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nosi recent census for the apportionment of the House; of
representatives under the United States Constitution.
Upon petition of any registered voter, the Court of Appeals
shall have original jurisdiction to review the district-
ing and grant appropriate relief if it finds the district-
ing to be unlawful.
THE CHAIRMAN; The amendment having been
seconded, the Chair recognizes Relegate Gallagher.
Do all delegates now have a copy of the
amendment? Amendment 23.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chairman, ladies and
gentlemen of the House, you will remember last evening thal
we had before us an amendment which would have created
a Congressional redistricting procedure.
That amendment failed at that pa.rticular time.
You have now before you Amendment Number 23, which I think
3-s a more simplified approach to the problem, which does
nrovide that the legislature shall call for the redis-
tricting into Congressional districts under certain
stipulated circumstances and with certain tests, allot