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PENNSYLVANIA MANUAL
APPORTIONMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA INTO
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
(Act of the General Assembly approved June . The twenty-sixth district shall consist of the
27, 1931, P. L. 1416).
counties of Beaver, Butler, and Lawrence.
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Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That for the
The twenty-seventh district shall consist of
purpose of electing representatives of the people the counties of Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson
of Pennsylvania to serve in the House of and Cambria.
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Representatives in the Congress of the United
The twenty-eighth district shall consist of
States, this State shall be divided into thirty- the county of ·westmoreland.
four districts, as follows:
The twenty-ninth district shall consist of the
The first district shall consist of the first, counties of Crawford and Erie.
second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, twenty-sixth,
The thirtieth district shall consist of the
thirty~ninth, ~nd forty:eighth wards of the city twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenof Philadelphia, and will have one Congressman. ty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, and twenThe second district shall consist of the ty-seventh wards of the city of Pittsburgh, and
seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twenty-fourth, all the boroughs and townships, lying north of
twtmty-seventh,
thirtieth,
thirty-sixth,
and the Ohio and Allegheny rivers, not included in
forty-fourth wards of the city of Philadelphia, the thirty-first district, in the county of Aileand will have one Congressman.
gheny.
The third district shall consist of the eleventh,
The thirty-first district shall consist of all
twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth, seven- the boroughs and townships lying between the
teenth,
eighteenth,
nineteenth,
twentieth, Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, and the bortwenty-fifth, thirty-first, thirty-seventh, and oughs of Springdale, Cheswick, Brackenridge,
forty-fifth wards of the city of Philadelphia, Tarentum, the townships of Harrison, Fawn,
and will have one Congressman.
East Deer, Frazer, and Springdale, and the
The fourth district shall consist of the fif- city of McKeesport, in the county of Allegheny.
teenth, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, thirty-secThe thirty-second district shall consist of
ond, thirty-eighth, and forty-seventh wards of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth.,
the city of Philadelphia, and will have one ninth, tenth, eleventh and fifteenth wards of
Congressman.
the city of Pittsburgh in the county of AileThe fifth. district shall consist of the twenty- • gheny.
third, thirty-third, thirty-fifth, forty-first, and
The thirty-third district shall consist of the
forty-t~ird wards of the city of Philadelphia, seventh, eighth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth,
and wll~ have_ on.e Congressm3:n.
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sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth,
The sixth. distnct shall co~sist of the thirty- twentieth, and twenty-eighth wards of the city
fourth, fortieth, and forty-siXth wards of the of Pittsburgh in the county of Allegheny.
city of Philadelphia, and will have one ConThe thirty~fourth district shall consist of
gressman.
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the twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty-first, and
The seventh district shall consist of the thirty-second wards of the city of Pittsburgh,
twenty-first twe_nty-second,_ and . forty-secoi_~d the cities of Clairton and Duquesne, and all
wards of the CitY of Philadelphia, and Will the boroughs and townships lying south of
have on_e Cong!es~man.
the Ohio and Monongahela rivers, in the county
The eighth distriCt shall consist of the county of Allegheny.
of Delaware.
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The ninth district shall consist of the ".!oun·
Section 2. The nommatlon and elec!wn of
ties of Bucks and Lehigh.
members of the House of Representatives of
The tenth district shall consist of the coun- the lJnited States, which the qualified electors
ties of Lancaster and Chester.
of any county, or of any part of a county, ::re
The eleventh district shall consist of the entitled to elect of themselves unconnected with
county of Lackawanna.
any other county or district, shall be made
The twelfth district shall consist of the held, and conducted, and the return of votes
county of Luzerne.
cast at primary and general elections for the
The th.irteenth ·district shall consist of the nomination and election of such members ~hall
counties of Schuylkill and Northumberland.
be made, computed, canvassed, . and certified,
The fourteenth district shall consist of the as now or hereafter may be provided by law.
county of Berks.
Section 3. In all congressional districts comThe fifteenth district shall consist of the posed of two or more counties or parts of
counties of Bradford,
Pike, Susquehanna, two or more counties, or of one or more
Wayne, Columbia, Montour, Sullivan, and Wy- counties and a part or parts of one or more
oming.
counties, the county commissioners of eac~ of
The sixteenth district shall consist of the such counties, in the case of primary elections,
counties of Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, and the court of common pleas, in the case
McKean, and Cameron.
of general elections, shall appoint one of the
The seventeenth district shall consist of the judges of election of such county, or part of
con1.1ty of Montgomery.
such county comprised within such district, to
The eig'Jteenth district shall consist of the take charge of the returns of all votes ca~t
counties of Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mif- at any primary or general election in said
flin, l'erry, Snyder, Bedford, and Union.
county, or part of said county, for any canThe nineteenth district shall consist of the didate or candidates for the nomination of
counties of Cumberlan,l, Dauphin·, and Lebanon. Representatives in Congress from said district.
'l'h~ twentieth district shall consist of the
Section 4. such return judges shall meet at
coun_ties of Wnrren. Mercer, Venango, Forest, such places in their respective districts as hereClarwn, and Elk.
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in designated.
The twenty-first district shall consist of the
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·nth district shall
counties of Northampton, Carbon, and Monroe.
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wn in the
The twenty-second district shall consist of meet at the :ourt house m Allento '
the counties of Adams York and Franklin
county of Lehig·h.
The twenty-third district shall consist of· the
The return judges of the tenth distric~ shall
counties of Clearfield, Centre, and Blair.
meet at the court house in Lancaster, m the
The twenty-fourth district shall consist of county of Lancaster.
the counties of Fayette and Somerset.
The return judges of the thirteenth district
The twenty-fifth' district shall consist of the shall meet at the court hons{l j.J! Pottsville, in
counties of Greene and Washington.
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U. S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN PENNA.
'l'he return judges of the fifteenth district
meet at the court house in Montrose, in
the county of Susquehanna.
'l'he return judges of the sixteenth district
shall meet at the court house in Williamsport,
in the county of Lycoming.
The return judges of the eighteenth district
shall meet at the court house in Lewistown, in
the county of Mifflin.
The return judges of the nineteenth district
shall meet at the court house in Harrisburg, in
the county of Dauphin.
The return judges of the twentieth district
shall meet at the court house in Warren, in the
county of Warren.
The return judges of the twenty-first district
shall meet at the court house in Stroudsburg,
in the county of Monroe.
The return judges of the twenty-second district shall meet at the court house in Gettysburg, in the county of Adams.
The return judges ·Of the twenty-third district
shall meet at the court house in Hollidaysburg,
in the county of Blair.
The return judges of the twenty-fourth district shall meet at the court house in Uniontown, in the county of Fayette.
The return judges of the twenty-fifth district
shall meet at the court house in Washington,
in the county of Washington.
The return judges of the twenty-sixth district shall meet at the court house in Beaver,
in the county of Beaver.
The return judges of the twenty-seventh district shall meet at the court house in Brookville, in the county of .Jefferson.
The return judges of the twenty-ninth district shall meet at the court house in Meadville, in the county of Crawford.
Section 5. Such return judges shall meet
and cast up the several returns of the counties, or parts of counties, composing the district on the Tuesday next following the day
on which the official computation of the county
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returns in all of such counties shall have been
completed.
Section 6. The return judges shall execute,
under their hands and seals, a general and
true return of the whole district, which, in
case such return is of the general election,
shall be deposited with the prothonotary of
the county wherein the return is executed, or,
in case the return is of a primary election,
with the county commissioners of such county.
Immediately upon the receipt of such return,
the prothonotary or county commissioners, as
the case may be, shall make copies of such
return, and shall transmit one copy thereof,
properly certified, to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and the other copy or copies, also
certified, to the person or persons receiving the
highest number of votes. cast at the preceding
general or primary election for the office for
which the election was held or the nominations
were made in the district.
Section 7. Every return judge shall receive,
out of the treasury of his proper county, the
sum of ten dollars for each day actually employed in computing such vote, and, in addition thereto, shall receive ten cents for every
mile necessarily traveled in going to and from
the place of meeting.
Section 8. The first election under this act
shall be held at the general election in the year
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.
The members of Congress now in office shall
continue in such office until the expiration of
their respective terms.
Vacancies now existing or happening after
the passage of this act a,nd before the commencement of the terms of the members elected
at the election of one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-two, shall be filled for the unexpired
terms in the manner now provided by law in
the particular district or at large, as the case
may be.
Section 9. * * * All other acts and parts
of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
PRINCIPAL U. S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN
PENNSYLVANIA
Superintendent of the United States Mint
Edwin H. Dressel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, salary, $6,000
PRINCIPAL CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN PENNSYLVANIA
Comptroller of Customs, Charles I.
Lafferty, ......................... .
Collectors of CustomsA. Raymond· Raff, Philadelphia, ... .
Leo A. IYory, Pittsburgh, ......... .
District Director, Department of Immigration and Naturalization, .James
L. Hughes, Philadelphia, .......... .
Collectors of Internal Revenue
Jnrst District-Walter .J. Rothensies,
Philadelphia, ...................... .
District composed of the counties of
Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bucks,
Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franlclin, Fulton, Huntingdon,
.Juniata, I,ancaster, Lehanon, Lehigh,
Mifflin, Montgomery, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Snyder, and York.
Twelfth District--Leo C. M u n d y,
\Vilkes-Barre, Lackawanna County, ..
District compoSed of the counties of
Bradford, Carbon, Centre, Clinton
Columbia, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Lycoming, :Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Potter,
Susquehanna, Sullivan, Tioga, Union,
\Vayne, and Wyoming.
Twenty - third District-Williiun Driscoll, Pittsburgh, Alleg'beny County,
$5,600
8,500
4,800
District composed of the counties of
Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler,
Cambria,
Cameron,
Clarion,
Clearfield, Crawford, Erie, Elk, Forest, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, .Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer,
Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and ·westmoreland.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF
PHILADELPHIA
6,500 President----John S. Sinclair.
First Vice-President-Frank J. Drinnen.
Chairman of the Board and Federal Reserve
Agent-Richard L. Austin.
Deputy Chairman of the Board-Thomas B. ~Jc­
Cabe .
Secretary and .Assistant Federal Reserve Agent
·-Arthur E. Post.
Vice President and Cashier- C. A. Mcilhenny.
Vice Presidents-W . .T. Davis, E. G. Hill.
6,500 Assistant Vice PresidentsWm. G. McGreedy.
L. E. Donaldson.
C. A. Sienkiewicz.
Assistant Cashiers-.James :u. Toy, G. K. ~!orris.
Directors----Joseph Wayne, Jr., George W. Heilly,
.Tolm B. Henning, C. Frederick G. Stout,
Arthur W. Sewall, .J. Carl De La Conr, Richard L. Austin, Thon1M 13, M;cCa be, ]francis
Biddle.
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6,500