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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
MARCUS MORTON,
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, in the 13th Article of Amendment of the Constitution of this Commonwealth, it is provided that the Governor and Council shall apportion the number
of Senators to which each Senatorial District may be entitled, and the number of Represenatives to which each City and Town may be entitled, agreeably to principles established in said Article of Amendment:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN, that the Census of the population of the the whole Commonwealth, taken under the provisions of the Amendment aforesaid, having been duly examined,
the number of Senators to which each District is entitled for the ensuing ten years, agreably to its proportion of said Census, is and will be as follows:
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The District of Suffolk, five Senators;
The District of Essex, five Senators;
The District of Middlesex, six Senators;
The District of Worcester, five Senators;
The District of Hampshire, two Senators;
The District of Hampden, two Senators;
The District of Franklin, two Senators;
The District of Berkshire, two Senators;
The District of Norfolk, three Senators;
The District of Plymouth, two Senators;
The District of Bristol, three Senators;
The District of Barnstable, two Senators;
The District of Dukes County and Nantucket, one Senator:
AND the Census of the Population of the several Cities and
Towns, taken as aforesaid, having also been duly examined,
the number of Representatives to which each City and Town
is and will be entitled, agreeably to said Census, for the ensu-
ing ten years, is as follows:
SUFFOLK.
BOSTON, thirty-five represenatives every year.
CHELSEA, one representative every year.
ESSEX.
AMESBURY, one representative every year.
ANDOVER, two representatives every year.
BEVERLY, two representatives every year.
BOXFORD, one representative five years within the ten years.
BRADFORD, one representative every year.
DANVERS, two representatives every year.
ESSEX, one representative every year.
GEORGETOWN, one representative every year.
GLOUCESTER, three representatives every year.
HAMILTON, one representative five years within the ten years.
HAVERHILL, two representatives every year.
IPSWICH, one representative every year.
LYNN, four representatives every year.
LYNNFIELD, one representative four years within the ten
years.
MANCHESTER, one representative every year.
MARBLEHEAD, two representatives every year.
METHUEN, one representative every year.
MIDDLETON, one representative four years within the ten
years.
NEWBURY, two representatives every year.
NEWBURYPORT, three representatives every year.
ROCKPORT, one representative every year.
ROWLEY, one representative every year.
SALEM, six representatives every year.
SALISBURY, one representative every year.
SAUGUS, one representative every year.
TOPSFIELD, one representative six years within the ten years.
WENHAM, one representative four years within the ten years.
WEST NEWBURY, one representative every year.
MIDDLESEX.
[Transcriber's note: To be completed at a later date.]