Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-17

vided for by law. Majors General, Bnga-
diers General, Colonels or eommandants Of
regiments, battalions or squadrons, shall
severally appoint their staff; and Captains
shall appoint their aon-oommissioned Off
GERS, and musicians. sM H
Sec. 4. The Governor shall commission
all officers of the line and staff ranking as
such, and shall have power tocall forth the
militia to execute the laws of The State, to
suppress instruction, and repel invasion.
Sec. 5. The General Assembly shall
provide by law, for the protection and safe
keeping OF the public arms.
ARTICLE x.
County and Io,cnship Organizations.
Sec. 1. The General. Assembly shall
provide by law for the election Of such
county and town officers as may be nsces.
sary. z...y1 .-G..-re .tzz
See. 2. County officers shall be elected
on the second Tuesday Of October, until
otherwise directed by law, by the qualified
electors OF each county, in such manner.
and Tor such term, moi exceeding three
years, as may be provided by law. aao
Sec. 8. No person shall be eligible 10 ihe
Office of Sheriff. or County Tr essurer. % for
more than four years in any period OF six
years -. - st. 's = ~
Sec A. Township officers shall be elect.
ed on the FIRST Monday of April annually,
by the qualified electors of their respective
townships, and shall hold their Offices for
one year fromihe Monday nexi succeeding
their election, and until ihelr SUCCESSORS aie
qualified. ........ -..r,.-.,.,,. - -
Sec. 5. No money shall be drawn from
any county or township treasury, except
by authority OF law. i'i'
Sec. 6. Justices Of lheipeace ard county
and township officers may he removed in
such manner. and for such cnuse, as shall
be prescribed by law. a;f.as
Sec. 7. The commissioners of counties,
the trustees Of low nships, ,and similar boards,
shall have such power Of loo al taxation, for
police purposes, as may be prescribed by
law.
-E I ARTICLE XE.I 5l iaf@ Il
| Apportionmeat. s1aeI
Sec. The apportionmeBt Of this Sale
for members Of the General Assembly shall
be made every ten years after the year one
thousand eight hundred and 6lty-one, in The
| following manner: The whole population
OF the State, as ascerlained by The federal
census, OF in such other mode % The Gen.
eral Assembly may direct, shall be divided
by the number zone hundred" and the
quotient shall be the ratio Of representation
in the House Of Representatives for ten
years next succeeding such apportionmeni.
Sec. 2. Every county having popu-
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be entitled 10 one Representative; every
county containing said ratio and three
four,hs over shall be entitled to Two Repre-
senta:iyes; every county containing three
times said ratio shall be entitled 10 three
Representatives, nj d so on, requiring, aG-
ter the first two, an entire iaiio for euch
additional Rspreseniaye. 90
Sec. 3. When any county shall have n
fraction above the ralo SO large thai, being
multiplied by Eve. the result will be EQUAL
to one or more ratios. additional Represent
atives shall be appointed for such rnlios.
among the several sessions si iSe decennial
period. in the following manner: Ii there
be only ore .rulio, Representative shall
be ulloned TO the filth session, oil The decen-
nial period; if there are two ratios, u Rep.
resentative shall be alloued 10 the fourth
and third sessions respectively; if three. to
the third. Sc ond and first sessions respect
lively; if four, TO The fourth. third, second
and first sessions respectively.
Sec. 4. Any county forming with an
other county or counties, representative
district, during one decennial period. if it
shall have acquired sufficient population al
the next deeennial period, shall be entitled
TO separate representation. if there shall
be left in The district from which il shall
have been separated, q population sufficient
Tor representative; but no such chnnge
shall be made, except at the regular decen.
nial period for The apPoiiionment Of repre-
sentatiyes. I'D
Sec. 3, If in fixing any subsequent ra-
ito, county previously entitled 10 sepn-
rate representation, shall hnve less than The
number required by the new ratio for
representative, such county shall be attach.
ed to the county adjoining il, having the
least number OF Inhabitants; and the repre-
sentation of the district so formed, shall be
determined as herein provided.
Sec. g. The ratio for senator shnll for
ever hereafter be nscerlained by dividing
the whole population Of The State by the.
number thirty-ive.
Sec. 7. The State is hereby divided into
thirty-three Senatorial districts, as follows:
the County Of Hamilton shall constitute the
first Senatorial district; the counties ofBu
Ter and Warren the second; Montgomery
and Prebie the third; Clermont and Brown
the fourth; Greene, Clinton and Fnye,,es
the fifth; Ross and Highland the sixth;
Adams. Pike, Scioto and, jackson the sew.
enlh; Lawrence, Gallia, Meigs and Vinton
the eighth; Athens, Hooking and Fairfield
the ninth; franklin and Pickaway The
tenth; Clark, Champaign and Madison lie
eleventh; Miama, ,Darke and Shelby the
twelfth; Logan, Union, Marion and Har-
din the thirteenth; Washington and Nor.
gan the fourteenth; Muskingum and Perry
the fifteenth; Delaware and Licking the
sixteenth; Knox and Morrow the seven.
teenih; Coshocton and Tuscarawas the
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