Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-08-20
LEGAL
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS.
ANzxpxRNr NO I.


Resolved By the Genersl Asssmss Of ths STATE q
Ohio Three-ffths of the members elected 10 each
House concurring therein. That il Re and hereby Is
proposed to the electors OF this stale 70 vote on ne
second Tuesday Of October next the approvalor
rejection ofthe following amendment as snbsuiuts
for the twenty th Section of the second Article OF
the Constitution and for the second Section OF the
same Ari ce and for the third Section of the eleventh
Article viz: All regular sessions Of the General AS
sembly shall commence on the nrst MONDAY OF gene-
sry annually. Senators shall be elected bienniahy,
and REPRESENTATIVES annually by the electors OF their
respective unties districts on the second Tues
of October. Their terms Of oiee shall commence on
the day of January next after their election, and
that fSenators sha continue two years. and that OF
ReJ tatives one year The Senator'S elected in
October shall hold their Offices for two years, and
the Representa- tives elected the same time shall
hold their Offices for year. Provided that seven
teen Senator'S elected the second Tuesday OF
October 1857 be ascertained by lot, as the Presi-
of the Senate may Direct shall hold their once
for only year. their successors shall be elected
the second Tuesday of one thousand eight
hundred and fifty eight, bennisy the resffer.-
When any county shall have fraction above the
for Representative so large that being multiplied
ten the result shall be equal to one or more raiios
additional Representatives shall be appointed for such
among the several sessions of the perl
cd in the following manner; II mere oe only one s
| tenth session Of the decennial period.
Iftheir are ratios Representatives shall be al
lotted and tenth sessions; IL three to the
eighth NINTH and tenth sessions four to the sew
enih eighth, ninth and tenth; lffve 10 sixth, sew
enth. eighth ninth and tenth; II six 10 the hh SIXTH
i
fifth sixth seventh. eighth ninth and tenth; Height,
10 the third fourth h, sixth, seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth; If nine the second, third fourth. fnh,
sixth seventh eight. ninth and tenth sessions OF the
decennial period respectively.
| IN determining the number of Senators to which
any senatorial district might be entitled in any decen
naI perIod by of any fraction ofe senatorla
ratio the traction shall he multiplied by five, and II
the result be equal tU one senatorial ratio an addi
tona shall allotted to said district for the
ninth and tenth sessions. n il be equal to two such
ratios an additional Senator for the SEVENTH eghths
NINTH and tenth sessions be allotted to such as
trict three then the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth,
| ninth and tenth.
Iffour, TO the third fourth, ffh, sixth, seventh,
eighth and tenth sessions respectively. Hthis
amendment be adopted by the eiectors. the Counties
low sntit led 10 than one member in either or
boti ranches OF the Leg gisature in the fourth and
fifth sessions of the present ecennia period as now
i provided shall have like number OF members in
each branch thereof for each session OF re remader
ofths present decennial period
| N H.-VAN WORRIES,
| Speaker of the House of Representatives..
/ THOMAS H. FORD,
l President Of the Senate.