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Show TIIE REAPPORTIONMENT. The Utah Commission Meets to Take up the Problem. The Utah Commission's first meeting meet-ing to consider the momentous question ques-tion of redisricting the 'jVrritory prior to the approaching' election for the Legislature was held Monday, says the Herald. There were present only Godfrey, Williams and Robertson, and without transacting any special business, busi-ness, an adjournment was taken. The total population of the Territory as adopted by the Commission is about 20S,000;" there are twenty-four mem! f?s of the House and twelve men;; e;.-of the Council to be chosen; this iiic:ni- i here will be one; member ot the 11 t.ee'.oeach 8,600 of population popula-tion i;c tr u may b, and oae Councilman Coun-cilman io e 17.200. S;iit Lakes popuiaduii. b :.. ion tiie goVrnroc"ts iitfurt-s, is 45 t? ;. ind tlie futility population, pop-ulation, 5S,457. This pvobably means that this co'iiity will Viave seven representatives. rep-resentatives. 1 oUowing are the cen sus figures by counties, as issued by the census office, and these will form the basis of the reappor ionment. It will be a matter of interest to study them and not how the representation is made up: Beaver. 3,340 Box Elder 7,642 Cache 15,509 Davis 6.469 Emery 4.866 Gar Held 2,459 Grand 541 Iron 2,683 Juab 5,582 Kane 1.685 Millard 4.033 M.ugan 1,780 Piute 2,842 Rih 1,527 Salt Lake 58,547 San Juan 3''o San Pete 13,146 Sevier 6,199 Summit 7,733 Toole 3,700 Uintah 2,292 Utah 23,416 Wasatch 4,627 Washington 4,009 Weber 23,005 |