 | Calvin Townsend - United States - 1875 - 290 pages
...Legislature, at its first session after such census, shall so alter the Senate districts that each district "shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants " ; provided, however, that all districts shall " consist of contiguous territory," and that no county... | |
 | Calvin Townsend - United States - 1875 - 294 pages
...Legislature, at its first session after such census, shall so alter the senatorial districts that each district " shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants;" provided, however, that all districts shall "consist of contiguous territory," and that no county shall... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - New York (State) - 1876 - 580 pages
...taken, under the direction of the Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, 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,... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - New York (State) - 1877 - 922 pages
...inhabitants of the State shall be taken every ten years, and the districts (meaning Senate and Assembly) shall be so altered by the Legislature, at the first...session after the return of every enumeration, that each district shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens and persons... | |
 | Michigan - Session laws - 1879 - 378 pages
...hold office for two years. Each ward shall consist of convenient and contiguous territory, and they shall contain as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants. The common council shall have power to divide the city into wards, and to increase the number and define... | |
 | New York (State) - Election law - 1880 - 368 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...be, an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens and persons of color not taxed; and shall remain unaltered until the return of another enumeration,... | |
 | Henry C. Northam - New York (State) - 1881 - 194 pages
...taken, under the direction of the Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nve, and at the end of every ten years thereafter; and...return of every enumeration, that each Senate district skull contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, and persons of... | |
 | 1882 - 416 pages
...taken, under the direction of the Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, 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,... | |
 | David Dudley Field - Law - 1884 - 532 pages
...census, the Senate districts shall be rearranged, so that each, consisting of contiguous territory, shall contain as nearly as may be an equal number of inhabitants ; but no county shall be divided in the formation of a Senate district, unless it contains a population... | |
 | William Johnson Cocker - Michigan - 1885 - 264 pages
...members. Representatives shall be chosen for two years, and by single districts. Each representative 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... | |
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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... 
