Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06
by AUTHORITY
Proposed Constitution Amendments

10 be submitted to the roters Of Ohio at tic October
Election.
AMENDMENT NO. l.
d ESOLYED By THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
IL STATE OF OHIO, Three-ffths of the members elect
Ell each House concurrinG therein. That il lie and
hereby is proposed the electors of this State to vote
the second Tuesday of October next upon the approv
nj or rejection of the following amendment as sJhs-
ue for the twentyh Section of the second Article Of
the Constitution and the second Section of the
Article, and for the third Section Of the eleventh
Article, viz: All regular session OF the General Assembly
shall connenc. the first Monday of January annually.
Senators shall be elected hennally and Representatives
annually by the electors Of their respective counties
dicricts the second TUESDAY of October Their term
of office shall commence the first day of January next
after their election and that the Senators shall continue
two years and that of Representatives one vear The SEN
ators cce October next shall hold their Offices for
years. and the Representatives elected at the same
time shall hold their offices for Provided that
seventeen of the Senators elected the second Tuesday
of October 1851 to be assertained by lot the President
of the may direct shall hold their Office for only
year. and their successors shall be elected the
on Tuesday of October thousand eight hundred and
ftv-ight and Lienniay thereafter. When any county
shall have fraction above the rates for Representative
large that being multiplied by ten, the result shall be
equal to ratios additional Representatives
shall be apportoned for such ratios among the several
of the decennia PERIOD in the following
If there he only ratio then Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session of the decennal period
If there two ratios Representatives shall be allotted
the ninth and euth sessions If three to the eighth
NINTH and tenth sessions If four the seventh eighth
eighth, ninth and tenth If six to the fifth sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth: If to the fourth, fifth
sixth, seventh, egth, ninth and tenh If eight to the
third. fourth, ffih sixth, seventh eighth, ninth and
tenth If nine the second third, fourth, fifth SIXTH
seventh eighth, ninth and tenth sessions of decennal
period respectively
In determining the number of Senators to which anv
senatorial district might he entitled in decennal
Rod by of any fraction of senatorial rtio the
fraction shall he multiplied by five, and if the result be
equal to senatorial ratio, additional Senator shall
be allotted to said district for the ninth and tenth
sons If it be equal TO two such ratios additional
Senator for the seventh eighth rinth and tenth sessions
shall allotted 10 such district If three then to the
ffth sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth.
If four, to the third fourth fifth, SIXTH seventh, eighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively If this amend
be adopted by the electors the counties cnti
tied to more than member in either both
branches Of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth ses
sons of the present decennia period provided shall
have like number of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder Of the present decenna
period
y. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April 3d. 1857.