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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION a
mse MENDMENIS
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Rssolved By fhs Gsasral Assem5ly Of
tie Stals af OAiO, Three.iills OF the mem
beFs eleelaA % each HOuse coucuring there
in. that !, Be aal aere5y Is proposed 10 the
electors Of tbs S;aleto vote on the second
Tuesday Of October next, upon the aPprO-
val or rejection Of the following amend
ment ss a substitute for the lweuly-Gith
Ssetion Of .he secotd Article Of tbe Con-
sttaliou and for the second Section Of tue
same Article, aud for the ghTi Ssc,iou
Of the eleventh Article viz: All regular
sessicns Of the General Assembly shall com
mence on the first Monday OF January, an.
nually. Senators shall DO elected bienni-
ally, and Representatives annually, by the
electors Of their respective counties or dis.
tricls on the second Tuesday Of October.
Their term Of Office shall commence on
the first day Of January next after their
election, and that Of Senators shall cOntin.
ne two years, and that Of Representatives
one year. The Senators elected IN 0cto'
Der next shall hold their Offices for two
years, and the Representatives elected at
the same time shall hold their Offices for
one wear. Provided, that seventeen of the
Senators elected on the second Tuesday Of
October, 1857, to be aseertained by lot, as
the President Of the Senate may direct,
shall hold their office for only ole year, and
their successors shall be elected on the Sec
ond Tuesday Of October one thousand
eight hundred and fifly-eighL ard bienni'
alIy thereafter. When any county shall
have a fraction above the rates for Rep
resentatiye so large that being multiplied
by ten, the result shall be equal to one or
more ratios additional Representatives shall
be appohioned for such ratios among the
several sessions of The decennial period in
che following manner; fthere be only one
ratio, then, . Representative shall be alIot'
Ted TO the tenth session of the deceuia
period.
If there are two ratios Representative
shall be allotted to the ninth and tenth scs
sions; II three 10 the eighth, ninth, and
tenth sessions; If four TO the seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth; II five TO The
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; Il
six 70 the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth; Ii seven TO the fouIth, fifth
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth
If eight to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; 1t nine
10 the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; sessions
Ofthe decenpial period respectively.
In determining the number Of Sena
tors TO which any senatorial district nigh
be entitled in any deeenial period, by rea
con Of any fraction of a Senatorial ratio
the fraction shall be multiplied by five, ant
If the result be equal to one senatorial ra
tic, an additional Senator shall be allotted
To said district for the ninth and tenth ses
sions. II il be equal to two such ratio
an additional Senator for the seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth sessions shall bt
allotted to such district. lf three then tC
the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth.
II four TO tho third, fourth fifth, sixth
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sessions re-
spectively. Ii this amendment be adopt
ed by the electors, the counties now en-
titled TO more than one member in eithe
or both branches Of the Legislature in thC
fourth and fifth sessions Of the present de
Genial period as now provided. shall have
like number of members in each branch
thereof for each session Of the remainder OF
che present decenial period: : ,
H.VAN WORRIES.
Speaker ofMe House of Representatives.
THOMAS II. FORD.
President of the Senate.