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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND
MENTS
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(PsQsEsS BY Auaonty.l

AMENIAANA " Il
Resosrsh AS Gensraf AssemUy Of be STATE
Of Odo. Three 6hls Of the members elected TO
sash House eOncuring therein, that 1t be and here
5y is proposed 10 the electors Of this State to vote
on the sssoodtTassdzy Of October reTt, upon the
appToval or rejection Of the following amendment
As a subaiiute Cor The txeniy.6ih Section Of the
ScDad Article Of the Constitution and for the
seonnd Section ofthe same Article, aud for the
third Secion Of the eleventh Article viz: All reg
ular sessions ofthe General Assembly shall com
mence "a The 6ei Moaday Of January, annually
senators shaa o. elected b~iehaialir, and RePreser-
tsUvesanLnallY, by the electors of their respective
eJnntiss or districts on the second tuesday OF Oe-
tob-r. Their term Of Office shall commence on
the first day Of January next after Their election,
.pl that Of Senators shall e]Ontinue two years, and
that Of Representatives one year. The Senstors
elected 10 October next shall bold their Offices for
tso vears, and the Representatives elected at the
sque time shall hold their Offices for one year.
Provided. that seventeen ofthe Senators elected on
line second Tuesday Of October, 1857. to he ascer-
Lincd by lot as the President OF the Senate may
direct, shall hold their office for only uhe year, aud
Their successors shall be elected on tue second Tues.
day Of October one thousand eight HUNDRED and
f6y-eiohL ard hiepnially thereafter. When any
county shall have a fraction above the rates for
Representative so large that beiu, multiplied by
ten, the resalt shall be equsl to one or mere ratios
additional Representatives shall be aPporiioned
for such ratios among the several sessions OF the
~decennial period in the following manner: lfthere
he only one ratio, then, a Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session Of the deceuial pc
rod.
II there are two ratios, Representative shallbe
allotted to the ninth and tenth sessions; il three to
the eighth, ninth, aud tenth sessions; IL four to
the seventh. eighth, ninth aud tenth; II five TO the
sixth, seventh eighth. ninth aud tenth u STA to The
6th ixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; II
seyeu' % the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh. eighth
niuth and tenth; Ii eight to the third, fourth fifth
,xlh, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenthi If nine
40 the second, third. fourth, fifth, sixth sew.
nth, eighth, ninth and tenth; sessions Of the deeen.
piNl period respectively,
In determining the number Of Senators to
wlich ans senatorial district might be entitled in
auy deecnial period, by reason of any fraction Of
\ Senatorial ratio. the fraction shall be multiplied
Nv five, and IL the result be equal to one senate
rial ratio, an additional Senator shall be allotted to
laid district for the ninth and tenth sessions. II
il be equal to two such ratios an additional sena.
tor for the seventh, eighth, ninth aud tenth session,
shall be allotted to such district. It three then Il
thu 9Th, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth. 4 siN .|
II four to tie third, fourth fifth, sixth, seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth sessions respectively. II
this amendment be adopted by The electors, the
counties now entitled to more than one member
in either or both branches ofthe Legislature in the
fourth and fifth sessions Of the present deCeniaI
reioI as now provided. shall have a like NUM- er
Of members in each branch thereof for each session
ofthe remainder Of the present decenial period.
N. Il. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker Of tie House of Representatives,
THOMAS II. FORD.
t4f.g-r President Of The Senate.