,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #di  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,february #be1  
#bjai,mr4 ,king of ,iowa submitted the  
following joint resolution2 which was   
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        
,proposing an amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states to 
provide that ,representatives shall be  
apportioned among the several ,states   
according to their respective numbers1  
counting the number of persons in each  
,state who are citizens of the ,united  
,states4  ,that the following article is
 proposed as an amendment to the        
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
which shall be valid to all intents and 
purposes as part of the ,constitution   
when ratified by the legislatures of    
three-fourths of the several ,states    
within seven years after the date of its
 submission for ratification3   --      
,representatives shall be apportioned   
among the several ,states according to  

their respective numbers1 which shall be
 determined by counting the number of   
persons in each ,state who are citizens 
of the ,united ,states4  4