Note 139 — ARTICLE I
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5 Stat. 491 (1842). This requirement was dropped in 1850 (9 Stat. 428, 432-433) but was renewed in 1862 (12 Stat. 572). See also Joel Francis Paschal, The House of Representatives "Grand Depository of the Democratic Principle", Spring 1952 Issue of Law and Contemporary Problems (Duke University School of Law), 276-289.