Pennsylvania ArchivesSamuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, George Edward Reed, William Henry Egle, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban J. Severns & Company, 1902 - History A collection of documents supplementing the companion series known as "Colonial records," which contain the Minutes of the Provincial council, of the Council of safety, and of the Supreme executive council of Pennsylvania. |
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... population of the Commonwealth , according to the last Federal census , by two hundred . The resultant ratio of this calculation is 26,290 . Each county , how- ever , is started with one member , likewise every city containing a ratio ...
... population of the Commonwealth , according to the last Federal census , by two hundred . The resultant ratio of this calculation is 26,290 . Each county , how- ever , is started with one member , likewise every city containing a ratio ...
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... one hundred thou- sand population , and could practically have been di- vided into single districts , if the principle of repre- sentation applied to Luzerne and Lackawanna had been consistently adhered 22 Papers of the Governors .
... one hundred thou- sand population , and could practically have been di- vided into single districts , if the principle of repre- sentation applied to Luzerne and Lackawanna had been consistently adhered 22 Papers of the Governors .
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... population , divided , but a glance at the geographical lines of division discloses an utter disregard of the con- stitutional consideration of compactness and con- tiguity . A district that extends from Hellam town- ship on the east ...
... population , divided , but a glance at the geographical lines of division discloses an utter disregard of the con- stitutional consideration of compactness and con- tiguity . A district that extends from Hellam town- ship on the east ...
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... population ends with York county . Chester with 89,377 , Erie with 86,074 , Fayette with 80,006 and Northampton with 84,220 , not to mention others of considerable population are left intact . This discrimination was not made without a ...
... population ends with York county . Chester with 89,377 , Erie with 86,074 , Fayette with 80,006 and Northampton with 84,220 , not to mention others of considerable population are left intact . This discrimination was not made without a ...
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... population in the State outside of two countes . By dividing the entire population of the State by the number of Congressmen allotted to it , the Congres- sional ratio is ascertained to be 175,267 . In the dis- tricts made by the bill ...
... population in the State outside of two countes . By dividing the entire population of the State by the number of Congressmen allotted to it , the Congres- sional ratio is ascertained to be 175,267 . In the dis- tricts made by the bill ...
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Page 39 - The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments of the State, interest on the public debt, and for public schools. All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills, each embracing but one subject.
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