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loting for Senators, within the several counties, and to prescribe the means, and the manner by which the result of the balloting shall be ascertained, and through which the Senators chosen shall be certified of their election, and for filling all vacancies in the Senate, which shall happen by death, resignation or otherwise. But they shall not have power to apportion the Senators to the several counties otherwise than according to the population thereof agreeably to the provisions hereinbefore ordained. XXIII.

The Senate shall be composed of thirty Senators, to be of the freemen of the county for which they are elected, respectively, who shall have attained the age of thirty years, and they shall be elected annually by the freemen of each county, respectively.

The Senators shall be apportioned to the several counties according to the population as ascertained by the census taker under the authority of Congress in the year 1840, regard being always had in such apportionment to the Counties having the largest fraction, and giving to each county at least one Senator.

The Legislature shall make a new apportionment of the Senators to the several counties, after the taking of each census of the United States, or after a census taken for the purpose of such apportionment, under the thority of this State, always regarding the above provisions of this article.

4. XXIV.

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The term of office of Senators and

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From and after the same date the Senate shall consist of not less than thirty-three nor more than forty members. They shall be elected for the term of four years-for the election of whom the counties, cities and towns shall be divided into districts. Each county, city and town of the respective districts shall, at the time of the first election of its delegate or delegates under this amendment, vote for one or more Senators. The Senators first elected under this amendment in districts bearing odd numbers shall vacate their offices at the end of two years; and those elected in districts bearing even numbers at the end of four years; and vacancies occurring by expiration of term shall be filled by the election of Senators for the full term.

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to the provisions contained.

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The number of the members of the Assembly shall never be less than fifty-four, nor more than one hundred. The Senate shall consist of a number not more than one-third, nor less than one-fourth, of the number of the members of the Assembly. 5. IV.

The Senators shall be chosen by single districts of convenient contiguous territory, at the same time and in the same manner as members of the Assembly are required to be chosen, and no Assembly district shall be divided in the formation of a Senate district. The Senate districts shall be numbered in the regular series, and the Senators chosen by the odd numbered districts shall go out of office at the expiration of of the first year and the Senators chosen by the even numbered districts shall go out of office at the expiration of the second year, and thereafter the Senators shall be chosen for the term of two years.

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2. III. Senators shall be elected for the term of four (4) years, and Representatives for the term of two (2) years. The Senators elected at the first election shall be divided by lot into two classes as nearly equal as may be. The seats of Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first two years, and of the second class at the expiration of four years. No person shall be a Senator who has not attained the age of twenty-five years, or a Representative who has not attained the age of twenty-one years, and who is not a citizen of the United States and of this State, and who has not, for at least twelve months next preceding his election, resided within the county or district in which he was elected.

3. III.

Each county shall constitute a senatorial and representative district; the Senate and House of Representatives shall be composed of members elected by the legal voters of the counties respectively, every two (2) years. They shall be apportioned among the said counties as nearly as may be according to the number of their inhabitants. Each county shall have at least one Senator and one Representative; but at no time shall the number of members of the House of Representatives be less than twice nor greater than three times the number of members of the Senate. The Senate and House of Representatives first elected in pursuance of this Constitution shall consist of sixteen and