Article XI.
Apportionment

Section 10. Apportionment of representatives for ten years

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Apportionment of representatives for ten years

Apportionment of representatives for ten years

For the first ten years after the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, the apportionment of representatives shall be as provided in the schedule, and no change shall ever be made in the principles of representation as herein established, or in the senatorial districts, except as above provided. All territory belonging to a county at the time of any apportionment shall, as to the right of representation and suffrage, remain an integral part thereof during the decennial period.