ARTICLE ONE THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH, SECTION TWO THE
HOUSE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SHALL BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS CHOSEN EVERY
SECOND YEAR BY THE PEOPLE OF THE SEVERAL
STATES. AND THE ELECTORS IN EACH
STATE SHALL HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUISITE
FOR ELECTORS OF THE MOST NUMEROUS BRANCH
OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. NO
PERSON SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE WHO SHALL
NOT HAVE ATTAINED TO THE AGE OF 25
YEARS AND BEEN SEVEN YEARS A CITIZEN
OF THE UNITED STATES AND WHO SHALL
NOT, WHEN ELECTED, BE AN INHABITANT
OF THAT STATE IN WHICH HE SHALL BE CHOSEN.
REPRESENTATIVES AND DIRECT
TAXES SHALL BE APPORTIONED AMONG THE
SEVERAL STATES WHICH MAY BE INCLUDED
WITHIN THIS UNION ACCORDING TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE NUMBERS, WHICH SHALL BE DETERMINED
BY ADDING TO THE WHOLE NUMBER OF FREE
PERSONS, INCLUDING THOSE BOUND
TO SERVICE FOR A TERM OF YEARS.
AND EXCLUDING INDIANS NOT TAXED
3/5 OF ALL OTHER PERSONS.
THE ACTUAL ENUMERATION SHALL BE MADE
WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER THE FIRST MEETING
OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
AND WITHIN EVERY SUBSEQUENT TERM OF 10
YEARS IN SUCH MANNER AS THEY SHALL,
BY LAW, DIRECT THE NUMBER
OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE
FOR EVERY 30,000, BUT EACH
STATE SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE
REPRESENTATIVE. AND UNTIL SUCH
ENUMERATION SHALL BE MADE, THE
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO CHOOSE THREE. MASSACHUSETTS
STATE, RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE
PLANTATIONS ONE, CONNECTICUT
FIVE. NEW YORK SIX.
NEW JERSEY FOR
PENNSYLVANIA, A DELAWARE
ONE, MARY LAND SIX.
VIRGINIA 10. NORTH CAROLINA
FIVE, SOUTH CAROLINA FIVE.
AND GEORGIA THREE. WHEN VACANCIES
HAPPEN IN THE REPRESENTATION FROM ANY
STATE, THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY THEREOF
SHALL ISSUE WRITS OF ELECTION. TO FILL SUCH
VACANCIES, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES SHALL CHOOSE THEIR SPEAKER
AND OTHER OFFICERS AND SHALL HAVE THE SOLE
POWER OF IMPEACHMENT.