Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-05-21
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Constitution Amendments
To be submitted to tie votersof Ohio at the October
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AMENDMENT NO.

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AMENDMENT NO. l..
RESoLvED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF TIE
ed 70 each House concurring therein, That it he and
hereby is proposed to the electors of this State TO vote
al or rejection Of the following amendment as a sutsti-
tute for the twenty-ffth Section of the second Article of
the 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 commences on the first Monday of January, annually
Senators shall be elected biennally, and Representatives
annually. BY the electors of their respective counties or
dictricts on the second Tuesday Of October. Their term
of Office shall commence on the frstday of January next
after their election, and that the Senators shall continue
two years, and that of Representatives one year. The Sem
ators elected in October next shall hold their offices for
time shall hold their Offices for one year. Provided that
seventeen of the Senators elected on the second Tuesday
Of October, 1857, to be assertained by lot, as the President
Of the Senate may direct, shall hold their Office for only
one year, and their successors shall be elected on the sec
end Tuesday of October, one thousand eight hundred and
fty--ight, and biennially thereafter. When any county
shall have q fraction above the rates for Representative
so large that being multiplied by ten, the result shall be
equal to one or more ratios, additional Representatives
shall be apportioned for such ratios among the several
sessions Of the decennial period, in the following manner:
If there be only one ratio then a Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session of the decennial period.
II there are two ratios Representatives shall be allotted
to the ninth and teuth sessions; If three to the eighth,
ninth, and tenth sessions; If four to the seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth sessions; If FIVE to the sixth, seventh,
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eighth, ninth and tenth; If seven to the fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eigth, ninth and tenth; II eight to the
third, fourth, fifth, rixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third, fourth, fifth. sixth,
seventh eighth, ninth and tenth sessions of decennia
period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators to which any
senatorial district might lie entitled in any decennial Pc
Rod, by reason of any fraction of a senatorial ratio, the
fraction shall be multiplied by five, and if the result be
equal to one senatorial ratio, an additional Senator shall
be allotted to said district for the ninth and tenth ses-
sions. If it be equal to two such ratios an additional
Senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions
shall he allotted to such district. If 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
ment be adopted by the electors, the counties now emit
tied to more than one member in either or both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth ses-
sions of the present decennisi period as now provided, shall
have a like number of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder of the present decennial
period. -
J. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
THOMAS H. r
President of the Senate.
Dated April 81, 1857.