Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-07-30
6Y AUTHORITY
Proposed Constitution amendments
To be submitted to the potersof Ohio at the October
Election.

AMENDMENT NO. l..
d EsOLvED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
III STATE OF OHIO, Threefths of the members elect
ed to each House concurng therein, That it be and
hereby proposed to the electors of this State to vote
the second Tuesday October next upon the approx
al or rejection of the following amendment substi
tute for the twenth 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 All regular session of the General Assembly
shall commence on the first Monday of January, annually
Senators shall be elected bienna and Representatives
annually by the electors OF their respective counties or
dctricts the second Tuesday Of October Their term
of Office shall the first day of January next
their election and that the Senators shall continue
years and that Representatives The Sem
atofs elected in October next shall hold their Offices
two years. and the Representatives elected at the same
time shall hold their Offices for Provided that
seventeen of the Senators elected the second Tuesday
of October 1857 be asseaned by lot the President
of the Senate Direct shall hold their Office for only
year. and their shall be elected on the sec
ond Tuesday of October thousand eight hundred and
fty-eight 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 one ratios additional Representatives
shall be apportoned for such ratios among the several
sessions of the decennial PERIOD in the following
there be only ratio then Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session of the decennisl period
there two ratios Representatives shall be allotted
to the ninth and teuth sessions; If three to the eighth
NINTH and tenth sessions If four to the seventh eighth
ninth and tenth sessions; If tive to the SIXTH seventh
eighth ninth and tenth If six the f SIXTH SEVENTH
eighth ninth and tenth; If seven to the fourth fifth,
sixth seventh eigb ninth and tenth; If eight to the
third fourth ffih sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third fourth fifth, SIXTH
seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions of decennial
period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators to which any
senatorial district might be entitled in any decennia pc
Rod by of any fraction of senatorial ratio the
fraction shall be multiplied by five, and if the result be
equal to senatorial fatio additional Senator shall
be allotted said district for the ninth and tenth
sions II it he equal to two such ratios additional
Senator for the seventh eighth NINTH and tenth sessions
shall he allotted to such district If three then to the
fifth, 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 en
tied to more than member in either both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth
of present decennial period provided shall
have like number Of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder of the present decennia
period.
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS H. FORD,
PRESIDENT of the Senate