Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-05-14
LEGAL
PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS

Resolrsd By the General Assembly Of ths State Of
Ohio, Three-ffths of the members elected to each
House concurriug ther ein That it he and hereby Is
proposed the electors of this State to vote on the
second Tuesday of October nrxt the approval or
rejection 1.-THE following amendment substitute
for the twenty th Section of the second Article of
the Constitution AMI for the second Section Of the
same AT Gle and for the third Section fthe eleventh
Article viz All regular sessions of the General As
sedibIy shall commence the first Monday of Ianu-
ary annually. Senators shall be elected bienniaiy,
and Representatives annually by the electors Of their
respective unties DISTRICTS the second Tues
of October. Their terms IF office shall c mmence on
the rst day of January after their election. and
that Senators sh II continue two years ard that Of
Rel tatives one year The Senators elected in
October next shall bold their offices for two years and
the Representa- tives elected the same time shall
hold their offices for year. rovided. that seven
teen the Senators e6 cted the second Tuesday Of
October SJ4. TO he asreraned by lot as the Ffe-l-
dent Of the Senate direct shall hold their office
for only wear, and their successors shall he rcied
the second Tuesday of October one thousand eight
hundred and fi;y-eigEt biennIaiy thereafter
When auy county shall have traction above the
rates for Representative large that being multiplied
bv en the result shall he equal to more ratios
add tiOna Prcsenta,ives shall he appointed tor such
among the several sessions Of the deeennia peri
0d in the following manner: Ii there be only one
ratio tn. a Representative shall he allotted 10 the
tenth session of the deCenni ial period
Iftheir are ratios Representatives shall be al
oted ninth and tea;h sessions; 10 thrre to the
eighth inth, and Ienth seSsiOns nur 10 the sew
enth eighth, ninth and tenth; Iffvr TO sixth. sew
enth eighth ninth and te ih; If six 10 the NTH SIKH
seventh eighth. ninth ami tenth; Hseven 10 The iouth
fih sixth seventh eighth ninth ndtenth; II eight.
third fourth fifth. sixth. seventh. eighth ninth
and tenth; ri nine to the second, third, fourth. hh,
sixth seventh. eight ninth and tenth sessions of the
decennisl period respectively.
IN determining the number of Senators TO winch
any senatorial district might he entitled IN any decen
NAL PERIOD by of fraction Of senatorial
ratio The traction shall he mu tiplied by five and II
the result, he equa! 10 one senatorial ratio an ahd
tIOnaI Senator shall he allotted to district for The
ninth and tenth sessions. II il he equal 10 two such
ratios an AID tionl Senator for the sventh, eighth,
nnh and tenth sessions sha be allotted to such DIS
Irict three then the ft sixth, sevenIhelghih
ninth ana tenth.
Iffour to the third fourth, fiith, sixth, seventh,
eiaLth min tn and tenth sessions respectively Hthis
amendment be adopted by the electors, The Counties
fnItlrd To more Than one member IN eliher or
bou ranches of the Lse eislaiuTe in the fourth aud
fifth of the present eeennial period aS now
prov ided shall lave a like number OF members IN
eac branch thereof for each session the Temalde
OIthe present deceEnial period
N. h. VAN WORRIES,
Sneaker Of .ke House Of Representatives..
THOMAS ii. FORD.
President o. dae Senate.