall be divided into two classes. Those elected in districts designated by even numbers shall constitute one class; those elected in districts designated by odd numbers shall constitute the other class, except that Senators elected in each of the districts having more than one Senator shall be equally divided among the two classes. The Senators of one class shall hold for two years; those of the other class shall hold for four years to be decided by lot between the two classes, so that one-half of the Senators, as near as practicable, may be biennially chosen forever thereafter.

Senators and members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the several senatorial' and representative districts, as established in this Constitution, until such districts shall be changed by law, and thereafter by the qualified electors of the several districts as the same shall be established by law.

46. V.

The Senate shall consist of twentysix, and the House of Representatives, 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. 49. V.

Until an apportionment of Representatives be made, in accordance with the provisions of this

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article, they shall be divided among the several counties of the State in the following manner: The county of Arapahoe shall have seven; the countles of Boulder and Clear Creek, each four; the counties of Gilpin and Las Animas, each three; the counties of El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Jefferson, Pueblo and Weld, each two; the counties of Bent, Costilla, Canejos, Douglas, Elbert, Grand, Hinsdale, Larimer, La Plata, Lake, Park, Rio Grande, Summit, Saguache and San Juan, each one; and the counties of Costilla and Conejos, jointly, one.

CONNECTICUT.

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estate in real and personal property, or in either, of the value of one thousand pounds at least, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State three years next preceding the first meeting of the Legislature after his election, and the last year of that term an inhabitant of the county in which he shall be chosen, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the States or of said State. There shall be three chosen in each county. greater number of Senators shall by the General Assembly be judged necessary, two-thirds of each branch concurring, they may by law make provision for increasing their number; but the number of Senators shall never be greater than one-half, nor less than one-third of the number of Representatives.

Senators When a

If the office of Representative, or the office of Senator, become vacant before the regular expiration of the term thereof, a Representative or a Senator shall be elected to fill such vacancy, and shall hold the office for the residue of the term.

When there is a vacancy in either house of the General Assembly, and the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor shall have power to issue a writ, of election to fill such vacancy; which writ shall be executed as a writ issued by the speaker of either house in case of vacancy.

3. III.

FLORIDA.

The members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen biennially, those of the first Legislature on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November,

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A. D. 1886, and thereafter on the corresponding day of every second year.

2. VII.

The Legislature that convenes in the year 1889, and thereafter

shall consist of not more than thirty-two members of the Senate and of not more than sixtyeight members of the House of Representatives. The members of the House of Representatives shall be elected for terms of two years, and the members of the Senate shall be elected for terms of four years, except as hereafter provided, the elections for members of the Senate and House of Representatives to be held at the same time and places. The terms of Senators elected in 1888 from districts designated by even numbers shall expire at the end of two years from that date, and thereafter all Senators shall be elected for four years, so that one-half of the whole number shall be elected biennially.

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Constitution, shall be divided, by lot, into two equal classes, as nearly as may be; and the seats of Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of two years, and those of the second class at the expiration of four years; so that one-half, as nearly as possible, shall be chosen biennially forever thereafter, and in case of increase in the number of Senators, they shall be so annexed by lot, to the one or the other of the two classes, as to keep them as nearly equal as practicable.

2. III.

IOWA.

Senators shall be chosen for the term of four years, at the same time and place as Representatives; they shall be twenty-five years of age, and possess the qualifications of Representatives as to residence and citizenship. 6. III.

The number of Senators shall not be less than one-third, nor more than one-half the Representative body; and shall be so classified by lot, that one class, being as nearly one-half as possible, shall be elected every two years. When the number of Senators is increased, they shall be annexed by lot to one or the other of the two classes, so as to keep them as nearly equal in numbers as practicable.

35. III.

The Senate shall not consist of more than fifty members, nor the House of Representatives of more than one hundred; and they shall be apportioned among the several counties and representative districts of the State, according to the number of (white) inhabitants in each, upon ratios to be fixed by law;

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2. II.

KANSAS.

The number of Representatives and Senators shall be regulated by law, but shall never exceed one hundred and twenty-five Representatives and forty Senators. From and after the adoption of the amendment the House of Representatives shall admit one member for each county, in which at least two hundred and fifty legal votes were cast at the next preceding general election; and each organized county, in which less than two hundred legal votes were cast at the next preceding be atgeneral election shall tached to and constitute a part of the representative district of the county lying next adjacent to it on the east.

29. II.

At the general election held in eighteen hundred and seventysix, and thereafter, members of the House of Representatives shall be elected for two years, and members of the Senate shall be elected for four years.

At the general election in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, one Senator shall be elected in each senatorial district, and one Representative in each representative district. The Senators then elected shall hold their offices one-half for two and years one-half for four years, as shall be determined by lot at the first session of the General Assembly after their election, and the Representatives shall hold their offices for two years. Every two years thereafter there shall be elected for four years one Senator in each senatorial district in which the term of his predecessor in office will then expire, and in every representative district one Representative for two years.

Representation in the House of Representatives shall be equal and uniform, and shall be regulated and ascertained by the total population. Each parish shall have at least one Representative. The first enumeration to be made by the State authorlties under this Constitution shall be made in the year eighteen hundred and ninety, and subsequent enumerations shall be made every tenth year thereafter, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, for the purpose of ascertaining the total population and the number of qualified electors in each parish and election district. At its first regular session after each enu