The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-08-13
Proposed Constitution Amend
ments.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.



Resolved by the General Assembly of the State
of Ohio, 1hree.titths of the members elected 10
each House concuring therein, That it be and is
hereby proposed to the electors OF this State 10 vote
on the Second Tuesday OF October next upon the
approval or rejection of the following amendment
as Il substitute for the tweGty-hth Section oi the
Second Article of the CONSTITUTION ard tor the
ond section OF the same Article and for the third
Section of the eleventh Article viz' All regunr
sionS of the General Assembly shall commence on
the first Monday OF January annuaily. Senators
shalt be elected bernaly, and Representatives an.
nuaIly by the electors of their respective counties
or districts oN the second Tuesday of Octobcr--
Their term of office shall conmaLce on the first
day of January next after their election and that OF
Senator'S shall continue two years ana that oi Rep
resentatives one year. The Senators elected in DC
tober next shall hold their offices for years and
the Representa- ulives elected at the same time shall
hold their offices for one year. Provided that II OF
the Senators elected on the second Tuesday OF Oc-
tuber, 1851 to be ascertainGd by lot, the Presi
dent of the Senate may direct, shall hold their office
for only one gear and their successors shall be cleo
ted on the second Tuesday OF Oct one thousand eight
hundred and fifty eight, and biennlay thereafter.
When any county shall nave IA fraction above the
rates for Representative SO large that being multi
piled by ten, the resu shall be equal to
ratios, additional Representatives shall be appor-
toned for such ratios among the several sessions OF
the decennial peFJOd i'll the following manner: Ii
there be only FrIio then Representative shall
tie allotted 10 lne TENN session VI lle uecenlla Pc
itd.
Ii there are woratios, Representatives shall be
allotted to The ninth and tenth sessions; II ttree to
the eighth ninth and tenth sasslons; Ii four to the
seventh eighth, ninth and tcath; If five, to the
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; Ii six ID
he fifth sixth seventh. eighth niath and tenth If
seven to the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth
ninth, and tenth 1t eight to the third fourth, fifth
sixth, seventh eigth ninth and tenth; 1t nine to the
second, third fourth, fifth sixth, seventh, GFghtF
ninth and tenth sessions ot tie deCennla period re
specuyeiy.
In determining the number of Senators to which
any senatorial district might be entitled in any de
cenni al period. by reasonSt any fraction OF seha
torial ratio the fraction shall he multiplied by hve
and if the result be eauAE to senatorial ratio, al
additional Senator snail be allotted 10 said distric
for the ninth and tenth sessions. II 1t be equal t.
two such rutiJs an additional Senator for the sew
enth eighth ninth and tenth sessi shall be aliot
ted to such district If three then te the fifth, sixth
| seventh, efgoth, ninth and tenth,
If four to the third fourth, hsh, sixth. seventh
eighth ninth and tenth sessions respectively.
| this amendment be adopted by the electors, tn
! counties now entitled to more than one member II
| either or both branches OF the Legislature In TIN
fourth and fifth sessions OF the present decePnial pc
riod as now prov ided, shall have like number {
members in each branch thereof Or each session {
the remainder of the present decennlai period
n. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
THOMAS ii. FORD,
Presiden OF the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.