Establishment of Congressional Districts: Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Reapportionment on H.R. 2648 ... and H.R. 38 ...Committee Serial No. 21. June 11 and 13 hearings were held in San Francisco, Calif.; June 12 hearing was held in Sacramento, Calif.; June 14 and 15 hearings were held in Los Angeles, Calif.; Oct. 11 and 12 hearings were held in NYC. |
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Page 8 - In each State entitled under this apportionment, the number to which such State may he entitled in the Fifty-eighth and each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous and compact territory and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants.
Page 2 - The times, and places, and manner of holding the elections of the members of each House, shall be prescribed by the Legislature of each State; but their provisions concerning them may, at any time, be altered by the Legislature of the United States.
Page 2 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives are prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but Congress may at any time by law alter such regulations, or make new ones, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 30 - I am not trying to put you on the spot. I just want to know if you have any thoughts on that.
Page 8 - That in every case where a State is entitled to more than one Representative, the number to which each State shall be entitled under this apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number of Representatives to which said State may be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative.
Page 127 - Thank you very much for the privilege of appearing before your committee. Mr.
Page 19 - ... congressional district, shall be formed into one or more congressional districts, according to the population thereof, and any residue, after forming such district or districts, shall be attached by compact adjoining assembly districts, to a contiguous county or counties, and form a congressional district. In dividing a county, or city and county, into congressional districts, no assembly district shall be divided so as to form a part of more than one congressional district, and every such congressional...
Page 207 - States and the laws made in pursuance thereof are the supreme law of the land, anything in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 241 - We want to thank you for the opportunity of appearing before your committee and will be pleased to answer any questions which you may have.
Page 97 - I answer at once, as a constitutional lawyer, that at the present time, under the words of the constitution of the United States declaring that the United States shall guarantee to every state a republican form of government...