portioned  among  the  several  States  which  may  he  included
within  this  Union,  according  to  their  respective  numbers,  which
shall  he  determined  hy  adding  to  the  whole  number  of  free
persons,  including  those  hound  to  service  for  a  term,  of  years,
and  excluding  Indians  not  taxed,  three  fifths  of  all  other  per¬
sons.  The  actual  enumeration  shall  he  made  within  three
gears  after  the  first  meeting  of  the  Congress  of  the  United
States,  and  within  every  subsequent  term  of  ten  years,  in
such  manner  as  they  shall  hy  law  direct.  The  number  of
representatives  shall  not  exceed  one  for  every  thirty  thousand,
hut  each  State  shall  have  at  least  one  representative ;  and

>  Hou.  O.  B.  Potter,  a  member  of  the  48th  Congress  from  the  city  of  New  York,  rep-
■esented  a  district  in  which  he  did  not  reside.  The  same  was  true  of  lion.  S.  S.  Cor
i.i  England,  the  members  of  the  House  of  Commons  were  formerly  required  to  res’de  in
i.he  districts  for  which  they  were  chosen.  But  this  was  for  a  long  time  disregarded  in
practice,  and  repealed  by  statute  in  the  time  of  George  lU. — Story,  §  619.
•  A.  0.-4


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THE  COKSTITUTIOH


1.  IL  3.
until  such  enumeration  shall  Ite  made,  the  State  of  New
Hampshire  shall  he  entitled  to  choose  three,  Massachusetts
eight,  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations  one,  Con¬
necticut  five,  New  York  six.  New  Jersey  four,  Pennsylvania
eight,  Delaware  one,  Maryland  six,  Virginia  ten.  North
Carolina  five.  South  Carolina  five,  and  Georgia  three.
