Article XI.
Apportionment

Section 4. Ratio in the house

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Ratio in the House of Representatives

Ratio in the house

Any county forming with another county, or counties, a representative district, during one decennial period, if it have acquired sufficient population at the next decennial period, shall be entitled to a separate representation, if there shall be left, in the district from which it shall have been separated, a population sufficient for a representative; but no such change shall be made except at the regular decennial period for the apportionment of representatives.