The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-20

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such change shall be made, except al the Tegu-
lar d%ecennial period for the appoTtionment Of
representatives.
SIC. D. II in fixing any subsequent ratio, a
county previously entitled 10 a seperate repre-
sentatioD, shall have less than the number re-
by The new ratio for a representative
county shall be attached 10 the county adj
u. having the least number Of inhab.
Itants and the representation Of the district so
formed, shall be determined as herein provi-
ded.
SEC. 6. The ratio fo- q Senator shall forever
be ascerained by dividing the whole
pDPnlallDn OF the State by the number thirty
five.
SIC. I. The State is hereby divided into
thirty-three Senatorial districts. as follows =
The county ofHamilton shall constitute the frs:
senatorial district the counties OF Butler and
/" arren The second Montgomery and Preble
me thifd Clemont and Brown the fourth
Hreene, Clinton aud Fayeiie the fifth Ross
ana Highland the sixth ; Adams, Pike, Scio,o
ana JacKsyn the seventh Lawrence, Gallia.
MelgS and Nlnton the eighth Athens, Hooking
and fairfield the ninth franklin and Pirka9.
waythe tenth Clark, Champaign and Madison
the eleventh Miami, Darke aud Shelby IN.
twelfth 4; Logan, Union, Marion and Hardin The
thirteenth Washington and Morgan the four.
teenlh MnskiHgnm and Perry the fifteenth
Delaware and Licking the sixteenth Knox ard
Morrow the seventeenth Coshoctnn and TINS.
canvas tie eighteenth /; Guernsey and Monroe
the nineteenth Belmont and Harrison the
twentieth Carroll and Stark the twenty. first ,
Jefferson and C0lumbiana the twenty. second ,
Trimbull and Mshoning the twenty third
AShtabula,L Lake and Geauga'the twenty fourth;
Cuyaboga the twenty fifth ; Portage and Sum
NIT tIl .Uy.us.r n.-tL. AL. II
twenty-Seyenth Wayne and Holmes the TWEEN
ty eighth Ashland and Richland the twenty.
ninth &: Huron, Erie, S~andusEy and Ottowa the
thlrtietb Seneca, Crawford and Wysndot the
thirty-frst; Mercer, AulIaize, Alien, Van Vert,
Paulding, Defiance aud Williams the thirty
second and Hancock, Wood, Lucas, Fulton,
Henry and Putnam the thirty third. For he
first decenniaI period after the adoption Of this
Constitution, each Of said districts shall be en-
titled to one Senator, except the first district,
winch Shall be entitled 10 three Senators.
SIC. 3. The same rules shall be applied in
appprtl0ning the fractions Of senatorial districts,
and in anneEIng districts which may hereafter
have less than three fOurths Of a senatorial "a
10 rs are applied 10 representative districts.
SEC. .. Any county forming part Of a sens
tofal district having acquired a population c.
quail to fall senatorial ratio, shall be made a
Seper1te senatorial district AZ any regular de-
ccnnial appDrtionment, if a fIll senatorial ratio
shall be left in the district from when il shall
be taken.
Src. 10. For the first ten years after the wear
one thousand eight hundred aud ffty-one, the
apporionmcnt Of representatives shall be as
provided in the schedule, and no change shall
ever be made in the principles Of representa-
ion as herein established, or in the senatorial
districts, except as above provided. All terrific
~ belonging to a county at the time Of any APP
portionment shall, as 10 the right Of representa-
ton and suffrage, remain an integral part there
Of during the decennial period.
SIC. II. The Governor, Auditor, and Secre-
tsry Of State, on any two Of them. shall az least
six months prior 10 the October election in the
year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-onr
and at each decennial period thereafter ascer-
taia and determine the ratio Of representation
according TO 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 ensuing ten years,
and the Governor shall cause the same 10 be
published in such manner as shall be directed
by law.
JUDICIAL APPORTIoNMEST
SEC. 70. For Judicial purposes, the State
shall be apportioned as follows:
The county Of Hamilton shall constitute the
first district, which shall not be subdiyided, and
the Judges therein may hold seperate courts, OF
separate s~ittings Of the same court, at the same
time.
The counties Of Butler, Preble and Darke
shall constitute the first subdivision Montgom-
cry, Miami and Champaign the second and
Warren, Clinton, Greene and Clarke the third
subdivision Of the second district, and toeeth-
er shall form such district.
The counties Of Shelby, Auglaize, Allen,
Hardin, Logan, Union and Marion the first sub
division: Mercer, Van Vert, Putnam, Paulding,
Defiance, Williams, Henry ind Fulton the sec
Ond and Wood, Seneca, Hancock, Wyando;
and Crawford the third subdivision Of the third
district, and together shall form such district.
The counties Of Lucas, 0ttOwa, Sandusky,
Erie and Huron shall constitute the first subdi-
vision Lorain, Medina and Summit the second
and the county Of CuyahOga the third Subdivls-
ion of the fourth district, and together shall
form such district.
The counties of Clermont, Brown and Ad-
ans Shall constitute the first subdivision High
land, Ross aud Fayette the second, and Picka.
way. franklin, and Madison the third subdivis.
Ion OF the fifth district, and together shall form
such district.
The counties Of Licking. Kuox. and Delawar
shall constitute the first subdivision: Morrow
Richland, aud Ashland, the second; and Wayn,
Holmes, and Coshocton. the third subdivision
tue sixth district. aud together form sucli distric
The counties of Fairfield Perry. aud Huckii
shall constitute the first subdivision; Jacks o.
Viu'nu, Pike, Sciotn and Lawrence. the secnn
and Gnllia. Meigs, Athens, aud Washington ii
third subdivision Of the seventh district, and t
| gethpr shall form such district.
The counties Of Muskingum and Morgan sla
constitute the FIRST subdivi ion; Giernsev. BE
II ont, aud Monroe. the second; aud Jefferson
ilrisOn, Tuscarawas. the third subdivision ,
tue eighth district, mIi together shall form sue
district
The counties of Stark Carroll, and Cnlnrnhiana
shall constitute the first subdivision; Truinbul
Portage, and Mihuning. the second; and Geauga
Lake, and AShiahula the third subdivision of tn
ninth district, and together shall torn such Il stric
SIC. l3. The General Assembly shall uttac
any new counties that may hereafter he erecfe
10 such districts or subdivisions thereof, us Ia
lie most convenient.
ARTICLE XII.
FINANCE ASD TAXATION.
SEC |. The levyiug of mxes by the poll
grievnus aud oppressive; therefore. the Genera
Assembly shall never levy a poll tax for county q
state purposes.
SEC >. Laws shall he passed, taxing by a I
inform rule all moneys, credits, investments i
bonds stocks, joint stock companies. nr othel
wise; aud also ailIeIl aud personal property az
cnrding Ia its true value in money; but buryin
grOunds, public school hnuSes. houses used el
cInsiveiy for public worship, Institutions Of piet,
public charity, public property used exclnsivel
TOR any public purpose. and personal property
an amount not exceeding in Waite two hundre
dollars IN each individual, may, by general law
be exempted from taxation; but all such laws sla
be subject 10 alteration or repeal. aud the valu
OF all Pronerly 81 exempted shall. from time