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APPENDIX.-I.
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State; and in the mean time it shall be regulated agreeably
to the basis established in the former Article, by the
census which governed in the election of Deputies in the
presenit Congress.
13. In the same manner shall be elected in each State
the necessary number of supernumerary representatives, in
the ratio of one for every three full representatives, or for
.a fraction amounting to two ; the States which may contain
less than three full representatives shall elect one supernumerary.
14.
The Territory which may contain more than 40,000
inhabitants shall appoint a full representative and one supernumerary,
who shall have a voice and vote in the formation
of laws and decrees.
15. The Territory which may not contain the foregoing
number of population shall appoint one full representative
and one supernumerary, who shall be entitled to a voice in
all matters. The election of Representatives for the Territories
shall be regulated by a special law.
16. In every State and Territory of the Federation, the
appointment of Representatives shall be made on the first
Sunday in October previous to its renovation. The election
to be indirect.
17. The election of Representatives concluded, the
electoral College shall remit through their President to the
Council of Government a legal return of the election, and
notify the elected of their appointment by an official letter,
which shall serve as a credential of election.
18. The President of the Council of Government shall
give to the returns, referred to in the preceding Article, the
direction prescribed by the regulations of said Council.
19. To be a Representative it is required-First, To be
at the time of the election, twenty-five years of age, complete.
Second, to have been a resident of the State, from
which elected, at least two years, or born in the State,
although a resident in another.
20. Those not born in the Territory of the Mexican
Nation, to be Representatives, must have, besides eight
years' residence in it, 8000 dollars of real estate in any part
of the Republic, or an occupation that produces theni 1000
dollars per year.
21. Exceptions to the foregoing Article-First, Those
born in any other part of America, that in 1810 appertained
to Spain, and has not. united itself to another nation, nor
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Kennedy, William. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2, book, 1841; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/m1/429/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.