The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-07-30
4 PROPOSED CONSTITUTION
a M E N D M E NTS.
AMENDMErr 10, 4,


keseIvsd bg tAs GsHtrsl .asssmbEy eg ths Stats Of
oho, Three-aflhs of the members elected 10 esh
HOUSE e9neurrlng therein, Thatit be and hereby is
second Tuesday o. October next unon ne sS1roSsi
or rejection ofthe following amendment as a substi.
Of the ConstitCtion nd for he second Secton ~ th
same Article, and for The third Section Of INC eleyen
Article, VIZ; Allregular sessions OF the General As,
semoly shall commence on the hrst Monday OF JanuR-
~, annually. Senators shall be elected bienpialy
and Representatives, annually, BY the eeelors ofihek
respective counties districts the second TuesaaV
Of October. Their term Of ofnce shall commences Oh
The hrst day OF January next aer their and
that OF Senators shall eontnue two years. and that Of
October next shall hold their Offices for two years md
the Representatives elected at the same time shAl
hold their offices for one year. Provided, thatseveh
teen OF the Senators elected on the second Tuesday
Of October, 1857 to be asceraned by lot ak the Pres
dent Of the Senate may dlrect shall hold their once
FOR only one year, and their successors shall be elect
ed on the second Tuesday of October, one thousahd
eight hundred and yeght, and bjenniay thereaf-
GER. When any county shall have a. fraction above
piled by ten, the result shall Be equal TO one or more
ratios, additional Representatives shall be appoton
ed for such ratios among the several sessions de-
eennial period in the following manner: II there be
only one ratio then Representative shall be allotted
TO the tenth session of the decennialPeriod.
lthere are two ratios, Representatives shall be AL
oted to the ninth and tenth sessionsi II three TO tho
eighth ninth and ten IN sessions our to the SEVENTH
eighth ninth and tenth II five to the sixth, SEVENTH
eighth, ninth and tepth If sixth to the fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and teDth IL seven 10 the rh
fh, SIXTH seventh eighth ninth and tenth If eight
to the third, fourth h, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth; lfnine to the second, third, fourth fh
SIXTH SEVENTH eighth ninth and tenth sessions of the
decennial period respectively.
In determining the number Senators to which any
senatorial district might be entitled in AIRY decennial
period, by reason oGany fraction Of senatorial ratio,
hefraction shall be multiplied by fye and If the re
suit be equal to one senatorial ratio, 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 district II
three then to the h sixth seventh, eighth ninth and
tenth.
Iffour, TO the third, fourth, fifth, sixth. seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth sessions respectively. If this
amendment be adopted by the electors, the counties
entitled to more than one member in either or
both branches Of the Legislature in the fourth and
ffthsessons Of the present decennia period as now
provided, shall have like number of members in
Snch thereofor each session of the remainder
Of the present deeennial period.
Nh. VAN V0RHES,
Speaker ofthe House of RepreseRtatiUeS.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857,