The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-07-22
POLYTICAL
Proposed Constitution amendments

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2 Resotbed By ire 6sasFht assembly of the state Of
House concurring therein, That it be and hereby
is proposPd to the electors of tins State to vote on
the second Tuesday Of 4 et9hsr next. upon the ap
as a substitute for the twenty.fith section of the
second ARTICLE Of the Constitution and for the
second Section of the same Ar.lcie, and for the
third Se6tiOu of the eleventh. Artlcte, VIZ: All
regular sessions Of the General Assembly shall
CONNIE n &c TN the first Monday Of january anfu-
ally. senators shall be elected biennially, and
REPRESENTATIVES annually, BY the electors of their
respectve counties. or districts ON tue SECOND
Tuesdsy or October aTheir term oflofAce shall
commence on the first day of January -next after
Two years. and that of epreseuLatixe Que wear.
he Senat"rs elected IN October next shall hold
tier Offices for. TWO years, and the. Representa-
tves elected at the same time shall hoId their Of
noes LOT one year. Provided. That; seyesteeh OF
October, 1851. 10 be as eTtaihed by, lot, as the
President of the Senate may direct, sLaII hold
itheirio Off e for only one year! and their successS1s
sinai he elected ON the second Cuesday oC :,
one Thousand eight IfunGnd and ffty-cight. and
have a fraction above theFates for Repfesent aiIve
50 large that being multiplied by. ten, the result
shall be equal to one or more ratios. additional
Representatives, shall be apportiuned ir sueb
ratios amongthe several sessions of the decenniaI
period in1he follow ing mqnner: -IGIbere he oniy
one rftiothen a REPRESENTATIVE shall be allotted
to the tenthrsesslQn Of the uecennlai IperioJ.l
IT there are twofauos representatives shall be
allotted tn The snipth aud teal III. Sessions (; 1T three
-tothe eighth, uihth, aud TENN sessions; il four to
the seventh, eighth ninth aud tenth If five to
Che sixth. seventh, eighth. Einth and tenth Ifsix
to the hnh. sixth. seventh eighth . ninth aud
tenth: If seven to The fourth fit a. sixth. seventh.
eighth. ninth and tenth; If eight TO the third,
+ urth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth. ninth and
tenthi If uine to the second. Ifird. fourth. flh,
sixth. seventh,e shth. ninth and tenth scssionsof
the detenuiai period respectively. TTaFg %
In determining tne number ofSenators to which
any senatorial distridt might re > ItitIed in any
decenhial period by reason of any fraction. of a
senatUrialra ratio ltheITact on shall be multiplied
by five and il the result be equal to one senatorial
rati Q, an additional senator shaif he allotted 10 said
district fOr the ntnth and tenth sessions. II il he
equaIto two such ratios an additio aISenatol for
the seventh, eighth. Hinth, andtenth sessionssha Il
he allotted to such district If three then to the
fifth. sixth, seventh eight. ninth AID tepth 3CE
If four.fo the third. fourth, fifth. sixth seventh,
eighth ,niath and tenth sessions respcrtivety. If
this amendment be adopted by the electors, the
euuptiesnow entitled To mole Chan Une member
in either or both branches of the Legislature in
the fourth. and fifth sessions OF the paes ut de
cennial period as now pIoyided shall have a like
mn Dlhrr Of member In aench bTanCki thereof lei
each session Of the remainder OF the present de
Cenniat period. a 2at JON lLIl
NH. a WORRIES, r
t.g4L Speaker Of the HoHSe Of RepresentGoiUes.a
THOMPS II. FURD, r.
Hft4H fi"t5 President Of the SeHdte.
Dated, April ID, 1857. fs-a ,sEf.5: II;