Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-03-11

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skaIl have power to adjourn to such other
plece. or places in this State, as said Con.
yeattoa may deem proper.
SEc. That the qualified electors of the
.acsessl .counsies and Senatorial districts OF
this State shall ON the frst Monday of April
next, assemble at their usual places of hold.
inE elections IN their several townships and
mafdss and elect number Of members hay-
Ing III The qualifications of an elector to
represent respectively said counties and dis
trics ii said convention, equal to the num-
bet H Representatives and Senators in the
General Assembly, to which said counties
snd districts are now respectfully entitled
~, law to wit:
The apportionment Of Delegates is omit.
feiszas it 10 tbs same as the present appor.
tionrnent of Senators and Representatives
Portage county has one member, Summit
one member, and the two counties one mem.
Der in common.
sRrqridsd, however, that for all the pur.
psses ef this act the boundaries Of the seve.
ral-souRties aforesaid, shall be deemed and
taken 10 be as the same as existed on the
18th February lS48.
SEC. 3 The said election shall in all
respects be conducted, and the return there
afmsds, and the result thereof certified in
like manner as is provided by law for the
electi6ifM Representatives and Senators in
tie General "A Assembly. The officers of SAID
election, shalt M entitled to the same COM
pensatiod al IS s:btr j law. provided for like
ssrsfcsg, and shall, with the voters, be sub
ject to The same penalties imposed by the
several laws regulating elections, and to
pftsefst The purity thereof, so far as the
same may be applicable. The sheriffs of
the seyeraI counties shall issue proclama-
TONS fer the election Of members Of said con-
yenti5n, in like manner Is they are by law
required to do for the election Of members
the General Assemb BY. -. -
z S1sa44 r That this General Assembly
shsh appoinf by joint Resolution Report
erSfho shall shga ge . md organize an. eff
cieat cbfps Of assistants and report the de-
hates and proceedings of said convention
uader the direction and control thereof, and
thsGoiyention shall secure The copy right
fotthe State and provide for the publication
ofsaid proceedings and debates ia a dura-
blesfsfm. The reporter shall have au,hori-,
tysto make such arrang ements, for the daily.
publication Of said proceedings and debates
wish the publishers Of the Ohio Statesman
and the Ohio State Journal, and supesintend.
the,saane; provided that said publication
sh1lf be given to neither of said papers ex-
clusisely and provided further. that the
WhoiS price paid for such publication shall
not exceed the sum Of twenty-five cents per
thoasa1a ems for composition. The report
e shah upon the organization of the Com
ve9t5on report to the same the number and
aamsssof bis assistants, the compensation al
lowed to each respectively and also the ar
Iangements he has made for the daily pub
hcation f'the proceedings and debates as
above mentioned and submit the same to
the action Of said convention.
SEC. 5. fhat.the members of'sa;d con-
ssnsion sahall be entitled to compensation
Of ihree dollars per day, and mileage at the
rates allowed to members Of the General
Assembly and be entitled to the same priv.
iIegss. Said convention shall have power
p ppppint and employ such officers md
asslslaptss as may be necessary and fix
theirscompensation Ii shall on lis seeder
reeeias from the. Secretary Of State all
necessary stationery, and the officers, OF
the Sloie shall at all times furnish to it on
,reqnisition. such Information as may be in
their power.
= SEc. 6. That the sum of forty thousand
dollars be, and the same is hereby appro-
Priated out Of the general revenue of the
Stasss ~ pay lhetexpenses Of said -conven-
SEC. That the Journal ofthe proceed
ingg Of said convention shall be filed in the
ofkc6 &c ihe Secretary of State and the
Amendments reyisions or alterations agreed
upon by said Convention shall be submit
ted q the people for their adoption or re-
jsciicn, by a vote for that purpose at such
tim9 ea the convention shall direct and eye-
arysp&Tson having the qualification Of an
ielscior under laws now in force may vote
theseon in the township or ward in which
he shall reside and not elsewhere. The
contention shall prescribe the form and
manner of voting and of the publication or
notice ofthe alterations reyisions or amend.
nasnts ofihs constitution agreed upon by
said convention and also of the notice to be
given Of said election. AT the election
llsntioned in this section, The Judges of
eiection shall receive the vote in the form
TO be prescribed BY the said con nvention and
Al 1he provisions Of the laws Of this
State in relation 10 elections shall ap.
ply 20 the voting Upon; said amendments.
yevisions or alterations, so far as the same
can be made applicable thereto, and the
votes given upon said alterations, amend.
usents or reyisions shall be given and can.
sasscd and all proceedings shall be had in
respect to the same rs nearly as practicable
ip The manper prescribed by law, relative
10 yotssgven for Governor. It shall be
the sduty ofthe governor to lay before the
General Assembly at its next session after
the taking Of said vote, the vote for accept
ing or rejecting said reyisions, alterations
or amendments, which vote shall be can.