The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-23
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND
MsNTS.
Dated April 18th, 1857.
AMENDMENT No 1.

IVA 1sN % r
AMENDMENT No /.
ReSol,ed hy tie Geaerol assembly 9He
Siate of OHIO, Three fifths OF the mem
bers cleeleoI4o eachiIouse econcurringthcre
IN, That tbe and hereby is proposed tothe
electors of this State to vote on the sec
ond Tuesday of October next, upon the
approval or rejection Of the following
amendment as substitute !orthe twenty
fifth Section Of the Second Article of the
Constitution and for the second Section OF
The same Article, and for the third Sec
ton of the eleventh Article, viz: All reg
ular sessions of the General Assembly
shall commence on the first Monday of
january, annually. Senators shall be
elected bicnnially, and Representatives
anrGally, by the electors of their respect
i've counties or districts on the esecond Tues
day Of fOctober. Their term OF Office shall
commence onthe Grstday of January next
after their election, and that of Senators
shall continue two years, and that OF Rep
resentatives one year. TheSenators elcc-
ted in October next shall hold their Offices
for two years, and the Representatives
elected at the same time shall hold their
Offices for one year Provided, that sew
enteen Of the Senators elected on the sec
ond Tuesday Of October, 1857, to be as
certained by lot, as the President of the
Senate may direct, shall 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 biennially thereafter.
When any county shall have fraction
above the rates for Representatives 50
large that being multiplied BY ten, the re-
suit shall be equal to one or more ratios,
additional representatives shall be appor-
toned for such ratios, among the several
sessions of the decennial period in the fol-
lowing manner: Ii there be only one IA
ito then a representative shall be allotted
to the tenths,s ion ofthe decennial period
Ii there arc two ratios, Representatives
shall be allotted to the ninth and tenth
sessions; Ii three, to the eighth, ninth, and
tenth sessions; If four, to the seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; IL 1--WE, 10 the sixth,
seventh, eight, ninth aad tenth, If six, to
the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
-tenth; If seven, 10 the fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; Height,
to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; II nine, to the.
second, third, fourth, Gftll, sixth, seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth sessions Of the de-
cennial period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators
to which any senatorial district might be
entitled in any decennial period, by rea-
son ofany fraction of a senatorial ratio,
the fraction shall be multiplied by five,
and if the result be equal to one senatori-
al ratio, an additional Senator shall be al
lotted to said district for the ninth and
tenth sessions. lit be equal to two such
ratios an additional Senator for the sew
enth, eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions
shall be allotted to such district. Ii 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 Ifthis amendment be adop
ted by the electors, the counties now enti-
tied to more than one member in either
or both branches of the Legislature in the
fourth and fifth sessions of the present
decennial period as now provided, shall
have like number of members in each
branch thereof for each session of the re-
mainder Of the present decennial period.
N. III. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofAe House Of REPRESENTATIVES.
THOMAS Ii. FORD,
President Of Me Senate.