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sent them in the general assembly ; provided, that for every five 

 hundred free male inhabitants there shall be one representative, 

 and so on progressively with the number of free male inhabit- 

 ants, shall the right of representation increase, until the number 

 of representatives shall amount to twenty-five, after which the 

 number and proportion of representatives shall be regulated by 

 the Legislature : provided, that no person be eligible or qualified 

 to act as a representative, unless he shall have been a citizen of 

 one of the United States three years, and be a resident in the 

 district, or unless he shall have resided in the district three 

 years, and in either case shall likewise hold in his own right, 

 in fee simple, two hundred acres of land within the same ; pro- 

 vided also, that a free-hold in fifty acres of land in the district, 

 having been a citizen of one of the states, and being resident 

 in the district, or the like free-hold and two years residence in 

 the district, shall be necessary to qualify a man as an elector 

 of a representative. 



The representative thus elected, shall serve for the term of 

 two years, and in case of death of a representative or removal 

 from office, the governor shall issue a writ to the county or 

 township for which he was a member, to elect another in his 

 stead, to serve for the residue of the term. 



The general assembly, or legislature shall consist of the 

 governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. 

 The legislative council shall consist of five members, to con- 

 tinue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, 

 any three of whom to be a quorum, and the members of the 

 council, shall be nominated and appointed in the following man- 

 ner, to wit: as soon as representatives shall be elected, the 

 governor shall appoint a time and place for them to meet to- 

 gether, and, when met, they shall nominate ten persons, resi- 

 dents in the district, and each possessed of a freehold in five 

 hundred acres of land, and return their names to congress; 

 five of whom congress shall appoint and commission to serve 

 as aforesaid; and whenever a vacancy shall happen in council, 

 by death or removal from office, the house of representatives 

 shall nominate two persons, qualified as aforesaid, for each va- 



