The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-04-30
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND-
MENTS.


Resolved by the General Assembly of the State Of
Ohio, Three-ffths of the members elected to each
House concurriug therein, That it be and hereby is
proposed the electors of this state to vote the
second Tuesday Of October next upon the approval
or rejection of the following amendment a substi.
tute for the twentyfh 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 General As
sembly shall commence the first Monday of Janu.
ary annually. Senators shall be elected benialy and
representatives annually, by the electors of their
Spectve counties districts the second Tuesday OF
October. Their term of Office shall commence the
first day of January next after their election and that
of senators shall continue two years, and that of rep
fesentatives senators elected in Octo-
ber next shall hold their Offices for two years. and the
representatives elected at the time shall hold
their Offices for year. Provided, that seventeen
of the senators elected the second Tuesday Of Oc
tober 1851 to be asCeTained by lot the President
of the senate may direct shall hold their Office for only
one year. and their shall be elected the
second Tuesday of October one thousand eight hun
dred and fftyeight, and biennally thereafter When
any county shall have fraction above the rates for
representative large that being multiplied by
the result shall be equal to one or more ratios add-
tional representatives shall be apportioned for such
ratios among the several sessions of the decennial
period in the following manner fthere be only one
ratio then representative shall be allotted to the tenth
session of the decennal period.
If there two ratios representatives shall be allot
ted to the ninth and tenth sessions if three to the
eighth ninth and tenth if four the seventh eighth
ninth and tenth If five to the SIXTH seventh, eighth
ninth and zenith if six to the fifth, sixth, seventh
eighth ninth and tenth if to the fourth fifth
SIXTH seventh, eighth ninth and tenth if eight to the
third fourth, fifth sixth, seventh, eight, ninth aud
tenth if nine to the second third fourth fth SIXTH
seventh eighth, ninth and tenth sessions of the de-
cennial period respectively.
In determining the number of senators to which any
senatorial district mi ght be entitled in decennia
period by of any fraction of senatorial ratio
the fraction shall he multiplied by FIVE, and if the
suit be equal to senatorial ratio, additional
Senator shall be allotted to said district for the ninth
and tenth sessions If it be equal to two such ratios
an additional Senator for the seventh eight ninth
and tenth sessions shall be allotted to such district If
three then to the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth niuth
and tenth.
If four to the third fourth fifth seventh ighth
NINTH and tenth sessions respectively II this amend
ment be adopted by the electors, the counties now
titled to than one member in either or both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth aud fifth
sions of the present decennal period now provid
ed shall have like number of members IN each branch
thereof for each session of the remainder OF the
ent deccnnial period.
n. II. VAN WORRIES, .-
Speaker of the House of Representatives .
THOMAS II. FORD.
~ President of tho Senate
Dated April Sd, 1857. -