The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-09
POLITICAL.
Proposed Constitution Amendments

AMENDAEGT 1.
Resolucd By the General AsscnbIy of the State Of
Ohio, Three ffths of the members elected to each
House concurring therein, That it be and hereby
the second Tuesday of October next, upon the APP
provaI or rejection of the following amendment
as a substitute for the twenty-fifth Section of the
second Article Of the Constitution and for the
second Section of the same Article, and for the
third Section of the eleventh Article, viz: All
regular sessiens-ef the General. A ssembfy SHAH
commence on the first Monday OF January, annu-
ally. Senators shall be elected bienniaIIy, and
Representative annually, by the ELECTORS Of theiT
respective counties or districts on. the second
Tuesday of October. Their term OF Office shall
their election, and that Of Senators shall continue
The Senators elected in October next shall hold
theirlofhees Tor two years, and the Representa-
fees for one-year. PROVIDED, that=seyemteen Of
the Senators elected on the second Tuesday of
President of the Senate may direct, skaiT hold
their office for onty,oue year, and their successors
shall be elected on the second Tuesday of October,
one thousand eight hundred and hfty.eight, and
biennialiy thereafter Wren any county shall
have a fraction above the rates Tor representative
so large that being multiplied by ten, the result
shall be equal looms or more ratios, additional
Representatives shall be apport1oned for such
ratios among the several sessions ofthe decennigt
period in the following manner: If there be only
to the tenth session of the decenn1aI period.
If there are two ratios Representatives shall IS
tothe eighth, ninth, and tenth SESSIONS; ifiour 20
the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth IF five to
the sixth. seventh, eighth, Einth and tenth II six
to the fnh, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If seven to the fourth fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; If eight to the thifd;
fJurth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth. ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third, fourth, fifth.
sixth, seventh, e shth, ninth and tenth scssio ns Of
the deCennial period respectively. ~ ~
In determining the number ofSendtors to which
any senatorial district might be entitled in any
decennial period, by reason of any fraction of d
senatorial ratio, the fraction shall be multiplied
by. five, and if the result be equal to one senatorial
ratio, an additional Senator shall be allotted to said
district for the ninth and tenth sessions. IT it be
equal to two such ratios an additio~ Ex-senator for
the seventh, eighth. mini tn and tie nth sessions q n , L
be allotted to such district, If three then to the
fifth, sixth, seventh, eight, ninth and tenth
If four, to the third fourth, fifth. sixth SEVENTH
eighth ninth, and tenth-sessions re spectiyeIy. III
this amendment be adopted by the electors, the
counties now entitled to more than one me mbef
in either or both branches of the / Q s~islature in
the fourth and fifth sessions of the present de-
cennial period as now T divided shall nave a like
number of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder of the present de.
cennial period.
NH VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of RsPresentauioss.
THOMAS Fl. 49,
a. e. RTeSideaE of the Senate.