The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-08-05
POLITICAL.
Proposed Constitution Amendments.

AMENDMENT
Resolued By the General Assembly of the State of
Ohio. Three-ifths of the MEMBERS elected 10 each
House concurring therein, That it be and hereby
is proposed to the electors of this State to vote on
the second Tuesday of & ctober next, upon the APP
proval or rejection of the following amendmen:
as a substitute for the twenty fifth Section Of the
second Article of the Constitution and for the
second Section of the same Article, and for the
ihird Section of the eleventh Article, viz: All
regular sessions of the General Assembly sh all
commence on the first Monday OF January, anbu-
ally. Senators shall be elected blennlally, and
Representatives annually, by the electors OF their
respective counties or districts on the second
Tuesday of October. Their term of office shall
their election, and that of Senators shall continue
two years, and that of Representatives one year.
their offices for two years, and the Representa-
ives elected at the same time shall hold their of
the Senators elected on the second Tuesday of
October, 1857, to be as 'eTtained 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 second Tuesday of October,
biennielly thereafter. When any county shall
have a 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
period in the following manner: There be only
one re- ito then a Representative shall be allotted
If there are two ratios Representatives shall be
allotted tn the ninth and tenth sessions If three
to the eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions; if four to
the seventh, eighth. ninth and tenth If five to
the sixth. seventh, eighth, Einth and tenth II six
to the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If seven to the fourth fifth, sixth. seventh.
eighth, ninth and tenth; If eight to the third
f urth. fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third, fourth, fifth
sixth, seventh, e shth, ninth and tenth sessions OF
the deCennial period respectively.
In termini the number ofSenators to which
any senatorial district might re e titled in any
decennial period, by reason of any fraction of a
enatorialratio, 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 sessions. If it be
equal to two such ratios an additio alSenator Gol
the seventh. eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions shall
he allotted to such district If three then to tn,
fifth. sixth, seventh, eight, ninth and tenth
If four. to the third, fourth, fifth. sixth seventh
eighth ninth, and tenth sessions respectively. ]
this amendment be adopted BY the electors, TIT
counties now entitled to more than one me mbe
in either or both branches of the Legislature il
the fourth and fifth sessions of the present de
cennial period as now provided, shall have a lik'
number of members in each branch thereof 70
each session of the remainder of the present de
Cennial period.
Nh VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives..
THOMAS Fl. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.