The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-07-29
POLITICAL.
Proposed Constitution Amendments.
AMENDMENT no. j.

AMENDmENT NO. l..
Resolced by the General yassembIu of the state of
Ohio. Three-hfths of the members elected to each
House coneurringt therein, That it be and hereby
is proposed to the electors of this State to vote on
the second Tuesday of October next. upon the an.
proval or rejection OF the following amendmen:
second Article OF the Constitution and for lie
second Section of the same article, and for the
third Section of the eleventh Article, viz: All
regular sessions of the General Assembly hall
commence on the first Monday OF January. annu-
ally. Senators shall be elected niennially. and
Representative annually, by the electors OF their
respective counties or districts ON the SECOND
Tuesday of October. Their term Of. otice shall
their election, and that OF Ser ators shsll continue
two years, and that of Representatives one year.
their Offices for two years. and the Represents
tives elected at the same time shall hold their of
the Senators elected on the second Tuesday OF
October, 1857. to be as 'ertained by lot. as the
President of the Senate may direct. shall hold
their office Tor only one year, and their successors
shall be elected on the second Tuesday of October,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight, and
biennia!Iy thereafter. When any county shall
have a fraction above the rates for representative
so large that being multiplied by ten, the result
shall be equal to one or more ratios, additional
Representatives shall be apportioned for such
ratios among the several sessions of the decennial
periOd in the follo wing manner: Ifthereb be nniy
to the tenth session of the decennIal period.
IF there are two ratios Representatives shall be
allotted tn the ninth and tenth sessions; If three
tothe eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions;i if four to
the seventh, eighth. ninth and tenth If five to
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to the fnh, SIXTH, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If seven to the fourth fifth, sixth. seventh.
eighth, ninth and tenth; If eight to the third,
f .urth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third, fourth, fifth.
sixth, seventies ghth, ninth and tenth sessions OF
the daCennial period respec lively.
In the number ofSenators to which
any senatorial district might he entitled in any
decennial period, by reason of any fraction of a
senatorialratio, the fraction shall be multiplied
by five, and if the result be equal to one enatorial
ratio. an additional Senator shall be allotted to said
district for the ninth and tenth sessions. III he
equal to two such ratios an additio al Senator for
the seventh. eighth. ninth, andtenth sessions sha IL
be allotted to such district If three then to the
fifth, sixth, seventh, eight, ninth and tenth
If four. to the third, fourth. fifth. sixth seventh.
eighth ninth, and tenth sessions respectively. If
this amendment be adopted by the electors. the
counties now entitled to more than one member
in either or both branches of the Legislature in
the fourth and fifth sessions of the present de-
cennial period as now provided, shall have a like
number of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder. of the present de-
cennial period.
n. Fl. VAN VORHES,
70 Speaker Of the House of ReprcSeRtaciUes.
THOMAS H. FORD, -
- President of the Senate