The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-05-07
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND
MENTS

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, Three e-ffths of the members elected to each
House concurriug 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
or rejection of the following amendment as a subst-
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 on the first Monday of Janu-
ary annually Senators shall be elected bicnally and
representatives annually by the electors of their re-
specve counties districts the second 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-
ber next shall hold their Offices for two years. and the
representatives elected the same time shall hold
their Offices for one year. Provided that seventeen
of the senators elected the second Tuesday of Oc-
tober 1851 to be ascertaincd 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, thousand eight hun.
dred and fftycight and biennially 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-
tional representatives shall be appOrtioncd 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 alot
ted TO the ninth and tenth sessions if three to the
eighth ninth and tenth if four to 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 and
tenth if nine to the second third, fourth fifth sixth
seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions Of the de-
cennal period respectively
In determining the number of senators TO which any
senatorial district uig ght be entitled in doceunJ
period By OF any fraction of senatorial ratio
the fraction shall he multiplied by five aud if the
suit be equal to senatorial ratio, an additional
Senator shall he allotted to said district tor the ninth
and tenth sessions Ii it be equal to two such ratios
f,v
and tenth sessions shall be allotted to such district il
three then to the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth
If four to the third hseyenthc cighh
ninth and tenth sessions respectively, If this amend
ment be adopted by the electors the counties now en-
titled to than member in either or bOtl
branches of the Legislature in the fourth aud fifth
sions of the present deccnnia period provid
cd shall have like number of members in each brancl
thereof for each session of the remainder of the
ent decennial period.
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS ii. FORD,
President Of the Senate.