Exclude Aliens in the Enumeration of the Census for the Purposes of Apportionment: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Seventy-first Congress, Third Session, on H.J. Res. 20, 101, 356, and 484. Serial 16. January 14, 21, 28, 29, 1931U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931 - 90 pages Considers (71) H.J. Res. 20, (71) H.J. Res. 101, (71) H.J. Res. 356, (71) H.J. Res. 484. |
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