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AMKEDMEET no. g.,

4 AMENDMENT no. D.
Resolpsd, by the General Assembly Of tie
SLATE Of Ohio, three fftbs Of the members elected
to each House oOnOuring therein. that It be, and
hereby b proposed 10 the electors Of this State 10
vote, on the second Tuesday Of October next, up
on the approval or rejection Of the following
amendment as an additional section 10 article eley>
en- Of the Consultation. Every county which now
il, or may hereafter be entitled 10 more than one
Senator, or Representative for the residue Of the
present decennisi period, or for ALL or any portion
Of any subsequent decenniAl period shall be divi-
ded into as many Senatorial and Representative
districts as there may be Senators or Representa-
tives elective in any year Of the present, or any
subsequent deeenDial period, which districts shall
be Of contiguous territory, and each district shall
contain as nearly ratio for Senator or Represent
alive as is attainabe, without violating the rule
herein given as to cOntguity Of territory, and
without dividing any township, election precinct or
ward. If any Representative or Senatorial dis
Itrict composed Of two or more countie', shall by
reason of any excess Of population over ratio,
be entitled to additional Representatives or Sena-
tors for any portion Of the present or any subse-
queut decennia period, the district shall be divided
into two districts for each portion Of such de-
esnnal period, which shall be contiguous territory,
and each shall contain as near ratio as is Attana-
bic without dividing counties.
, II ofreason by the annexation Of one Senate
rial district 10 another, there shall be any exces o
population over Senatorial ratio, which shall be
entitled to additional Senatorial representation fol
any portion of any decennial period, each district
rs now constituted, shall elect one Senator.
Counties shall be divided into districts by the
county commissioners or such other board Of Off
GERS elective and resident In the proper county IS
may be provided by law. At least four months
prior to the general election in 1858, the couuties
entitled TO more than one member Of either house
shall be divided into districts for the residue of the
present decennrl period, and at least four mon.hs
prior to the geDerel election in tue FIRST year Of
each subsequent decennial period, the counties en-
titled to more than one member for ALL or any por.
ton Of such decennial period, in either or both
houses, shall be divided into districts for the whole
of the decenuial period. A description Of the
district of each county shall be published as may
be directed by the comfy commissioners or as may
be prescribed by law.
I NH. VAN WORRIES.
n Speaker ofthe House Of Representatives.
u THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate,
Dated April Sd, 1857.
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, SEcRETARY OF SFATEs OFFICE,
Columbus, April 4, 1857.
hereby certify that the foregoing proposed
Constitution amendments are correctly copied
from the original rolls on file at Ihis Office.
JAMES II. BAKER.
Secretary Of State,
do hereby certify that l have read and CON-
pared the proof Of the foregoing proposed amend
ments to the Constitution, and find them correctly
printed from the copy certified by the Secretary
of State. ], L BLACKBURN,
| Auditor Carroll co.