sentative, the Representatives to the Sixtythird and each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts composed of a contiguous and compact territory, and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants. The said districts shall be equal to the number of Representatives to which such State may be entitled in Congress, no district electing more than one Representative. by the districts now prescribed by law until such State shall be redistricted in the manner provided by the laws thereof and in accordance with the rules enumerated in section three of this Act; and if there be no change in the number of Representatives from a State, the Representatives thereof shall be elected from the districts now prescribed by law until such State shall be redistricted as herein prescribed. Section 4. That in case of an increase in Section 5. That candidates for Representathe number of Representatives in any State tive or Representatives to be elected at large under this apportionment such additional Repre- in any State shall be nominated in the same for unless cand dates Governor, sentative or Representatives shall be elected by the State at large and the other Representatives otherwise provided by the laws of such State. manner as APPORTIONMENT OF THE STATE. CONGRESSIONAL. The House of Representatives of the United States is composed of members elected for the term of two years, by districts. The number apportioned to the State of Pennsylvania has varied at each decennial census, as shown by the following table: (Act of the Legislature Approved May 10, 1921, P. L. 444.) Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That, for the purpose of electing representatives of the people of Pennsylvania to serve in the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States, this State shall be divided into thirty-six districts, as follows: The first district shall consist of the first, seventh, twenty-sixth. thirtieth, thirty-sixth. thirty-ninth. and forty-eighth wards of city of Philadelphia, the The fifth district shall consist of the twenty third, twenty-fifth, thirty-first, thirty-third, thirty-fifth, forty-first, and forty-fifth wards of the city of Philadelphia. The sixth district shall consist of the twentyfourth, twenty-seventh, thirty-fourth, fortieth, forty-fourth, and forty-sixth wards of the city of Philadelphia. The seventh district shall consist of the twenty-first, twenty-second, forty-second, and forty-third wards of the city of Philadelphia. The eighth district shall consist of the counties of Chester and Delaware. The ninth district shall consist of the counties of Bucks and Montgomery. The tenth district shall consist of the county of Lancaster. The eleventh district shall consist of the county of Lackawanna, The twelfth district shall consist of the county of Luzerne. The thirteenth district shall consist of the county of Schuylkill. The fourteenth district shall consist of the counties of Berks and Lehigh. The fifteenth district shall consist of the counties of Bradford, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming. The sixteenth district shall consist of the counties of Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, and Tioga. The seventeenth district shall consist of the counties of Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, and Sullivan. The eighteenth district shall consist of the counties of Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder, and Union. The nineteenth district shall consist of the counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, and Lebanon. The twentieth district shall consist of the county of Cambria. The twenty-first district shall consist of the counties of Bedford and Blair. The twenty-second district shall counties of Adams and York. consist of the The twenty-third district shall consist of the counties of Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, and McKean. The twenty-fourth district shall consist of the counties of Fayette and Somerset. The twenty-fifth district shall consist of the counties of Greene and Washington. The twenty-sixth district shall consist of the counties of Beaver. Butler, and Lawrence. The twenty-seventh district shall consist of the counties of Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson. The twenty-eighth district shall consist of the counties of Elk, Forest, Mercer, Venango, and Warren. The twenty-ninth district shall consist of the counties of Crawford and Erie. The thirtieth district shall consist of the counties of Carbon, Monroe, and Northampton. The thirty-first district shall consist of the county of Westmoreland. The thirty-second district shall consist of the twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, and twenty-seventh wards of the city of Pittsburgh, and all the boroughs and townships, lying north of the Ohio and Allegheny rivers, not included in the thirty-third district, in the county of Allegheny. The thirty-third (district) shall consist of all the boroughs and townships lying between the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, and the boroughs of Springdale, Cheswick, Brackenridge, Tarentum, the townships of Harrison, Fawn. East Deer, Frazer, and Springdale, and the city of McKeesport, in the county of Allegheny. The thirty-fourth district shall consist of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and fifteenth wards of the city of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny. The thirty-fifth district shall consist of the seventh, eight, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth wards of the city of Pittsburgh, and the township of Chartiers, in the county of Allegheny. The thirty-sixth district shall consist of the cities of Clairton and Duquesne. and all the boroughs and townships lying south of the Ohio and Monongahela rivers, excepting the township of Chartiers, in the county of Allegheny. Section 2. The nomination and election of members of the House of Representatives of the United States, which the qualified electors of any county, or of any part of a county, are entitled to elect of themselves unconnected with any other county or district, shall be made. held, and conducted, and the return of votes cast at primary and general elections for the nomination and election of such members shall be made, comprted, canvassed and certified, as now or hereafter may be provided by law. Section 3. In all congressional districts composed of two or more counties, or parts of two or more counties, or of one or more counties and a part or parts of one or more counties, the county commissioners of each of such counties, in the case of primary elections, and the court of common pleas, in the case of general elections shall appoint one of the judges of election of such county or part of such county comprised within such district to take charge of the returns of all votes cast at any primary or general election in said county, or part of said county, for any candidate or candidates for the nomination of Representatives in Congress from said district. Section 4. Such return judges shall meet at such places in their respective districts herein designated. as The return judges of the eighth district shall meet at the court house in West Chester, in the county of Chester. The return judges of the ninth district shall meet at the court house in Norristown, in the county of Montgomery. The return judges of the fourteenth district shall meet at the court house in Reading, in the county of Berks. The return judges of the fifteenth district shall meet at the court house in Montrose, in the county of Susquehanna. The return judges of the sixteenth district shall meet at the court house in Wellsboro, in the county of Tioga, The return judges of the seventeenth district shall meet at the court house in Sunbury, in the county of Northumberland. The return judges of the eighteenth district shall meet at the court house in Lewistown, in the county of Milin. The return judges of the nineteenth district shall meet at the court house in Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin. The return judges of the twenty-first district shall meet at the court house in Hollidaysburg, in the county of Blair. The return judges of the twenty-second district shall meet at the court house in York, in the county of York. The return judges of the twenty-third district shall meet at the court house in Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield. The return judges of the twenty-fourth district shall meet at the court house in Uniontown, in the county of Fayette. The return judges of the twenty-fifth district shall meet at the court house in Washington, in the county of Washington. The return judges of the twenty-sixth district shall meet at the court house in Beaver, in the county of Beaver. The return judges of the twenty-seventh district shall meet at the court house in Indiana, in the county of Indiana. The return judges of the twenty-eighth district shall meet at the court house in Warren, in the county of Warren. The return judges of the twenty-ninth district shall meet at the court house in Meadville, in the county of Crawford. The return judges of the thirtieth district shall meet at the court house in Easton, in the county of Northampton. Section 5. Such return judges shall meet and cast up the several returns of the counties or parts of counties composing the district on the Tuesday next following the day on which the official computation of the county returns in all of such counties shall have been completed. |