to one senator and four representatives, as in the case of the Eighth District. This apportionment, made in compliance with the constitutional provision, was changed by law from time to time. The last reapportionment before the adoption of the amendment to Section 29 in 1960 was as set forth in Section 54-03-01, North Dakota Century Code, in which the representations from the various districts ranged from one senator and one representative, as provided for the Second District, to one senator and five representatives, as provided for the Ninth District.
Thus, throughout the history of the State of North Dakota, up to and including the time of the adoption of the amendment of Section 29 and Section 35 in 1960, representation in the Legislature, and especially in the Senate, wasbased on more than just population. Each district had but one senator, it is true, regardless of whether its population was such that it was entitled to one or to five representatives.
The above was the history of representation in the Senate at the time the people adopted the amendments to Sections 29 and 35 in 1960. The United States Supreme Court had not yet spoken on the issue, and it was generally assumed throughout the United States that representation in the State legislatures was similar to representation of the States in the United States Congress. Thus it was felt that representation in the State Senate could, to some extent, at least, be on the basis of area, while representation in the House of Representatives was to be largely