Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-05-06
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION

Dated April 9Th, 1857.


AN y L L nv l.
RssoEred By TIE General Assembly Of tie STATE Of
Ohio, Three ffths Of the members elected to each
House cOncurring therein. That il be and hereby il
proposed to the electors of this State to vote on the sec
ond Tuesday OF October next, upon the approval or re-
lection Of the following amendments as a substitute for
the tweuty-ffth Section of the second Article OF the
Constitution, and for the second Section of the same
Article. and for the third Section Of the eleventh Arti-
Gle, viz: All regular sessions OF the General Assembly
shall commence on the first Monday Of January, anuu-
ally. Senators shall be elected biennially, and Rep
resentatiyes annually, by the electors Of their respec-
tive counties or districts, on the second Tuesday OF DC
tober. Their term OF office shall commence on the
first day Of January next after their election, and that
Of Senators shall continue two years, and that Of Rep
resentatives one year. The Sea ators elected in octo
her next, sh al hold their Offices FOR two years, and the
Representatives elected at the same time, shall hold
their Offices for one year. Provided. that seventeen
Of the Senators elected on the second Tuesday of Octo-
Der. ISL, 10 be ascz rtained by lot, as the President d
the Senate may direct, shall hold their office for only
one year, and their successors shall be elected on the
secord Tuesday Of October, enc thousand eight hundred
and ffty-eight, and b;ennially thereafter. When any
county shall hsye a fraction above the rates for Rep
resertatives so large that being multiplied by ten, the
result shall be equal to one or mDre ratios, additional
Representatives shall be aPi ortioned for such ratios
among the several sessions Of the decennial period,
in the following manner. II there be only one ratio,
then a Representative shall be allotted to the tenth ses
sion Of the decennial period: Ii there are two ratios
Representatives shall be allotted 10 the ninth and tenth
sessions: II three, to the eighth, ninth and teath SEES
sions: II four, to the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth
II Ave, to the sixth, seventh. eighth. ninth and tenth
II SIX I o n null. Skill. etFftNtl- NlAANu- Aillli llt
tenth: II seven. 20 the fourth. dfth, sixth. seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth: IL eight. to III. third, fourth
9Th. sixth. seventh, eighth. ninth and tenth: II nine
to the second. third, fourth, hfth. sixth, seventh. eighth
ninth and tenth sessions Of the docenEial period res
pectively.
In determining the number OF Senators to which any
senatorial district might be entitled in any decennisl
period, by reason OF any fraction OF a senatorial ratio,
the fraction shall be multiplied by five. and if the re
suit be equal to one senatorial ratio, an additional Sen
ator shall be allotted to said district for the ninth and
tenth sessions. IL it be equal to two such ratios, AZ
additional Senator for the seventh, eighth. ninth and
tenth sessions, shall be allotted to such district. II
three. then TO the fifth, sixth. seventh. eighth, ninth
and tenth. If -four. to the third, fourth, fifth. sixth,
seventh. eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions respective
". II ;hi. amendment be adopted by the electors, the
counties nov entitled to more than one member in Ell
Their or both branches OF the Legislature in the fourth
and fifth sessions Of the iresen5 decennial period. as
now provided, shall have 4 like number uf members in
each branch thereof for each session Of the remainder
Of the present decennial period.
N. ii. VAN F0RHES,
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
TH0S. II. R0RD,
President Of the Senate.