The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-05-20
POLITICAL.
Proposed Constitution amendments

AMENDMENT MOI
ResoIned Iv The General Assembly Of TIE state OF
ONO. T6ree-fnhs Of The members cleC:ed 10 each
House coucurring therein. That II be ana Hefepy
is pr0oosed TO the electors of this State to Vote on
The second Tuesday of Cctoner next, upon the APP
provai or rejection OF the following Amendments
as a substitute tur the tWentyfftb section Of the
second Article of The Constitution. aud Tor the
second Section of the same article, and for the
third Section of the eleventh Article, viz; All
commence on the first Monday of January, anhu-
ally. Senators shall be elected biennially, and
respective counties. Or districts on tie second
Tuesdsy Of October. Their term of Office shall
their election. and that OF Sen ators shall continue
two years, aud that of Representatives ono wear.
their offices for two years. and the Representa-
tives elected at the same time shall hold them of
fees for one year. Provided, that seventeen of
the Senators elected on the second Tuesday of
October, 1857. to be asseTtained by lot. as the
President OF thu Senate may direct, sLall hold
their Office for only one year, and their successors
shall be elected on the second Tuesday of October,
one thousand eight hundred and filty-eieht, and
biennially. thereafter. When any county shall
have q fraction above the rates for Representative
! 81 large that being multiplied by ten, the result
shall be equal 10 one or moio 80 addlllolal
Repre- entatives shall be apportioned for such
ratios among the several sessions of The decennial
period I'd i, in tn 5o , { name n II there sr be only y
to the tenth session of the decennlal period.
If there are two ratios Representatives shall be
/ allottcd.t to the ninth aud tenth sessions; If three
10 the eighth, ninth, and TENN sessionsii four 70
the seventh, eighth, ninth aud tenth If five 10
NS
To the fnh, sixth, seventh. eighth, ninth and
tenth; If seven to the fourth fifth, sixth, seventh.
eighth, ninth and tenth; If eight 10 the third,
f .urth, fifth. sixth. seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine TO the second, third. fourth, firth,
sixth, SEVENTH shth, ninth and tenth sessions OF
the deGennial period respectively.
In undermining the number ofsenators to which
any senatorial district might re titled in any
Gecenhial period by reason of any fraction of a
senatOrialratio the fraction shall be multipi ed
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. If it be
equal to two such ratios an adhitio Ex-senator for
the seventh, eighth. ninth, and tenth sessions shall
be allotted to such district If three then to the
fifth. sixth, seventh, eight, ninth apd tenth
If four, 10 the third, fourth, fifth. sixth seventh,
eighth ninth, and zenith sessions respectively. II
this amendment be adopted by the electors, the
counties now entitled to more than one member
in either or both branches of the. Legislature in
the fourth and fifth sessions OF the present de-
cennial period as now provided shall have q like
number of members in each branch thereof for
each session 0 + the remainder of the present de-
cenniai period.
Nh. VAN ORHES
Speaker of the House of RepreSentaUices.
THoMaS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
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