The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-23
Proposed Constitution Amendments

Rssolped By the General Assembly of the State of
Ohio. Three fiths of the members elected TO, each
is proposed TO the electors of this State to vote on
the second Tuesday of October next, upon the ap-
proyal OF relsetian OF the ioii1 ts ! s amena n1 EN-
second Article of the Constitution and Tor the
second Section OF the same Article, and lor the
third Section of the eleventh Article, viz: All
regular sessions of the General Assembly shall
m on the fret Monday OF January. annu.
ally. Senators shall be elected bienniaiiy, and
Representatives annually, b. the electors of their
respective counties or districts on the second
Tuesday of October. Their term of office shall
commence on the first day of January next after
their election, and thu of Senator's shall continue
two years, and that of Representatives one year.
The Sc ators elected in October next shall hold
their off ices for two years, and the Represents
lives ELL; elected des at the same prnsi ti%e s sSat e aeEe1 a9eeT OIL Of
the Senators elected on the second Tuesday OF
October, 1857, to be as ertained by lot. as the
President of the Senate may direct, sLali hold
their Office for only one year, and their successors
shall be elected on the second Tuesday of October,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight, and
biennia!ly thereafter. When any county shall
have a fraction abovethe rates for Representative
so large that being multiplied by ten, the result
shall be equal to one or more ratios, additional
Representatives. shall be apportioned tor such
period in the ollowing manner: If there be only
one ratio then a Representative shall he allotted
to the tenth session of the deCennIal period.
If there are two ratios Representatives shall be
allotted to the ninth and tenth sessions If three
to he eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions; if four to
the seventh. eighth, ninth and tenth If five to
the sixth. seventh, eighth, Einth and tenth Ii six
to the MN, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth: If seven to the fourth fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; If eight to the third,
f>urth,. fnh. sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third, fourth, fifth
sixth. seventies ehth, ninth and tenth sessions Of
the deeenniS1 period respectively.
In determining the number ofSenators to which
any senatorial district might re entitled in any
decennial period, by reason of any fraction of a
senatorialratio. the fraction shall be multiplied
by FIVE and fthe 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 aduitiO al SenatOr fnT
the seventh, eighth, ninth and enth sessions shall
be allotted to such district If three the n to the
fifth, sixth, seventh, eight, ninth and tenth
If four, TO the third. fourth, fifth. sixth seventh,
eighth ninth, and tenth 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 nth sessions OF the present de.
cennial period as now provided, shall have a like
number of members in each branch thereof foI
each session of the remainder of the present de.
cennial period.
M VAN RHE
Speaker of the House of RepresehtariUes.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.