10,870

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presently decennial in nature, and may be on a five-year

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basis, but it is possible, and we have determined that

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the State can give you population figures procured from

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official state records.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Boyer.

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DELEGATE BOYER: Just one last question along

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these lines.

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You say we have determined -- who is this?

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Well, the Committee, the

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Committee staff by talking to the State Department of

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Planning.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Boyer.

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DELEGATE BOYER: If I may ask a second line of

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approach here, do I understand that the Congressional

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redistricting would be effective in 1972, and may I inquire

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why we reapportion or redistrict congressional districts in

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1972 and yet we are all going to redistrict the General

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Assembly in 1970 on unofficial figures?

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I think the answer is

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fairly obvious. We are operating today in a General

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Assembly whose population basis is the 1960 Federal Census.