United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition)

Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.

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Session 4963: 1789-09-02 11:00:00

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ARTICLE THE FIRST. [+e126863]

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After the first enumeration, required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to [+e126863]tw[+e126864]o[+e126863]ne[+e126863 -e126864] hundred[+e126863]to[+e126868], aft[+e126863 -e126868]er whi[+e126863] num[+e126868]ch, the proportion shal[+e126863 -e126868]l [+e126863]r[+e126868]b[+e126863]e[+e126863 -e126868] [+e126863]ne[+e126868]so [+e126863]presentativ[+e126868]regulated by Congress, that th[+e126863 -e126868]ere shall b[+e126863]added for every subsequent inc[+e126868]e not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one R[+e126863 -e126868]ep[+e126863]a[+e126868]re[+e126863]sentati[+e126863 -e126868]v[+e126863]o[+e126868]e[+e126863] for eve[+e126863 -e126868]ry forty thousa[+e126863]nd perso[+e126863 -e126868]ns, until th[+e126863]e num[+e126863 -e126868]b[+e126863]er of[+e126863 -e126868] Representatives shall amount to two hundred[+e126863]to[+e126868], aft[+e126863 -e126868]er whic[+e126863]one representativ[+e126868]h the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that th[+e126863 -e126868]ere shal[+e126863]l no[+e126863 -e126868]t b[+e126863]added for every subsequent inc[+e126868]e less than two hundred Representatives, nor less than one R[+e126863 -e126868]ep[+e126863]a[+e126868]re[+e126863] of six[+e126868]sentative for every f[+e126863 -e126868]ifty thousand person[+e126863] [+e126868]

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