The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-06-26
ppOposED coNsrUTrTIoN AMEND
MENTS.

ppOposED coNsTUTrTToy AfrSp-
MENTs.
AxgSpNrvr Sol ..
R,solpsd nv The General dssr~bis Of TIE STATE O.
ONO. Thrce.rf,hs OF the sucsahcrS elected {,
each Houso cou-wrfiny tf~rcin. Tim, n be- nnt
hereby he proposcdto the cIcc,s-fs cf this Stat,
TO vote On the second Tuesday - Ocivbcr next
upon the approval or rejection of the follUwib,
rinendincnt rs n suslfatc for the twcniy.f mi
Eection ofthe scoosd Article Of the CDnsiiiu,ivr
andfnr the sacond SECTION vf the same Article
and for tho yhird Section OF the cl.vcnth Arti
clio. viz: All regular s'ssiuns of tho General As
fombly shall commence ON ihc trSi Nunhay Of
January, annually. St1atofs SiIail Oc rlocted
eiennlally, and Rcpresj niatiyrs annually, by
( . electors Of thsr respective counties or
Uistrlcts on The SECOND Tuesday of October.
Their lflin VI of1cc shall commence on the frsi
dae OF 8. .nuRry next after their election. and
sat If ~ rators shall cuntinusiwo Years, and
that or 10 oscntaivcs one wear. The Sena.
ins elected IN October next shall hold their
sIicc for two y,HtS, and the Representatives
slocloj al tho SANE time shall hold tbrif o1t
.,ysror one wear. Provided, that seventeen OF
abe Scna, RS elected on the second Tuesday Of
.,ctober. iNj1, 10 hu asrr tanned by lot. rs the
l'rcsldc.lt nf thu ScE1tc may direct shall hold
Weir uhlce for nuly one year. and their sue.
reS,nrs shall be elected ~ the second Tuesday
Of October, one thousand eight hundred and
htycght. aud hicnniallN thereafter. When
LhS county shall have il1"ilon ah"l 9 tho rates
RrIiit.sentativr =" large that being multi,
"
more ri,ics additional Representatives shall be
spportiotird iui such ratios ainshI the several
s.ss nns ofthr d., Dnniil pcr't IN Tia" Following
manner. lttherel,y only uuc ratio then Repre-
Sentative shall bc ad"li'd ln iho lchih 'risionl
.f the docsnnlol period.
IftinrC atc Two r.iua Repre- cHlItivcs shall
l., allotted ~ ~" ninth and ithih 'cSil"n'' IL
siIee It. the e,ghtn, hhih, nnd tenth ies'i"ni' u
four tn the .rvrn,h. eighth, niu'h and tcllh: II
fvo to the siAlh snh, thii ninth and tenth:
llriX tn the nIth, si\th ,cvcnlh eighth, ninth
mud teutl; Ii seven to tl' fourth, nfh, sixth,
seventh, ei,hth. ninth and icHili II eight a. the
uird. f0urth. ilflh. s.Nih. seventh. eighth, ninth
and tenth; If nine tn TIC second, third, fourth,
nith, sixth seventh, yli,ii, ninth aud tenth
t4ssions of the doccnnal period respectively.
In determining the nur.bcr oi senators To-
which anv senatorial DISTRICT might be entitled
iu any iccnna periud,b by reason oi any fractiOnl
tf senAt torial ratio. the fraction shall be null
tlped Us Ave, and II the result be equal to onu
fatio, mn additional ScnaiUrshull he allotted tOl
sod district for the ninth and tenth sessions
Int be taiIal To tyn ouch tatos an additional
Senator for the seventh, eighth Liitli,nnd tenth
lossions shall he allotted 10 such district III
,hreo then to tho a:th, sixth, acyct'h, eighth,
nj ith and tenth.
II four, 10 the third, fourth, hfh, sixth. scS
enth, eighth. ninth. and tenth sessions respect.
lively. II this ammendlncnt be- adopted 10y the
electors, The counties now entitled To more than
one member In either of both branches Of the
Legislature in the fourth aud iiih sessions oftlr
present doGCnnial period ~ now provided, shall
have a like number ofmrmhnrS In rn,.h hlanrh
Nerooflor each Scssl on Oi the remainder I'll the
present dcccnnial period.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
.SpsGkey VI jtk. Hri-s Of RprfsfntIfrss.
THCMAS II. FORD,
Pifudrnd Ql ihr N,ndt.
al al