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Apportionment of the State into Congressional Districts, 1873.

First.-The First, Second, Seventh, and Twentysixth wards of the city of Philadelphia.

Second.-The Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Twentieth wards of the said city; and that part of the Seventeenth ward lying west of Second street.

Third.-The Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Sixteenth wards of said city.

Fourth.-The Fifteeenth, Twenty-first, Twentyfourth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, and Twentyninth wards of said city.

Fifth.-The Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and Twenty-fifth wards of the said city, and that part of the Seventeenth ward lying east of Second street.

Sixth.-The counties of Chester and Delaware.

Seventh.-The county of Montgomery, and all that portion of Bucks county not included in the Tenth district.

Eighth.-The county of Berks.

Ninth.-The county of Lancaster.

Tenth.-The counties of Northampton and Lehigh, and the townships of Durham, Milford, Springfield, Richland, Rockhill, Haycock, Nockamixon, and Tinicum, and the borough of Quakertown, in the county of Bucks.

Eleventh.-The counties of Columbia, Montour, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, and the townships of Nescopeck, Black Creek, Sugar Loaf, Butler, Hazel, Foster, Bear Creek, Bucks, Roaring Brook, Salem, Hollenback, Huntingdon, Fairmount, Spring Brook, and that part of the city of Scranton south of Roaring Brook creek and east of Lackawanna river, and the boroughs of Dunmore, New Columbus, Goldsboro', White Haven, Jeddo, and Hazleton.

Twelfth.-All that part of Luzerne county not included in the Eleventh district.

Thirteenth. The county of Schuylkill.

Fourteenth.-The counties of Dauphin, Northumberland, and Lebanon.

Fifteenth.-The counties of Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming.

Sixteenth.-The counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Cameron, Lycoming, and Sullivan.

Seventeenth.-The counties of Cambria, Bedford, Blair, and Somerset.

Eighteenth. The counties of Franklin, Fulton, Juniata, Huntingdon, Snyder, and Perry.

Nineteenth.-The counties of York, Adams, and Cumberland.

Twentieth. The counties of Union, Clinton, Clearfield. Elk, Mifflin, and Centre.

Twenty-first. -The counties of Westmoreland, Greene, and Fayette.

Twenty-second.-The city of Pittsburg, and the township of Chartiers, Union, Scott, Stowe, Robinson, Upper and Lower St. Clair, Baldwin, Wilkins, Penn, Snowden, Mifflin, and Jefferson, and the boroughs of Mansfield, Chartiers, Braddocks, and West Elizabeth, in the county of Allegheny.

Twenty-third.

All that portion of Allegheny county not included in the Twenty-second district. Twenty-fourth.-The counties of Washington, Beaver, and Lawrence.

Twenty-fifth.-The counties of Clarion, Armstrong, Indiana, Forest, and Jefferson.

Twenty-sixth.-The counties of Butler, Mercer, and

Crawford.

Twenty-seventh.-The counties of Erie, Warren, and Venango.

In those congressional districts which are composed of more than one county, the judges of the district elections, in each county, after having formed a return of the whole election within such county, in such manner as is or may be provided by law, shall send the same by one of their number to the place hereinafter mentioned, within the district of which such county is a part, when judges, so met, shall cast up

the several county returns, and execute, under their hands and seals, one general and true return of the whole district, to wit: The judges of the Sixth district shall meet at the court-house, in West Chester, in the county of Chester; the judges of the Seventh district shall meet at the court-house, in Norristown, in the county of Montgomery; the judges of the Tenth district shall meet at the court-house, in Allentown, in the county of Lehigh; the judges of the Eleventh district shall meet at the court-house, in Mauch Chunk, in the county of Carbon; the judges of the Fourteenth district shall meet at the court-house, in Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin; the judges of the Fifteenth district shall meet at the court-house, in Tunkhannock, in the county of Wyoming; the judges of the Sixteenth district shall meet at the courthouse, in Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming; the judges of the Seventeenth district shall meet at the court-house, in Hollidaysburg, in the county of Blair; the judges of the Eighteenth district shall meet at the court-house, in Chambersburg, in the county of Franklin; the judges of the Nineteenth district shall meet at the court-house, in York, in the county of York; the judges of the Twentieth district shall meet at the court-house, in Bellefonte, in the county of Centre; the judges of the Twenty-first district shall meet at the court-house, in Uniontown, in the county of Fayette; the judges of the Twenty-fourth district shall meet at the court-house, in Beaver, in the county of Beaver; the judges of the Twenty-fifth district shall meet at the court-house, in Kittanning, in the county of Armstrong; the judges of the Twenty-sixth district shall meet at the court-house, in Mercer, in the county of Mercer; the judges of the Twenty-seventh district shall meet at the court-house, in Warren, in the county of Warren. In the county of Bucks, separate returns shall be made up for portions of the county in the Seventh and Tenth districts, and a return judge sent for each; and in the county of Luzerne, a separate return shall be made for that portion of the county in the Eleventh district, and a return judge sent therewith.

Apportionment of the State into Senatorial and Representative Districts, 1874.

Until the next United States decennial census is taken, and an apportionment made thereon, the Senate shall consist of fifty members, and the State is hereby apportioned into fifty senatorial districts, each of which shall be known by the number herein attached thereto, and shall each be entitled to elect one Senator, as follows, to wit:

First.-The First, Second, and Twenty-sixth wards of the city of Philadelphia.

Second.-The Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh wards of said city.

Third. The Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Twentieth wards of said city.

Fourth.-The Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-seventh wards of said city. Fifth. The Fifteenth, Twenty-eighth, and Twenty-ninth wards of said city.

Sixth.-The Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth wards of said city.

Seventh.-The Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth wards of said city.

Eighth.-The Nineteenth,

Twenty-third,

Twenty-fifth wards of said city.
Ninth. The county of Delaware.
Tenth. The county of Bucks.
Eleventh.-The county of Berks.
Twelfth.-The county of Montgomery.

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Thirteenth.-The city of Lancaster, and the following boroughs and townships in the county of Lancaster, viz: The boroughs of Washington and Strasburg, and the townships of Manor, Lancaster, Conestoga, Pequea, Martic, Providence, Drumore, Fulton, Little Britain, West Lampeter, Strasburg, Colerain, Eden, Bart, Salisbury, Sadsbury, Paradise, Leacock, and East Lampeter.

Fourteenth.-All of the county of Lancaster not included in the Thirteenth district.

Fifteenth. The county of Dauphin.
Sixteenth.-The county of Lehigh.
Seventeenth. The county of Lebanon.
Eighteenth. The county of Northampton.
Nineteenth.-The county of Chester.

Twentieth.-The cities of Scranton and Carbondale, and the following wards, boroughs, and townships in the county of Luzerne, viz: The boroughs of Goldsboro', Pleasant Valley, Blakely, Dunmore, and Jermyn, and the townships of Blakely, Carbondale, Fell, Jefferson, Roaring Brook, Bear Creek, Buck, Covington, Jenkins, Lackawanna, Madison, Pittston, Plains, and Spring Brook.

Twenty-first.-All of the county of Luzerne not embraced in the Twentieth district.

Twenty-second.-The counties of Monroe, Pike, and Carbon.

Twenty-third.-The counties of Bradford and Wy

oming.

Twenty-fourth. The counties of Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan, and Columbia.

Twenty-fifth.-The counties of Tioga, Potter, and

McKean.

Twenty-sixth.-The counties of Susquehanna and

Wayne.

Twenty-seventh.-The counties of Union, Snyder, and Northumberland.

Twenty-eighth.-The county of York.

Twenty-ninth.-The borough of Pottsville and the following boroughs and townships in the county of Schuylkill, viz: The boroughs of Pinegrove, Tremont, Minersville, Schuylkill Haven, Port Carbon, Saint Clair, Palo Alto, Mt. Carbon, Cressona, Auburn, Yorkville, and Landingville, and the townships of Pinegrove, Tremont, Porter, Frailey, Reiley, Branch, Washington, Wayne, North Manheim, South Manheim, Norwegian, East Norwegian, and New Castle.

Thirtieth.-All of the county of Schuylkill not embraced in the Twenty-ninth district.

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