The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-06-11
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AMENDMENT no.

Resslped By tAs General -asssmbiy Of tie siait Of
Olts, Three hftbs OF the members elected 10 each
o%ss 10 'G iSS' . oe "a ana S hereby
second Tuesday OF October next upon The approval
or rejection ofthe following amendment 4 substi
tute FOR the tweny-h Section Of the second Article
of the Constitution and for the second Section OF the
Article, and for the third Section Of the eeven
Article, yiz Anregular sessions OF the General AS
ry, annually. Senators shall be elected bienDiaIIy
and Representatives annually, By the electors ofthe
of October. Their term of Office shall eommenes or
the first day OF January next aor thelr election, ahd
that Of Senators shall contiEue Two years, and that
Representatives one year. The Senators elected ln
October next shall hold their Offices for two years and
the Representatives elected at the same time shall
hold their Offices for one year Provided that tsereh
teen Of tho Senators elected the second Tuesday
rOetober 1857 TO be ascerained BY lot, the Presk
dent of the Senate may direc shall hold their oce
for only ONE year, and their successors shall be elect
ed on the second Tuesday OF October, enc thousand
eight hundred and fy-cight, and biennially therea
ter. When any county shall have fraction aboN&
Piled by ten, the result Shall be equal to Or more
altos, additional Representatives shall be apporton-
ed for such ratios among the several sessions de-
cennia period in the fuilowtDg maHner: II there be
only ratio then Representative shall be allotted
to the tenth session of the decenniai period. fsf
lfthere are two ratios Representatives shall be AL
lotted to the ninth and tenth sessions II three to the
eighth ninth, and tenth sessions our 70 the seventh,
eighth ninth and tenh II five to the sixth, seventh,
SEVENTH eighth ninth and tenth; fseven to the fourf
fifth, sixth, SEVENTH eis hth ninth and tenth; II eight
to the third fourth, b, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth; Ifnine to the second, third, fourth, eh
sixth seventh eighth, ninth and tenth sessions Of The
decennial period respectively. "a, IL
In determining the number ofSenators to which way
senatorial disrict might be entitled in upy ieceun
period, by reason ofany fraction Of senatoral rato
The cton shall be multiplied by five, and II the re-
suit be equal TO senatorial ratio an additional
Senator shall be allotted to sod district for the ninth
and tenth sessions If IL be equal to two such ratios
an additional Senator for tho seventh, eighth, DiDth
and tenth sessions shall be allotted to such district u
three then the h, sixth seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth. ,eJ ss3 ~
/ flour, to the third, fourth fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth ninth and tenth SESSIONS respectively. If this
amendmeht be adopted by the electors, the counties
now entitled TO than one member in either or
both branches OF the Legislature in the fourth and
18th sessions of the present deccnnial period as now
provided, shall have like number of members In
each thereofor each session of the remainder
of the present decennial period.
Speaker ofthe HOusecf RepreSeRtdtiUes.
.a-... .. THOMAS II, FORD, sli- ts
- e.. President of the Senate.
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