Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-03-22

Sdno eight nunuree anu ntty-one, IN the fol-
lowing manner: The whole population of the
State, as ascertained by the federal census, or
IN such other mode as the General Assembly
may direct, shall be divided by the number
one hundred and the quotient shall be the
ratio Of representation. in the House Of Rep
resentatlves for ten years next succeeding
such apportionment.
Ssc. 2. Every county having a population
equal to one-half of said ratio shall be entitled
to one Representative; every county contain
ing said ratio and three-fourths over shall be
entitled to two Representatives; every county
&C Ataining three times said ratio shall be enti-
tied TO three Representatives. and so on, re-
quirng, after the first two, an entire ratio for
each additional Representative.
Sec. 8. When any county shall have q
fraction above the ratio SO large that, being
multiplied by FIVE, the result will be equal to
one or more ratios. additional Representa-
lives shall be appointed for such ratios, among
the several sessions Of the decennialperiod, in
the following manner: If there be only one
ratio. Representative shall be allotted to the
fifth session Of the decennial PERIOD if there
are two ratios, a Representative shall be al
lotted to the fourth and third sessions res
pectively; if three. to the third, second and
first sessions respectively if four, TO the fourth
third. second and first sessions respectively.
Sec. 4. Any county forming, with another
county or coun,irs, a representative district
during one decennial period, if it shall have
acquired sufficient population at the next de-
cennial period, shall be entitled to seperatc
representation if there shall be left in the dis
trict from which ii shall have been separated
a population sufficient for a representative
but no such change shall be made, ,except:at the
regular decennial period for the apportionment
of representatives.
Sec. 5. Ifin fixing any subsequent ratio,
county previously entitled to separate rep
resentation, shall have less than the number
required by the new ratio for Representative
such county shall be attached to the county
adjoining il, having the least number of inhab-
iEants; and the representation Of the district
so formed, shall be determined as herein pro-
vided
Sec g. The ratio for Senator shall forever
hereafter be ascertained BY dividing the whole
population Of the state by the number of thir-
ty-five.
Sec. Z. The state is hereby divided into
thirty three Senatorial districts, as follows:-
The county of Hamilton shall constitute the
and Warren the second: Montgomery and
Prebe the third; Clermont and Brown the
fourth; Greene, Clinton and Fayette the fifth;
Ross and Highland the sixth; Adams, Pike.
Scioto and jackson the seventh; Lawrence,
Gallia, Meigs and Yinton the eighth; Athens.
Hooking and Fairfield the ninth; Franklin and
Piekaway the tenth; Clark, Champaign and
Madison the eleventh; Miami. Dark and Shed
BY the twelfth; Logan, Union, Marion and
Hardin the thirteenth; Washington and Nor
gan the fourteenth; Muskingum and Perry
the fifteenth; Delaware and Licking the six
teeRth; Knox and Morrow the seventeenth;
Coshocton and Tuscarawas the eighteenth
Guernsey and Monroe the neneteenth; Bel
mont and Harrison the twentieth; Carroll and
Stark the twenty first; Jefferson and Colum-
biana the twenty second; Trumbull and Ma
honing the twenty third; Ashtabula, Lake and
Geauga the twenty fourth; Cuyahoga the
twenty eth; Portage and Summit the twenty
sixth; Medina and Loran the etwenty-seventh;
Wayne and Holmes the twenty-eighth; Ash
land and Richland the twenty-ninth; Huron,
Erie, Sandusky and Ottawa the thirticth Sen
eca, Crawford and Wyandot the thirty-f
Mercer, Auglaizt, Allen, Van Vert, Paulding
Defiance and Williams the thirty y-second; and
Hancock, Wood, Lucas, Fulton, Henry and
Putnam the thirty third. For the first decen-
NAL period after the adoption of this Consiitu-
lion each Of said districts shall be entitled to
one Senator, except the first district, which
shall be entitled to three Senators.
Sec g. The same rules shall be applied in
the fractions of senatorial dis
tricts, and in annexing districts which may
al, al oc
senatorial ratio as are applied to representa-
tive districts.
Sec. 9. Any county forming part of SEN
atorial district having acquired population
equal to full senatorial ratio, shall be made a
separate senatorial district at any regular de-
cennial npportionment if full senatorial ratio
shall be left in the district from which it shall
be taken.
Sec. 10. For the first ten years after the
year one thousand eight hundred and fifty
one, the apportionment of representatives shall
be as provided in the schedule, and no change
shall ever be made in the principles of repre-
sent.tion as herein established, or in the SEN
atorial districts, except as above provided
All territory belonging to a county at the time
of any spportionment SHALL as TO the right of
and suffrage, remain an inte-
gral part thereof during the decenni'.l period.
Sec H. The Governor Auditor and Secre-
tary of State, or any two of them, shall at
least six months prior to The October election
in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one. and at each decennial period there
after ascertain and determine the ratio of rep
resentaIion according 10 the decennial census
the number of Representatives and Senators
each county or district shall be entitled TO
elect and for what years within the next en-
suing ten years, and the Governor shall cause
the same to be published in such manner as
shall be directed by law.
JUDICIAL APPoRTIoEMENT.
Sec. H. For Judicial purposes, the State
shall be apporIioned as follows:
The county of Hamilton shall constitute the
first district, which shall not be subdivided, |
and the Judges therein may hold separate
courts. or separate sittings of the some court,
at the same time.
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