Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-05-21
LEGAL
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS.
AMENDMENT NO


Resolped By the General assembly of ths State Of
Ohio. Three-ffths of the members elected TO each
House concurring there That it he and hereby is
proposed TO the electors of this State vote the
second Tuesday Of October next, the approval or
rejection the following amendment As substitute
for the twenty fih Section of the second Article Of
the Constitution and for the second Section o { the
same Ar Gle and for the third Section ofthe eleventh
Article. viz All regular sessions of the General As
senhly shall commence on the first Monday of Janu
ary, annually. Senators shall be elected hienniay,
and Representatives annually by the electors o. their
respective unties or districts the second Tues
OF october Their terms II ONCE shall mmenoe on
the rst day of Janusry after their election and
that of senators sh III continue two years ard that of
ReI re natives one year Tue Senators elected in
October next shall hold their Offices years. and
the Representatives elected the sam. time shall
hold their offices for year. rovided. that
of the Senators eli cted the second Tuesday of
October 1857, TO he ascertained by lot. a. the Pres
dent of the Senate may direct. shall hold their office
for only and their shall he leeted
the second Tuesday OciOher one thousand eight
hundred and hfty-eight an bieTnsiiy the reafier.-
When any county shall have a traction ahove the
for Representative large that being multiplied
by ten. the result shall he equal 10 faios
additional presentatives shall he appointed fr such
among the several sessions of the deceia PERI
pd in the following manner: IL there he only one
ratio III. n Representative shall be allotted TO the
| tenth session OF the decenHial period.
ifIheir two ratios Representatives shall he al
lotted ninth and tenth sessions u three 10 the
eighth ninth, aud tehIh sessions; III four to The
enth eighth, ninth and tenth; II five to sixth.
entb eighth ninth aud tenth; IL sxfo tile fifth. sixth.
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ffih. SIXTH seventh eighth. ninth and tenth ri eight,
the third ourth fifth. sixth. seventh, eighth. ninth
and tenth; III niue the second, third, fourth fifth,
SIXTH seventh eight, ninth ana tenth sessions of the
deeennal period respectively
| IN determining the number of Senators TO which
any senatorial district might he entitled in decen-
NAL period, by OF fraction ofa senatorial
ratio. The traction shall he mu uplied by five and u
the result he equal IN one senatorial ratio an ahdi-
tionaI Senator shall he allotted district for the
ninth and tenth sessions. II II he equal to two such
ratios additional Senator for the venth eighth,
and tenth sessions sha be allotted to such dis
trct three tLen 10 the nth, sixth,
ninth and tenth.
Hfour TO the third. fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth. ninIh and tenth sessions respectively Hthis
he adopted by the electors, the Count les
Luv Untitled 90 more than one member in either or
bOtl ranches of The Legislature in the fourth and
fifth sessions of the present ecenna period as now
prov ided shall have a like number of members in
each branch thereof for each session oil the remadei
ofthe present deeennial period.
N h. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of ,Re House Of Representatives..
THOMAS II. FORD,
prssi9snf of The SeTnfe