Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
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ARTICLE THE FIRST.
After the first enumeration, required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, toafter which num, the proportion shall ber sone representativgulated by Congress, that there shall be added for every subsequent incnot less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Repreasentative ofor every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred, toafter which one representativthe proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall not be added for every subsequent incless than two hundred Representatives, nor less than one Reprease of sixntative for every fifty thousand persons.
ARTICLE THE SECOND.
No law varying the compensation for the service of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.