(1971)

MEMBERS OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION

You request my opinion on a number of questions relating to the apportionment of the Wisconsin Legislature under the various provisions of our State Constitution, principally secs. 1 through 5 of Art. IV thereof, and as required under the Federal Constitution.

Sections 1 through 5, Wis. Const., provides in part, as follows:

"Legislative power. SECTION 1. The legislative power shall be vested in a senate and assembly.

"Legislative power. SECTION 1. The legislative power of the members of the assembly shall never be less than fifty-four nor…