Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-16
LEGAL
= PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION AMENDMEST-
49, AMEsDMENr NO 7

Re,oIred bg the General Assem6iy Of the State of
Ohio, Three-ffths Of the members elected 10 each
House concurrng there Elm. That re and hereby Is
MO os ed TO The of this State to vote on the
So cond Tuesday of October uext on The approval OF
rejection ofthe following amendment as substitute
for the twenty nh Section oil the second Artiee o.
the Constitution and for the second Section oil the
same Ari Gle and the third Section OF the eleventh
Article. viz: All regular sessions OF the Genera
selnhly shall commence on the hrst Mohaey OF !au
ary annually. Senators shall ne elected btenniahy'
ard Representatives annually. hy the electors o. teir
respective unties DISTRICTS on the second Tues
Of October. Their terms Of ONCE shall Commence
the rst day of January next their election and
that ofSenators sha II continue two years and lhat OF
Rel resen tatives one year The senators eleeted IN
October next shall hold their Offices for two years. anc
the Represents tives elected a. the same time shall
hold their offices for year. Provided that seven
teen OF Senators elected the second TUESDAY OF
October 1857 be Iained by lot, as The fres
dent of the Senate may direct, shall hold their once
for ony one year. and their shall he eeted
the second Tuesday of October one e.enI
When any county shall have traction above the
rates for Representative so large that being multiplied
by ten the result shall be equal to one or more ratios
representatives shall be appointed for such
ratios among the several sessions OF the PERI
cd in the following manner: If there be only one
ratio tn. n Representative shall be anotied 10 Ihe
tenth session of the decennial period.
Iftheir are ratios Representatives snai oe az
lotied the ninth and teath sessions thiee 10 .ne
eighth ninth and tenth sessions H four to the sew
enth eighth ninth and tenth; lfhve 10 SKIN, sev
enth eighth ninth and tenth; six 10 the tth sixt
seventh. eighth, ninth and tentn,
ffth sixth seventh eighth ninth and tenth; Height
10 the third fourth fifth, sixth, seventh eighth nntn
and tenth; II nine the second, third fourtn MIN
SIXTH seventh eight, ninth and tenth sessions OIL e
decennial period respectively
In determining the number OF Senators 10 whleh
any senatorial district might be entitled in any deeen
iaI period, by reason of any fraction oia senaioa
rate the fraction shall be multiplied by hve and
the result be equal senatorial ratio, On endl
tonaI shall be allotted 10 SAID district tor
ninth and tenth sessions. it he equal 10 Two suen
ratios an aid ditiona Senator for the seventh, eIshth
ninth and tenth sessions shall be allotted 10 suen es
trict If three then the th, sixth, seventh,eghih
ninth and tenth. - - ,h
TfIour to the third. fourth, ith, sixth, seventh
eighth min IN and tenth sessions respectively Htnis
amendment be adopted by the electors, the Counties
now untitled TO more than one member IN eitner or
both branches of the Leg islature in the ourtn ana
fifth sessions of the present decennia period as now
| provided shall have q like number OF members IN
each branch thereof esch session OF the remadei
ofthe present decennial period. ,onu1,,
Sneaker of the House Of Representatives,.
THOMAS ii. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
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