The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-07-23
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND-
MGNTS.

posolved by the General Assembly of the State of
Ohio Three -ffths of the members elected to each
House concurriug therein That Il be ana hereby Is
second Tuesday o. October next upon the approval
or rejection of the following amendment as sunst
tute for the twenty-fh section OF the second artGle
Of Tho constitution and for c second section Of the
same article and for the thir section oil the eleVenh
article viz all regular sessions OF inc tteuiI' As
senhlv shall co onmence the irst Monday OF Janu
nrv annuallv Senator's sA1 he elected bienillly and
represen atvcs annually, by the electors OF ther re-
spective counties districts on thesecond ucsuhy o
October Their term OF once shall commence oh the
first dav of January next after their election, ana that
of senator's shall continue two years ana that Oh rep
resentltives on year The senator's elected in Octo-
ber me- xt shall hold their Offices for two years and the
representatves elected at the same time shall hold
their offices for year. Provided that seventeen
f the ttors elected on the second Ineslay OF Oc-
toher 1851 to he ascertain ID by lot, as the President
of the senate may direct shall hold their ohee for only
one year and their successors shall he elected on the
second Tuesday of October one thousand eight nun
rcd and fftyei ght, and blennily thereafter, When
any county shall have fraction above thepates lor
representative large that being multiplied ny ten
thc result shall be equal TO one or more ratios auu
tional representatives shall be apporuoned ior such
ratios among the several sessions of the decennial
period in the following manner ltthere be only one
ratio then Representative shall be allotted 10 the ehth
session of the dccennial period. .
If there are two ratios representatives shall be aot-
ted TO the ninth and tenth sessions II three 20 the
eighth, ninth and tenth If four to the seventh egnth
ninth and tenth if five to the sixth, seventh, elghh
ninth and zenith IL six to the hfth sixth seventh
eighth ninth and tenth if seven to the fourth, hfth,
sixth seventh eighth ninth and tenth il eight to the
third fourth fifth, sixth, seventh eight, ninth and
tenth If nine the second, third fourth hfth sixth
seventh eighth. ninth and tenth sessions OF the de-
'cennial period respectively.
In determining the number of senators to whlch any
senatorial district ght be entitled in anv decennid
period by of any fraction of senatorial ratio
the fraction shall be multiplied by five, and II the re
suit be equal TO one senatorial ratio an additional
Senator shall be allotted TO said district Tor the nnth
and ten tn sessions If it be equal to two such ratios
an additional senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth sessions shall he allotted to such district
three then the fifth, sixth, seventh eighth ninti
and tenth. ,
II four to the third ourth.ffth ghth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively II TINS amend
ment adopted by the electors the counties now en-
titled to more than member in either or boti
branches of the Legislature in the fourth aud hith ses
sions Of the present decennill period as now proVl
ed shall have like number of members in each brancl
thereof each session of the remainder oil the pres
ent decCnnial period. -
Nh VAN WORRIES.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD.
President of the Senate.
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