The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-10-08
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND
MENTS
AMRNpMENr no.


Resolved by the General Assembly Of the State Of
Ohio, Three-ffths of the members elected TO each
House eoncurriug therein, That it be and hereby is
proposed to the electors of this state to vote the
second Tuesday of October next, upon the approval
rejection of the following amendment as a substi-
tute for the twentyhh 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 galar sessions of the General As
sembly shall commence on the hrst MONDAY OF Iahu,
ary annually Senators shall be elected beniay, and
representatives annually by the electors OF their re-
specve counties districts on hesecOnd Tuesday OF
October Their term of Office shall commence on the
first day Of January next after their election and that
OF senators shall continue two years. and that of rep
resentatves year. The senators elected in Octo-
bsr next shall hold their Offices for two years. and the
representatives elected at the same time shall hold
their Offices for year. Provided, that seventeen
Of the senators elected the second Tuesday Of Oc
tober 1851 to be ascertaned by lot as the President
of the 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 ifty-eght and bennially thereafter, When
any county shall have fraction above the rates for
representative large that being multiplied by ten,
the result shall be equal to one or more ratios addi-
tiona representatives shall be apportioned for such
ratios among the several sessions Of the dccennial
period in the following manner lfthere be only one
ratio then representative shall be allotted to the tenth
session of the decennial period.
II there two ratios representatives. shall be allot
ted to the ninth and tenth sessions il three to the
Eighth ninth and t. nth if four to the seventh eighth,
ninth tenth if I've to the sixth, seventh, eighth,
ninth and zenith il six to the hith SIXTH seventh,
eighth. ninth and tenth if to the fourth FIFTH,
sixth seventh ghh ninth and tenth if eight 70 the
third, fourth, fifth, SIXTH seventh, eight ninth and
tenth if nine the second third, fourth, hit sixth,
seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions of the de.
esnnial period respectively.
In determining the number of senators to which any
senatorial district might be entitled in anv deccnnial
period, by of any fraction OF senatorial ratio,
the fraction shall be multiplied by five, and II the re-
suit be equal to one senatorial ratio an additional
Senator shall be allotted to said district for the ninth
nd tenth sessions If it be equal to two such ratios
Huonal Senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth,
'assions shall be allotted to such district II
.h sehln t . fifth, sixth, seventh eighth ninth
and tenth. .r.h ef,b 81 WITH savantb Of gbtb
II four to the thirdiU "nactiyciy If this amend.
hlnto ana tenth sessions res the counties en-
ment be adopted by the electors, in either or both
titled to more than one member .h aud fifth sSs.
branches of the Legislature in the foui, nv nroyid.
sions Of the present decennial period =! branch
su, snail nave ike uuinDef OF melnbels ncdci
thsrsof !or each session of the remainder of the "a
epi decenpal period. -
- n. II. VAN WORRIES,
speaker " the House of Representatives
2. THOMAS IL. FORD.
'." President of the Senate