Volume 3
Public Law 17–II
concerning the apportionment of representatives in the state of Alabama.(a)(a) By the act of March 2, 1819, ch. 47, Alabama was authorized to form a state government for admission into the Union. By resolution of December 11, 1819, Alabama was admitted into the Union.
Approved January 14, 1823
Statutory text
An Act
concerning the apportionment of representatives in the state of Alabama.(a)(a) By the act of March 2, 1819, ch. 47, Alabama was authorized to form a state government for admission into the Union. By resolution of December 11, 1819, Alabama was admitted into the Union.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,
That, from and after the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, the state of Alabama shall have three members in the House of Representatives, in the Congress of the United States, it appearing, from the returns of the marshal of Alabama, deposited in the office of the Secretary of state of the United States, that the said state of Alabama at the passage of the act, entitled “An act for the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the fourth census,” approved March seven, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, was entitled to the number of three representatives, according to the population of the said state, and the ratio established by the said act.
Approved, .