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AMENDMENT No. 4.

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RcSored, " he General Assembly Of tie
State Of Oai0, three iths Of the members elected
TO each House coneuuing therein, that It BE-, and
hereby is proposed to the electors Of this State, 10
vote, on the second Tuesday Of October next, M.
on the approval or rejection Of the following
amendment as an additional section TO article elevs
en- Of the Constitution. Every county which now
is, or may hereafter be entitled to more than one
Senator, or Representative for the residue Of the
present decennial period, or for all, or any portion
Of any subsequent decennisl period shah be diyi-
ded into as many Senatorial and Representative
districts as there may be Senators or Representa-
uyes elective in any year OF the present, or any
subsequent decennial period, which districts shall
be OF contiguous territory, and each district shall
contain as nearly a ratio for Senator or Represent
alive as is attainable, without violating the rule
herein given as to eontiguity of territory, and
without dividing any township, election precinct, or
ward, If any Representative or Senatorial dis
trict, composed Of two or more counties, shall by
reason Of any excess Of population over a ratio,
be entitled to additional Representatives or Sena,
tors for any portion of the present or any subse.
quent decennial period, the district shall be divided
into two districts for each potion of such de-
cennial period, which shall be contiguous territory.
and each shall contain as near a ratio as is attaina-
bic without dividing counties.
II by reason Of the annexation of one Senate
rial district to another, there shall be any exce>s of
population over a Senatorial ratio, which shall be
entitled to additional Senatorial representation for
any portion Of any decennial period, each district,
as now constituted, shall elect one Senator.
Counties shall be divided into districts by the
county commissioners or such other board of Off
GERS elective and resident in the proper county as
may be provided by law. At least four months
prior to the general election in 1858, the counties
entitled TO more than one member of either house
shall be divided into districts for the residue of the
present d%ecennial period, and at least four months
prior to the generel election in the first year of
each subsequent decennial period, the counties en-
titled to more than one member for all, or any por-
ton Of such decennial period, 10 either or both
houses, shall be divided into districts for the whole
of the decennial period. A description of the
district of each county shall be published as may
be directed by the comfy commissioners or as NAV
be prescribed by law.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857,
SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
Columbus April 4, 1857.
hereby certify that the foregoing proposed
Constitution amendments are correctly copied
from the original rolls on file at this office.
JAMES II. BAKER.
Secretary of State.
do hereby certify that have read and COM
pared the proof of the forego ng proposed amend
ments to the Constitution, and iind them col rectly
printed from tue copy certified by the Secretary
Of State. J, l. BLACKBURN,