The second district shall consist of the first, fifth, sixth, eighth, and ninth wards of the city of Detroit, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of Wayne.

THIRD DISTRICT.

The third district shall consist of the townships of Brownstown, Canton, Dearborn, Ecorse, Huron, Livonia, Monguagon, Nankin, Plymouth, Redford, Romulus, Springwells, Sumpter, Taylor, and Van Buren, and the city of Wyandotte, in the county of Wayne; and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of Wayne.

FOURTH DISTRICT.

The fourth district shall consist of the county of Washtenaw.

FIFTH DISTRICT.

The fifth district shall consist of the county of Monroe.

SIXTH DISTRICT.

The sixth district shall consist of the county of Lenawee.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.

The seventh district shall consist of the county of Jackson.

The eighth district shall consist of the county of Calhoun.

The ninth district shall consist of the county of Hillsdale.

The tenth district shall consist of the county of Branch.

The eleventh district shall consist of the counties of St. Joseph and Cass, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of St. Joseph.

The twelfth district shall consist of the county of Berrien.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.

The thirteenth district shall consist of the county of Van Buren.

The fourteenth district shall consist of the county of Allegan.

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.

The fifteenth district shall consist of the county of Kalamazoo.

The sixteenth district shall consist of the counties of Barry and Eaton, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of Eaton.

SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.

The seventeenth district shall consist of the counties of Ingham and Clinton, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of Ingham.

The eighteenth district shall consist of the counties of Livingston and Shiawassee, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of Shiawassee.

The nineteenth district shall consist of the county of Genesee.

The twentieth district shall consist of the county of Oakland.

The twenty-first district shall consist of the county of Macomb.

The twenty-second district shall consist of the county of St. Clair.

TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.

The twenty-third district shall consist of the counties of Lapeer, Sanilac, and Huron, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office of the county of Lapeer.

The twenty-fourth district shall consist of the counties of Tuscola and Bay, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office of the county of Bay.

The twenty-fifth district shall consist of the county of Saginaw.

The twenty-sixth district shall consist of the counties of Iosco, Alcona, Roscommon, Alpena, Gratiot, Midland, Isabella, Clare, and the unorganized counties of Ogemaw, Oscoda, Montmorency,

Gladwin, and Presque Isle, and the election returns shall be made. to the clerk's office in the county of Midland.

TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.

The twenty-seventh district shall consist of the counties of Ionia and Montcalm, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of Ionia.

TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.

The twenty-eighth district shall consist of the county of Kent.

TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.

The twenty-ninth district shall consist of the counties of Ottawa and Muskegon, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of Ottawa.

THIRTIETH DISTRICT.

The thirtieth district shall consist of the counties of Newaygo, Oceana, Mecosta, Mason, Lake, Osceola, and Manistee, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of Newaygo.

The thirty-first district shall consist of the counties of Wexford, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanaw, Manitou, Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Cheboygan, Mackinaw, Missaukee, and Kalkaska, and the unorganized counties of Crawford and Otsego, and the islands in the Straits of Mackinaw, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of Leelanaw.

THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT.

The thirty-second district shall consist of the counties of Chippewa, Delta, Menominee, Marquette, Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft, and the islands and territory thereunto attached, the islands of Lake Superior, and in Green Bay, and the River St. Marie, and the election returns shall be made to the office of the county clerk in the county of Marquette.

The election returns of each county forming one district shall Returns of counbe made to the county clerk's office of such county.

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ties forming one district.

One Representative to each 12,600 persons or fraction thereof.

An Act to apportion anew the Representatives among the several counties and districts of this State.

[Approved April 15, 1871. Laws of 1871, p. 227.]

(31.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the House of Representatives shall hereafter be composed of members elected agreeably to a ratio of one Representatives [Representative] for every twelve thousand six hundred persons, including civilized persons of Indian descent, not members of any tribe, in each organized county, and one Representative for a fraction equal to a moiety of said ratio, and not included therein, that is to say: Within the county of Wayne, nine; within the counties of Lenawee and Kent, four each; within the counties of Allegan, Berrien, Calhoun, Genesee, Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Oakland, Saginaw, St. Clair, and Washtenaw, three each; within the counties of Barry, Branch, Cass, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Ottawa, Shiawassee, St. Joseph, and Van Buren, two each; within the counties of Bay, Gratiot, Huron, Houghton, Marquette, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Sanilac, and Tuscola, one each. The counties. of Manistee and Mason shall compose a Representative district, and be entitled to one Representative, the election returns of which district shall be made to the county of Manistee. The counties of Benzie and Leelanaw shall compose a Representative district, and be entitled to one Representative, the election returns of which district shall be made to the county of Leelanaw. The counties of Grand Traverse, Wexford, Missaukee, Kalkaska, Crawford, and

Manitou shall compose a Representative district, and be entitled to one Representative, the election returns of which shall be made. to the county of Grand Traverse. The counties of Isabella, Midland, Gladwin, Clare, and Roscommon shall compose a Representative district, and be entitled to one Representative, the election returns of which shall be made to the county of Midland. The counties of Iosco, Ogemaw, Alcona, Oscoda, Alpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle, and Cheboygan shall compose a Representative district, and be entitled to one Representative, the election returns of which shall be made to the county of Alpena. The counties of Mackinac, Emmet, Charlevoix, Otsego, and Antrim shall compose a Representative district, and be entitled to one Representative, the election returns of which shall be made to the county of Charlevoix. The counties of Chippewa, Schoolcraft, Delta, and Menominee shall compose a Representative district, and be entitled to one Representative, the election returns of which shall be made to the county of Delta. The counties of Keweenaw and Ontonagon shall compose a Representative district, and be entitled to one Representative, the election returns of which shall be made to the county of Keweenaw. The counties of Mecosta, Osceola, and Lake shall compose a Representative district, and be entitled to one Representative, the election returns of which shall be made to the county of Mecosta.