CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



147 



Strike out all of section 1, after the enacting clause, 

 and insert these words : 



" That after the 3d of March, 1883, the House of 

 Eepresentatives shall be composed of 325 members, to 

 be apportioned among the several States as follows : 

 Alabama, 8 ; Arkansas, 5 ; California, 6 ; Colorado, 1 ; 

 Connecticut, 4 ; Delaware, 1 ; Florida, 2 ; Georgia, 10 ; 

 Illinois, 20 ; Indiana, 13 ; Iowa, 11 ; Kansas, 7 ; Ken- 

 tucky, 11 ; Louisiana, 6 ; Maine, 4 ; Maryland, 6 ; 

 Massachusetts, 12 ; Michigan, 11 ; Minnesota, 5 : Mis- 



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vania, 28 ; Rhode Island, 2 : South Carolina, 7 ; Ten- 

 nessee, 10; Texas, 11; Vermont, 2; Virginia, 10; 

 West Virginia, 4 ; Wisconsin, 9." 



The Speaker: "The question is on the 

 amendment offered by the gentleman from 

 Kansas (Mr. Anderson), which has just been 

 read." 



Mr. Sherwin, of Illinois : " Some members 

 do not understand how many members are pro- 

 posed in that amendment." 



The Speaker : " Three hundred and twenty- 

 five." 



Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky : " I rise to a 

 parliamentary inquiry. I wish to know wheth- 

 er these three hundred and twenty-five mem- 

 bers are by this amendment apportioned ac- 

 cording to the new or the old method." 



Mr. Prescott: "The old method." 



The question was taken ; and it was decided 

 in the affirmative, as follows : 



YEAS Aiken, Aldrich, Anderson, Barr, Bayne, 

 Beach, Beltzhoover, Bingham, Bowman, Bragof, Brew- 

 er, Briggs, Browne, Brumm, Buck, Julius C. Burrows, 

 Joseph H. Burrows, Butterworth, Calkins, Campbell, 

 Candler, Cannon, Carpenter, Caswell, Chace, Crapo, 

 Crowley, Culberson, Cullcn, Davidson, George R. 

 Davis, Dawes, Deering De Motte, Deuster, Dezen- 

 dorf, Dingley, Dunnell.Ellis, Errett, Evins, Sewell S. 

 Farwell, Finley, Ford, Fulkerson, George, Godshalk, 

 Grout, Guenther, Hall, John Hammond, Mariner, Ben- 

 jamin W. Harris, llaseltine, Haskell, Hawk, Hazelton, 

 Heilman, Henderson, Hepburn, Hill, Hiscock, Hob- 

 litzell, Horr, Houk, Hubbell, Hubbs, Humphrey, 

 Jacobs, Jadwin, George W. Jones, Pnineas Jones, 

 Joyce, Kasson, Kelley, Lacey, Lewis, Lindsey, Lord, 

 Marsh, Mason, McClure, McCoid, McCook, McKin- 

 ley, McLane, Miles, Miller, Mills, Moore, Morey, Neal, 

 Norcross, O'Neill, Orth, Pacheco, Page, Parker, Paul, 

 Payson, Peelle, Pierce, Pettibone, Pound, Prescott, 

 Ranney, Ray, Reagau, Reed, John B. Rice, Theron M. 

 Rice, William W. Rice, Rich, D. P. Richardson, John 

 S. Richardson, Ritchie, Robertson, Robeson, George 

 D. Robinson, James S. Robinson, Russell, Ryan, 

 Scranton, Shallenberger, Shelley, Sherwin, Shultz, 

 Skinner, A. Herr Smith, Dietrich C. Smith, Spauld- 

 ing, Speer, Spooner, Steele, Stone, Strait, Taylor, 

 Thomas, William G. Thompson, Tillman, Amos 

 Townsend, Tyler, J. T. Dpdegraff, Thomas Upde- 

 graif, Upson, Urner, Valentine, Van Aernam, Van 

 Horn, Wadsworth,Wait, Walker, Ward, Washburn, 

 Watson, Webber, Wellborn, West, Charles G. Will- 

 iams, Willitts, Walter A. Wood, Young 162. 



NAYS Armfield, Atkins, Barbour, Belmont, Berry, 

 Black, Blackburn, Blanchard, Bland, Bliss, Blount, 

 Buchanan, Buckner, Cabell, Caldwell, Carlisle, Gas- 

 sidy, Chalmers, Chapman, Clardy, Clark, Clements, 

 Cobb, Colerick, Converse, Cook, Samuel S. Cox, Will- 

 iam R. Cox, Covington, Cravens, Curtin, Darrell, 

 Lowndes H. Davis, Dibrell. Dowd, Dugro, Flower, 

 Forney, Garrison, Geddes, Gunter, N. J. Hammond, 

 Hardenbergh Hardy, Henry S. Harris, Hatch, Her- 

 bert, Abram S. Hewitt, G. W. Hewitt, Hoge, Holman, 

 Hooker, House, Hutchins, James K. Jones, Kenna, 



King, Klotz, Knott, Ladd, Latham, Leedom, Le Fevre, 

 Manning, Martin, Matson, McKenzie, McMillin, Mor- 

 rison, Mosgrove, Moulton, Muldrow, Murch, Mutch- 

 ler, Gates, Phelps, Phister, Randall, William E. Rob- 

 inson, Rosecrans, Scales, Scoville, Shackelford, Simon- 

 ton, James W. Singleton, Otho R. Singleton, Sparks, 

 Springer, Stockslager, Talbott, P. B. Thompson, 

 Tucker, Henry G. Turner, Oscar Turner, Vance, 

 Warner, Wheeler, White, Whitthorne, Thomas Will- 

 iams, Willis, Wilson, George D. Wise, Morgan R. 

 Wise-104. 



NOT VOTING Allen, Atherton, Belford, Camp, Cor- 

 nell, Cutts, Dibble, Dunn, Dwight. Ermentrout, 

 Charles B. Farwell, Fisher, Frost, Gibson, Herndon, 

 Jorgcnsen, Ketcham, Money, Morse, Nolan, Ross, 

 J. Hyatt Smith, Stephens, R. W. Townsend, Van 

 Voorhis, Benjamin Wood 26. 



So the amendment was agreed to, and the 

 bill passed in that form. 



In the Senate, on February 21st, the bill was 

 passed without amendment. 



The bill as passed, was as follows : 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 

 sentatives of the United States of America in Congress 

 assembled, ' That after the third of March, eighteen 

 hundred and eighty-three, the House of Represent- 

 atives shall be composed of three hundred and 

 twenty -five members, to be apportioned among the 

 several States as follows : Alabama, 8 ; Arkansas, 5 ; 

 California, 6 ; Colorado, 1 ; Connecticut, 4 ; Dela- 

 ware, 1 ; Florida, 2 ; Georgia, 10 ; Illinois, 20 ; Indi- 

 ana, 13 ; Iowa, 11 ; Kansas, 7 ; Kentucky, 11 ; Louis- 

 iana, 6; Maine, 4; Maryland, 6; Massachusetts, 12; 

 Michigan, 11 ; Minnesota, 5 Mississippi, 7 ; Mis- 

 souri, 14; Nebraska, 3 ; Nevada, 1 ; New Hampshire, 

 2; New Jersey, 7; New York, 34; North Carolina, 

 9 ; Ohio, 21 ; Oregon, 1 ; Pennsylvania, 28 ; Rhode 

 Island, 2 ; South Carolina, 7 ; Tennessee, 10 : Texas, 

 11 ; Vermont, 2 ; Virginia, 10 ; West Virginia, 4 ; 

 Wisconsin, 9. 



SECTION 2. That whenever a new State is admitted 

 to the Union the Representative or Representatives 

 assigned to it shall be in addition to the number 

 three hundred and twenty-five. 



SEC. 3. That in each State entitled under this ap- 

 portionment the number to which such State may be 

 entitled in the Forty- eighth and each subsequent 

 Congress shall be elected by districts composed of 

 contiguous territory, and containing as nearly as prac- 

 ticable an equal number of inhabitants, and equal in 

 number to the Representatives to which such State 

 may be entitled in Congress, no one district electing 

 more than one Representative : Provided, That unless 

 the Legislature of such State shall otherwise provide 

 before the election of such Representatives shall take 

 place as provided by law, where no change shall be 

 hereby made in the representation of a State, the 

 Representatives thereof to the Forty-eighth Congress 

 shall be elected therein as now provided by law. If 

 the number as hereby provided for shall be larger 

 than it was before this change, then the additional 

 Representative or Representatives allowed to said 

 State under this apportionment may be elected by 

 the State at large, and the other Representatives to 

 which the State is entitled by the districts as now 

 prescribed by law in said State ; and if the number 

 hereby provided for shall in any State be less than it 

 was before the change hereby made, then the whole 

 number to such State hereby provided for shall be 

 elected at large, unless the Legislatures of said States 

 have provided or shall otherwise provide before the 

 time fixed by law for the next election of Representa- 

 tives therein. 



All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 

 hereby repealed. 



PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. Article II of the 

 Constitution of the United States declares: 

 " Each State shall appoint, iu such manner as 



