The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-04-28

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A. NJ, and closed at six O'clock P. NJ; and
the said election shall be conducted, and the
returns thereof made and certified, to the Sec
retary Of State, as provided by law for annual
elections Of State and county officers. Within
twenty days after such election, the Secretary Of
State shall open the returns thereof, in the
presence of the Governor; and, if it shall ap-
pear that majority Of all the votes, cast, at
such election, are in favor Of the constitution,
the Governor shall issue his proclamation, sta
ting that fact, and said constitution shall be the
constitution Of the State of 0hiU, and not 9TH
erwiSe.
SEc. 18. AT the time when the votes Of the
electors shall be taken for the adoption or re-
lection of this constitution, the additional sec
| ton, in the words following, to wit: mo Ii
cenSe to traffic in intoxicating liquors shall
hereafter be granted in this State. but the GEN
eral Assembly may, by law, provide against
evils resulting therefrom," shall be separately
submitted to the electors for adoption or rejec-
tion, in form following, to wit: A separate bal
lot may be given by every eector and deposited
in separste box Upon the ballots given for
said separate amendment shall be written or
printed, or partly written and partly printed,
the words: "License to sell intoxicating liquors,
Yes;" and upon the ballots given against said
amendment in like manner, the words; "Li-
cenSe to sell intoxicating liquors, No." If, at
the said election, a majority of all the votes
given for and against said amendment, shall
cont lin the words: "License to sell intoxicating
liquors No." then the said amendment shall
be separate section of article fifteen of the
constitution. M
SEC. 10. The apportionment for the House
OF Representatives, during the first decennial
period under this constitution, shall be as fol-
lows:
The counties of Adams, Allen, Athens, Au-
glaize, Crroll, Champaign, Clark, Clinton,
Crawford, Darke, Delaware, Erie, Fayette,
Gallia, Geauga, Greene, Hancock, Harrison,
Hooking, Holmes, Lake, Lawrence, Logan,
Madison, Marion, Meigs, Morrow, Perry, Picka-
way, Pike, Preble, Sandusky, Scioto, Shelby
and Union, shall, severally, be entitled to one
Representative, in each session of the decenni-
al period,
The counties of Franklin, Licking, Mont
gomery and Stark, shall each be entitled to two
Representatives, in each session of the decen-
nial period.
The counties of Ashland, Coshocton, High
land, Huron, Lorain, Mahonng, Medina, Miami,
Portage, Seneca, summit aud Warren, shall,
Severally, be entitled to one Representative, in
each session, and one additional Representative,
in the fifth session of the decennial period.
Tie counties of Ashtabula, Brown, Butler,
Clermont, Fairfield, Guernsey, Jefferson,
Knox, Monroe, Morgan, Richland, Trumbull,
Tuscarawasand Washington, shall, severally,
be entitled TO one Representative in each
session; and two additional Representatives,
one In the third, and one in the fourth sess-
ion, of the decennial period.
The counties of Belmont, Columbiana,
Ross and Wayne, shall, severally, be entitled
to one Representative, in each session; and
three additional Representatives,. one in the
first one in the second, and one in the third
session, of the decennial period.
The county of Muskingum, shall be enti-
tied to two Representatives, in each session;
and one additional Representative, in the
fifth session of the decennial period
The county Of Cuyahoga, shall BE- entitled
to two Representatives, in each session; and
two additional representatives., one in the
third, an one in the fourth session, of the
decennial period.
The county of Hamilton shall be entitled
to seven Representatives, in each session;
anu ioul ouuiIOuol lSpiCoChtoIi''o, olC III
the first, one in the second, enc in the third,
and one in the fourth session, OF the decen-
NAL peliol
The following counties, until they shall
have acquired sufficient population to en-
title them to elect, separately, under the
fourth section of the eleventh article, shall
form districts in manner following, to wit:
The counties of jackson and Vinton, one
district; the counties of Lucas and Fulton,
one district;the counties of Wyendot and Har-
din, one district; the counties OF Mercer and Van
Wert one district; the counties of Paulding,
Defiance and Williams, one district; the
counties Of Putnam and Henry, one district;
and the counties of Wood and Ottawa, one
district each of which districts shall be en-
titled TO one Representative, in every session
of the decennial period.
Done in Convention, at Cincinnati, the
tenth day Of March, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty one,
and of the Independence of the United
States, the seventy-fifth.
WILLIAM MEDILL, President.