,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ec  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,march #be1     
#bjai,mr4 ,gallagher 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,norman7 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 require that the     
,supreme ,court be composed of not more 
than nine justices4  ,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   --  #a4 ,the ,supreme   
,court shall be composed of not more    
than nine justices4  #b4 ,the ,congress 
shall have the power to enforce this    
article by appropriate legislation4  4