Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-10-01
BY AUTHORIrYD
Proposed Constitution Amendments
To bess6miaed to the voterso Ohio at the October
Election
AMENDMENT NO l.


To bessJmiaed to the voser. of Ohio at the October
Election
AMENDMENT NO. l..
D ESOLvED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
II STATE OF 0HI0 Three-fths of the members elect
ed to each House concurrng therein, That it be And
hereby is proposed to the electors of this State to vote
the second Tuesday of October next upon the approx
al rejection of the following amendment sabsti-
tute for the twentfh 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 session of the General Assembly
shall commence the first Monday of January, annually.
Senators shall be elected hiennay and Representatives
annually by electors of their respective counties
dctrcts the second Tuesday of October Their term
office shall the first day of January next
their election and that the Senators shall continue
two wears and that of year The Sem
ators elected in October next shall hold their Offices for
years. and the Representatives elected at the
time shall hold their Offices for year. Provided that
seventeen of the Senators elected the second Tuesday,
of October 1857 to be asseraned BY lot the President
of the Senate may direct shall hold their office for only
one year and their shall be elected the
ond Tuesday of October thousand eight hundred and
fftyeigh and bennally thereafter. When any county
shall have fraction above the rates for Representative
large that being multiplied by ten the result shall be
equal to ratios, additional Representatives
shall be apporioned for such raes among the several
sessions of the decennia period in the following
If there be only ratio then Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session of the decennal period
there two ratios Representatives shall be allotted
to the ninth and teuth sessions three to the eighth,
NINTH and tenth sessions II four to theseventh eighth
ninth and tenth sessions; If five to the SIXTH seventh
eighth ninth and tenih If six to the @ sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; If to the fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, egth, ninth and tenth eight to the
third, fourth ffih sixth, seventh eighth, ninth and
tenth If nine to the second third fourth, h sixth,
seventh eighth, ninth and tenth sessions Of decenna
period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators to which
senatorial district might be entitled in any decenna
rod by of any fraction OF senatorial RATIO the
fraction shall be multiplied by ve and if the result be
equal to senatorial rao additional Senator shall
be allotted to said district for the ninth and tenth
If it be equal to two such ratios additional
Senator for the seventh eighth NINTH and tenth sessions
shall be allotted to such district If three then to the
9th, sixth, seventh eighth, ninth and tenth
If four, to the third fourth fifth, SIXTH seventh, eighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively If this amend
ment be adopted by the electors the counties enti
tied to more than member in either or both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth aud fifth
sons of the present period provided SHAH
have like number of members in each branch thereof
each session of the remainder of the present decenna
period.
". II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
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