Fourth Senatorial Apportionment. Resolve to apportion the state for senators to the legislature. Resolved, That from and after the passing of this resolve, the state be, and hereby is divided into thirteen districts for the choice of senators, and each district shall be entitled to elect the number of senators herein provided, for the term of ten years, in the manner prescribed by the constitution, to wit:-The several towns composing the county of York, shall form the first district, and be entitled to elect three senators. The several towns composing the county of Cumberland, shall form the second district, and be entitled to elect four senators. The several towns and plantations composing the county of Lincoln, shall form the third district, and be entitled to elect four senators. The several towns and plantations composing the county of Kennebec, (excepting the towns of Clinton, Benton, and Clinton gore,) shall form the fourth district, and be entitled to elect three senators. The several towns and plantations composing the county of Waldo, shall form the fifth district, and be entitled to elect three senators. ! The several towns and plantations composing the county of Hancock, shall form the sixth district, and be entitled to elect two senators. The several towns and plantations composing the county of Washington, shall form the seventh district, and be entitled to elect two senators. The several towns and plantations composing the county of Aroostook, shall form the eighth district, and be enti tled to elect one senator. The several towns and plantations composing the county of Penobscot, shall form the ninth district, and be entitled to elect three senators. The several towns and plantations composing the county of Piscataquis, shall form the tenth district, and be entitled to elect one senator. The several towns and plantations composing the county of Somerset, together with the towns of Clinton, Benton, and Clinton gore, shall form the eleventh district, and be entitled to elect two senators. The several towns and plantations composing the county of Franklin, shall form the twelfth district, and be entitled to elect one senator. The several towns and plantations composing the county of Oxford, shall form the thirteenth district, and be entitled to elect two senators. [Approved, April 23, 1852.] |