Provisions
XVI of 1777 • Limitation of number of members.
APPROVED
The Text
It is, nevertheless, provided, that the number of senators shall never exceed one hundred, nor the members of assembly three hundred; but that, whenever the number of senators shall amount to one hundred, or of the assembly to three hundred, then, and in such case, the legislature shall, from time to time, hereafter, by laws for that purpose, apportion and distribute the said one hundred senators and three hundred representatives among the great districts and counties of this state, in proportion to the number of their respective electors, so that the representation of the good people of this state, both in the senate and assembly, shall forever remain proportionate and adequate.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1777
• In Article XVI:
• Has 111 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Was adopted without a vote
• Is a new addition
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