HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION T

A joint resolution ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the apportionment of the House of Representatives of the United States being fixed at not less than 200 Representatives representing not more than 50,000 individuals each.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Michigan, That the First Congress of the United States of America, at its session, in both houses, by a constitutional majority of two-thirds of both houses has made the following proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States.

"ARTICLE I

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 one hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall not be less than two hundred Representatives, nor more than one Representative for every fifty thousand persons.".

Therefore, in the name of, and on behalf of, the people of the state of Michigan, we ratify, approve, and assent to the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Resolved further, That certified copies of this joint resolution be transmitted by the governor to the President of the United States, the Archivist of the United States, the President of the Senate of the United States, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States.