M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-07-30
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND
MENTS.
AMENDMENT NO. ].

RcSolUed By the General Assembly Of he
Slate Of Ohio, Three-ffths of the members
elected to each house concurring therein,
That it be and hereby is proposed to the
electors of this State to vote on the second
Tuesday of October next, upon the npproy-
al or rejection Of the following amendment
as a substitute for the twenty-fllh Section
Of the second Article Of the Constitution
and for the second Section Of the same Ar.
ticle, and for the third Section of the elev.
enth Article, viz: All regular sessions Of
the General Assembly shall commence on
the first Monday ofJanuary, annually. Sen
ntors shall be elected biennally, and Rep.
rcsentatives annually, by the electors of their
respective counties or districts on the Sec
ond Tuesday of October. Their term oil
Office shall commence on the first day oil
January next after their election, and that
of Senators shall continue two years. and
that Of fReprcse sentatives one year. The Sen
Otors elected in October next shall hold
their Offices for two years, and the Repre-
sentatives elected at the same time shall
hold their Offices for one year. Provided,
that seventeen of the Senators elected on
the second Tuesday of October, 1857, TO be
ascertained by lo;, 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 Octo.
her, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight, and bcnnialiy thereafter. When
any county shall have n fraction above the
rates for Representative so large that being
] multi NfpI lu flo rpr,,lt pts1i la
to one or more ratios, additional Rcprescn-
tOtiycs shall be apportioned for such ratios
among the several sessions OF the dcCenniaI
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.
If there arc two ratios Representatives
shall be allotted to the ninth and tenth scs.
sions; Ifthree 10 the eighth, ninth and tenth
sessions; lflour to the seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth; If five to the sixth, seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth If six to the fifth
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; II
seven to the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth; If eight to the third
| fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth If nine, to the second, third
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth sessions Of the decennial period re-
spectively.
In determining the number Of Senators
to which any senatorial district might be en-.
titled in any decennial period, by reason OF
any fraction of senatorial ratio, the frac-
ton shall be multiplied by five, and ifthe
result be equal to one Senatorial ratio, an
additional Senator shall be allotted to said
district for the ninth and tenth sessions. II
it be equal to two such ratios an additional
Senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth sessions shall be allotted to such dis.
trict. If three then to the fifth, sixth, sev.
enth, eighth, ninth and tenth.
If four, to the third, fourth, 9Th, sixth
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sessions re.
spectively If this amendment be adopted
by the electors, the counties now entitled &c
more than one member in either or botl
branches of the Legislature in the fourth ant
fifth sessions of the present decennial pc
riod as now provided, shall have like nun.
I ber of members in each branch thereof fol
each session of the remainder of the present
decenniai period,
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of The House Of Representatives..
THOMAS II. FORD,
President Of The Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.