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APR 22 1940

LAWS

OF A

GENERAL NATURE.

CHAPTER 1.

AN ACT for the apportionment of Senators and Representatives in the
General Assembly of this State.

(APPROVED JANUARY 13, 1836.)

Vi

tricts.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That for the purpose of electing Senators to the General Assembly of this State for the ensu- Senatorial dising five years, the State shall be, and is hereby divided into the following districts, each of which shall be entitled to one Senator: the counties of Knox, Daviess and Martin one; Lawrence one; Green and Owen one; go, Sullivan, and Clay, one; Putnam, one; Parke, one; Fountain, one; Vermillion and Warren, and all that part of Jasper county which lies south of the line dividing townships twenty-four and twenty-five, one; Tippecanoe, one; Clinton and Carroll, one; Montgomery one; Harrison, one; Perry, Crawford and Spencer, one; Warrick, Vanderburgh, and Posey, one; Gibson, Pike and Dubois, one; Orange, one; Monroe, one; Johnson, one; Morgan, one; Hendricks, one; Shelby, one; Marion, one; Hancock and Madison, one; Hamilton and Boone, one; Cass, Miami and Fulton, one; Allen, Wells and Adams, one; Wabash, Jay, Huntington and Grant, one; Elkhart, Lagrange, Steuben, De Kalb, and Noble, one; Delaware and Randolph, one; Henry, one; Fayette and Union, one; St. Joseph, Marshall, Kosciusko, and Stark, one; Laporte, Porter, Newtoa, White, Pulaski,

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and all that part of Jasper county, which lies north of the line dividing townships twenty-four and twenty-five, one; Rush, one; Franklin, one; Dearborn, one; Decatur, one; Switzerland, one; Ripley, one; Bartholomew and Jennings, one; Clark, one; Floyd, one; Jefferson, one; Jackson and Scott, one; Washington, one; and the county of Wayne, shall be entitled to two Senators. Provided, That if Jasper county shall hereafter become organized, then said territory shall be attached to the said county of Jasper, and form a part of the senatorial and representative district, north of the county of Warren.

Representative SEC. 2. That in electing Representatives to the Gendistricte. eral Assembly of this State, for the ensuing five years, the several counties shall be entitled to elect as follows, viz: The counties of Dearborn and Wayne, each, four Representatives; the county of Rush, three Representatives; the counties of Parke, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Henry, Fayette, Union, Marion, Shelby, Harrison, Lawrence, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Clark, Vermillion, and Bartholomew, each, two Representatives; the counties of Owen, Greene, Clay, Warren and all that part of Jasper county which lies south of the line dividing townships twenty-four and twenty-five, Clinton, Carroll, Monroe, Johnson, Morgan, Herdricks, Hancock, Madison, Hamilton, Boone, Allen, Elkhart, Delaware, Randolph, St. Joseph, Laporte, Decatur, Ripley, Switzerland, Orange, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Gibson, Cass, Floyd, Jackson, Scott and Jennings, each, one Representative.

SEC. 3. In the year 1836, the counties of Knox, Daviess and Martin are to elect one Representative, each. In 1837, Knox county is to elect two representatives, and the counties of Daviess and Martin one representative. In the year 1838 the counties of Daviess and Martin are to elect, each, one Representative, and the county of Knox, one Representative. In the year 1839, the county of Knox, is to elect two Representatives, and the counties of Daviess and Martin are to elect one Representative jointly. In the year 1840, the counties of Daviess and Martin are to elect one Representative, each; and the county of Knox is to elect one Representative.

SEC. 4. The counties of Sullivan and Vigo, are each to elect two Representatives, until the year 1840, and in that year Vigo is to elect three Representatives, and Sullivan one Representative.

SEC. 5. The counties of Putnam and Montgomery shall, cach, elect two Representatives, and the said coun

ties of Putnam and Montgomery shall elect one additional Representative, alternately, commencing with the county of Putnam,

SEC. 6. In the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, the counties of Crawford, Perry, and Spencer, are, each, to elect one Representative, and the counties of Pike and Dubois are to elect one Representative jointly. In the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, the counties of Perry, Spencer and Pike shall, each, elect one Representative, and the counties of Dubois and Crawford, shall elect one Representative jointly. In the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, the counties of Perry, Spencer and Crawford shall elect one Representative, each, and the counties of Pike and Dubois one, jointly. In the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, the counties of Perry and Spencer, shall elect one Representative, jointly, and the counties of Pike, Dubois and Crawford, one Representative, each. In the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, the counties of Crawford, Perry and Spencer, shall, each, elect one Representative, and the counties of Pike and Dubois, one jointly.

SEC. 7. The counties of Huntington, Wells, Jay and Adams shall elect one Representative, jointly. The counties of Grant and Wabash shall elect one Representative, jointly. The counties of Lagrange, Steuben, De Kalb and Noble shall elect one Representative, jointly. The counties Marshall, Kosciusko and Stark shall elect one Representative, jointly. The counties of Porter and Newton shall elect one Representative, jointly. The counties of White, Jasper and Pulaski shall elect one Representative, jointly.

SEC. S. The counties of Miami and Fulton shall elect one Representative, jointly.

SEC. 9. The county of Jefferson shall elect one additional Representative in the years 1836, 1839 and 1840. SEC. 10. The county of Washington shall elect one additional Representative in the year 1838.

SEC. 11. The county of Clark shall elect one additional Representative in the year 1837.

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