The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-08-06
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND-
MENTS.
AMENDMENT NO. I.

I
Resolved by the General Assembly OF the state OF
Ohio Three -nfths of the members elected TO each
House concurriug therein, That il be and hereby Is
proposed TO the electors of this state TO vote the
second Tuesday of October next upon the approval
or rejection of the following amendment as a subst
tute for the twentyfth section of the second article
OF the constitution and for the second section OF the
article and for the third section OF the eleVenth
article viz all regular sessions OF the GeneraI AS
semby shall commence on the hrst MONDAY o, Saiu @
ary annually. Senators shall be elected blenaly ana
representatives annually by the electors Of their re.
spective counties districts on the second tuesday OIL
October. Their term of Office shall commence on the
first day of January next after their election ana that
of senators shall continue two years. ana that oil rep
resentatives year The senator's elected IN OctO-
her ne x shall hold their offices for two years and the
representatives elected at the same time shal hol"
their offices for year. Provided, that seventeen
of the elected the second Tuesday OF DC
tober 1851 be asccrtaned by lot as the President
of the senate may direct shall hold their Office for only
year. and their Successors shall be elected on the
second Tuesday Of October, one thousand eight nun
dred and if,y-eght, and benniay thereafter, When
any county shall have fraction above the rates ioT
representative so large that being mulupitd by ten
the result shall be equal TO ono or more ratios, add
tiona representatives shall be apportOned Tor suc
ratios among the several sessions Of the dccennia
period in the following mnnner ltthere be only one
rltlo then representative shall he allotted 10 the tehn
session of the decennial period.
IL there two ratios representatives, shall he aIlot
ted to the ninth and tenth sessions ii three to the
eighth ninth and tenth il four to the seventh eighth
ninth and tenth If five to the SIXTH seventh, elghth
ninth and zenith if six to the hth, sixth, seventh
eighth ninth and tenth if seven to the fourth ittl
sixth seventh eighth, ninth and tenth il eight to Tho
third fourth fifth, sixth, seventh, eight ninth an'
tenth if nine to the second third, fourth, fifth sixth
seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions OF the de
cennial period respectively. -.
In determining the number of senators to which an
senatorial district nigh be entitled in any decenna
period by of any fraction of senatorial rdtC
tho fraction shall be multiplied by five, and if the re
suit be equal senatorial ratio, an addltlnna
Senator shall be allotted said district Tor the nin
AMI tenth sessions. If it he equal to two such RATIO
an additional Senator for the seventh, eighth, nintl
and tenth sessions shall be allotted 10 such district
three then to the ffth sixth, seventh eighth Mint
and tenth.
II four TO the third fourthlfth sixth sevcntheghl
.nth and tenth sessions respectively II THIS ameh
ment be adoptcd by the electors the counties now e
TITLED to more than member in either or box
branches of the Legislature in the fourth aud MIN So
sions of the present decennim period as now proNl
cd shall have like number of members in each brano
thcreofor cachsession of the remainder OF the pre-
ent decennia period. -
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President OF the Senate.