True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-09-02
81 Laws Of Ohio,
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION
w msu AMEEDMEETs.
AMENDMENT NO l.

N@e~%~~N-NANA eN1
ResOlued By the General .Asssmbfy Of
he Nate of Ohio, Three.6ftbs of the
members elected TO each House concuning
therein, That IL be and hereby is proposed
to the Electors Of this State to vote on the
second Tuesday Of October next, upon the
approval or rejection Of the following amend
meuts as Substitute for the twenty fifth
section Of the second Article Of the Consttu-
ton and for the second section of the same
article, and for the third section Of the elev
enth article, viz All regular sessions of the
General Assembly shall commence on the first
Monday Of january, annually. Senators shall
be eelecled biennially, and Representatives an
nnally, by the electors of their respective
counties or districts on the second Tuesday
Of October Their term of Office shall com.
mence on the first day Of January next after
their election, and that Of Senator'S ST. all con-
tipue two years, and that of Representatives
one year. The senators elected ia October
next shall hold their Offices for two years
and the Representatives elected at the same
time shall hold their offices for one year. Pro-
yided, that seventeen OF .he senators elected
on the second Tuesday of October, 1857, to
pc ascertained by lot, as the President of the
Senate may direct, shall hold their office for
only one yeas, and their successors shall be
elected on the second Tuesday Of October, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty eight, and
biennially thereafter. When any county shall
have fraction above the rates for Rep. esen-
tative so large that being multiplied by ter,
the result shall be equal 10 one or more ratios,
additional representatives shall be apporti0n.
sd for such ratios among the several sessions
q al i..I IN m foil -
ner If there be only one ratio then repre-.
sentative shall be allotted to the tenth session
81 the decennial period.
If there are two ratios, representatives shall
be allotted TO the ninth aid tenth sessions
II three, TO the eighth, ninth and tenth ses-
sious: If four, TO the seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth; lffive, 10 the sixth, seventh eighth,
ninth and tenth; II six, to the fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth lfseyen, to
the fourth fifth, sixth, seventh eighth, ninth
and tenth /; Ii eight, to the third fourth fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth If
niue, to the second. third, fourth, fifth sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sessions Of
the decennial period respectively.
In determining the humber Of senators to
which any senatorial district may be entitled
II any decennial period, by reason of any
ia ctlOn OF senatorial raLiO, Che fraction shall
be multiplied by five, aud if The result be
equal to'One senatorial ratio, all additional
senator shall be allotted to said district fur
the ninth and tenth sessions. Ii it be equal
TO two such ratios all additional senator for
the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sessions,
shall be allotted to such district Ii three.
then to the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth.
If four,to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, se-
wealth eighth, ninth aud tenth sessions re-
spectively. Ii this amendment be adopted by
the electors, the counties now entitled to more
than one member Ill either or both branches
Of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth ses.
sions Of the present decennial period as now
provided, shall have like number OF mem
bers in each branch thereof for each session of
the remainder Of !he present decennial period.
,6e~ N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House ofRepresentatiues.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President Of the Senate,
Dated April 3, 1857.