The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-08-06
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/. 4 AMEKpMEnr No. 1.

'i'','-' ~ AMENDMENT NO. 1.
RsssIssdsy .ks 0sAsrst HsssmbIv Of tis stais Sf
ohio, 1bree-niihs OF the msmbers elected 70 each
proposed 10 the electors Of this State 70 vote on The
second Tuesday Of October next, upon the spproval
tute for the twenty h SECTION Of ihs second Article
Of the Constitution and for he second section OF The
same Article, and for the third Section OF he eleventh
Article viz; Allregular sessions Of the Ge-efal An-
sembly shall the first Mo BdAy Of Janua.
y, annually. Senators shall be elected biennialy
and Representatives annually By The electors oftheh
respective counties districts s second TUESDAY
OF October. Their term ofOflce shall commence
the first day January next amer their election, and
that of Senators shall continue Two years. and that OF
Representatives one year. The Senators elected In
October next, shall hold their offices for years and
the Representatives elected at the same time shall
teen of the Senators elected the second Tuesday
OF October, 1857 to be ascertained BY lot, Pres
dent of the Senate may direct shall hold their ONCE
for only one year and their successors shall be elect
ed on the second Tuesday of October, thousand
eight hundred and hyeighI, and bieDnally thereaf-
ter. When any county shall have fraction above
the rates for Representative so large that being multi
piled by ten the result shall be equal TO or
ttios, additional Representatives shall be apporon-
hedOr such ratios the several sessions the de-
cennal peri cd In the following mnHner: II there be
only one ratio then Representative shall be allotted
to the tenth session of the deeennia period.
lfthere are two ratios, Representatives shall be al
otted to the ninth and tenth sessions; If three to the
eighth ninth aud tenth sessions; lffour TO the seventh,
eighth ninth and tenth; Ifveto the sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; II sixth to the hth sixth,
seventh, eighth ninth and tenth; lfseven hefourth
fnh sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; If eight
to the third fourth, ,flh, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth; lfnne to the second. third, fourth, fifth
sixth, seventh eighth, ninth and tenth sessions OF the
decennal period respectively.
In determining the number Sena tors to which any
district might be entitled in AIRY iecennial
PERIOD by Ofany fraction of senatoral ratio,
ihcfractiOn shall be multiplied by Eve, and If the re
suit he equal to senatorial ratio, additional
Senator shall be allotted to sold diste for the ninth
and tenth sessions If it be equal 10 two such ratios
l,,, al fart
and tenth sessions shall be allotted TO such district.
three then to the fifth, sixth seventh, eighth ninth and
tenth.
Iffour. to the third fourth, ffth, sixth, seventh
eighth ninth ana tenth Sessions respectively. II this
amendment be adopted by the electors, the counties
now entitled To more than one member in either OF
both branches Of the Legislature in the fourth and
fifth sessions OF the present deeennia period as now
Eprovided, shall have like number of members In
each branch hereofor each session of the remainder
of the present decehnial period. -
Nh. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofths House of Rcpresentatives.
THOMAS FL. FORD,
PresIdent of the Senate.
1atat ADril 3l. 1857.