Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-09
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS.


R.soired By the Genera, assembly of the state of
Ohio, Three-filis Ut the memh r. elected 10 each
House thrr ein. Tat il he AMI heraHy Is
n, oposei to the electors of this Siae the
second Tue day of October The approval or
rejection oftiie sliowng amendment as suLetiiut-
for the twenty ith Section OF The second AricS al
the Constitution AMI for the second Section q the
Article aud for the third Section o. the rieVenh
Article. viz: All uiar sessions OF i;e Genera As
se.ly shal, commence an the first MONDAY OF }anu-
ary annually. Sen tors sha hr elected iennia!y,
aud Representatives annually, by the eecors o. Their
respective mites distri-c's the second Tues
of October Their terms Office shall Commence on
the day Of Jarusry next uier their election, and
that senators sh u continue two years, and that oil
Rel re entaIves wear T.'n senators elected in
October next shall hold their Offices io two years. ant
the Representa- tves elecIcd The same Time shall
hold their Offices for one year rovded. that seven
of the Senators ell cted the secnnd Tuesday OF
October, iS5 10 lie ascer famed hy lot a the Pfes
dent of tie Senate NAV direct sha mold their office
for year. and their successors salih he cied
the second Tuesday of October. one thousand eish
hundred and flyeight ant heunlaliy the 'eai-er.-
When any county shall have fraction above tue
rates for so large that being tpled
by the result shall be equal to oae or more ratios
additional presenatves shall he onted for such
among The several session of the decenna peri
cd in the following manner: If there be only one
ratio ih n Representative shall lie allotted TO the
tenth session OF The decennial period.
Iflheir two tiOs Representatives shall lie al
oited ninth ana tenth sessions If three to the
eisnIh NINTH aud IenIh sessions II our TO the sew
enIil eighth, ninth aud tenth; five 10 SIKH. sew
enrh eighth. nth aud tenth; II six the fifth SIXTH
seventh eighth ninth aud tenth; HseveH 10 the i0arih
fifth SIXTH nth eighth ninth and tenth; II eighth,
10 the third fOuTth Ih SIKH seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth; II nine the secend, third, fourth filth,
SIXTH seventh. eIgh ninth tenth sessions of the
decenhial period respectively.
I'm determining the number of Senators to which
anv senatorial district might he entitled any decen
niaI PERIOD by of any fraction ofa sena.ora
ratIe the traction shall he tiplied by five and Al
the result be equal senatorIal ratio. addI-
Senator shall he allotted said district for The
ninth and tenth sessions. If it he equal in two such
ratios an additional Senator for the seventh, eighth
NINTH and tenth sessions sha u be allotted such dis
trict. III three then Ic the h sixth seventh eighth
| ninth and tenth.
Iffour to the third. fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh
eighth ninth, and tenth sessions respectively Hthis
amendment be adopted by the electors, the Counties
now dntt led TO more than one member in either o
both branches of the Leg isature in the fourth and
fifth sessions of the present ecennial per iod as nov
| provided, shall have like number of members ii
each branch thereof for each sess ion the remaidei
| oGthe present decennial period
| n. ii. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of .he House Of Representatives..
THOMAS ii. FORD,
| President Of the Senate.