Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-16
PROPOSED
TON AMENDMENTS.
) AMENDMENT NO i.

- tH
Resotced By die General assembly of
the Ssdts Of OHIO. Three-ffths of the
members elected to each House concur
ring 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 approval OF rejection of
the following amendments as a substi-
tute for the t~wenty-ffth 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
eleventh Article, viz: Allregular sessions
of the General Assembly shall COM
mence on the first Monday of january,
annually. Senators shall be elected BIZ
ennially, and Representatives annually,
by the electors of their respective coun-,
ties or districts on the second Tuesday
of October. Their term of office shall
commence on the first day of January
next after their election, and that of
Senator shall continue two years, and
that of Representatives one year. The
Senators elected in October next shall
hold their offices for two years, and the
Representatives elected at thesame time
shall hold their offices for one year
Provided, that seventeen of the Senators
elected on the second Tuesday of Octo-
Der, 1857, to be ascertained 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, one
thousand eight hundred and ffty-eight,
and biennially thereafter. When any
county shall have q fraction above the
rates for Representatives so large that
being multiplied by ten, the result shall
be equal to- III or more ratios, addition
al Representatives shall be apportioned
for such rates among the several ses-
sions of the decennial period in the fol-
lowing manner IF there be only one IA
ito then q Representative shall be allot-
ted to the tenth session of the decennial
period.
IF there are two ratios Representa-
tives shall be allotted to the ninth and
en.h sessions; IF three to the eighth,
Iiath, and tenth sessions; If four to the
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; If five
tenth; IF six to the fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; If sever 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 deeenni-
al period respectively. =
In determining the number of Sena-
tors to which any Senatorial district
might be entitled in any decennial pc
Rod, by reason of any fraction of q SEN
atorial ratio, the fraction shall be null
tipIied by FIVE, and if the resultbe 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 addition
oil Senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth. sessions shall be 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 entitled to more than one
member In either or both branches Of
the Legislature in the fourth and fifth
session of the present decennial period
as now provided, shall have a like mum
Der of members in each branch thereo.
for each session of the remainder of the
present decennial period.
N. H. VAN WORRIES, !,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS FL. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April Sd, 1857.