 | Andrew White Young - Constitutional history - 1839 - 384 pages
...taken, under the direction of the Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and at the end of every ten years thereafter : and...an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, and persons of color not taxed; and shall remain unaltered until the return of another enumeration,... | |
 | William Euen - Education - 1848 - 164 pages
...taken, under the direction of the Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and at the end of every ten years thereafter ; and...an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, and persons of color not taxed ; and shall remain unaltered until the return of another enumeration,... | |
 | Joseph H. Mather, Linus Pierpont Brockett - New York (State) - 1848 - 446 pages
...taken, under the direction of the legislature, in the year one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five, and at the end of every ten years thereafter ; and...an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, and persons of color not taxed ; and shall remain unaltered until the return of another enumeration... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...taken, under the direction of. the Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, and at the end of every ten years thereafter ; and the said district shall be so altered by the Legislature, at the first session after the return of every enumeration,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - Real property - 1849 - 482 pages
...direction of the Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and at the end nf every ten years thereafter ; and the said Districts...Senate District shall contain, as nearly as may be, on equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, and persons of color not taxed ; and shall remain... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - New York (State) - 1851 - 1064 pages
...the board of supervisors into districts is required to be in such manner that each of the districts shall contain as nearly as may be an equal number of inhabitants. I am of opinion that these •words, " as nearly as may 6e," in the aforesaid provisions for the division... | |
 | Constitutional history - 1852 - 680 pages
...taken, under the direction of the Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and at the end of every ten years thereafter ; and...session after the return of every enumeration, that each Seriate district shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens,... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 788 pages
...Here, as in the senatorial apportionment, the county is the chief factor. The provision that, " each district shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants, exclusive of persons of Indian descent who are not civilized, or are members of any tribe, and shall... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 806 pages
...in part that: "SEC. 3. Representatives shall be chosen for two years and by single districts, which shall contain as nearly as may be an equal number of inhabitants and shall consist of convenient and contiguous territory; but no township or city shall be divided... | |
 | Joseph H. Mather, Linus Pierpont Brockett - New York (State) - 1853 - 462 pages
...taken, under the direction of the legislature, in the year one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five, and at the end of every ten years thereafter ; and...that each senate district shall contain, as nearly a* may be, an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, and persons of color not taxed ; and shall... | |
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... shall be so altered by the Legislature, at the first session after the return of every enumeration, that each Senate district shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants... 
