Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

AMENDMENT NO. !.
n ESOLyED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF TElE.
II STATE OF OHIO Three-iflhs of the members elect
ee 10 each House coneurrng therein That II lie and
hereby is proposed to the electors Of this Sate to vote
the second Tuesday October next upon the sprov-
al rejection G. the following ancninent sulsti-
tute for the y Section of the second Article oi
he Constitution and for the second Section OF the same
Article, and for the third Section OF the eleventh
Article viz: All regular session of the General Assembly
shall commence the first Monday of January, annually
Senators shall be elected bennaly and Representatives
annually by the electors of their respective counties or
dictricts the second Tuesday OF october Iheir term
of Office shall commence the first day of January next
after their election and that the Senators shall continue
years and that of Representatives, The Sem
ators elected in October shall hold their offices for
two years. and the Representatives elected at the
time shall bold their Offices for year. Provided that
seyeniean of the Senator's elected the TueSav
of October 1851 be assersined by lot the President
of the Senate may direct shall hold their Office for only
one year. and te successors shall be elected the
ond TUESDAY of October thousand eight hundred and
fty-eght and liennially thereafter. When any county
shall have fraction above the for Representative
large that being multiplied by teD the result shall be
shall be apportioned for such ratios among the several
sessions of the decennal PERIOD in the following manner:
If there be only ratio then Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session of the decennial period
If there two ratios Representatives shall BE allotted
to the ninth and teuth sessions; If three TO the eighth
NINTH and tenth sessions If four the seventh, eighth
ninth and tenth sessions; If TO the SIXTH seventh,
eighth ninth and tenth; IL six to the fifth, SIXTH seventh,
eighth ninth and tenth If seven to the fourth, fifth,
sixth, SEVENTH eigth nintn ana eh'n' II esnt 10 tis
third, fourth, ;ih, SIXTH sereath, eighth, ninth and
erth If nine the second, third fourth ffth, sixth
seventh eighth ninth AID tenth sessions OF dccenuia
period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators to which any
senatorial district might be entitled in decennia pc
roi by Of any fraction of senatorial ratio the
fraction shall be multiplied by five, and if the result be
equal to senatorial ratio additional Senator shall
be allotted TO said district for the ninth and tenth
sions If il he equal to two such ratios an additional
the seventh eighth nntb and tenth sessions
shall lie allotted to such district. three then to the
fifth sixth seventh, eighth ninth and tenth.
If four to the third fourth fifth, sixth, seventh eighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively. If this amend
nent he adopted by the electors, the counties ent
tied to than member in either or both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth
ons of the present decennsl period provided shall
have like number of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder Of the present decennia
period. -
y. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
THOMAS II. FORD,
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