Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-07-23


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AMENDMENT NO. /.
u ESOLYED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
IL STATE OF OHIO, fhreehiths of the members elect
G to each House eoncurring therein, Thst it be and
hereby proposed the electors of this State to vote
the second Tuesday Of October next upon the APPROX
al rejection of the following amendment subs-
tute for the twentyh Section of the second Article Of
the Constitution and for the second Section Of the
Article, and for the third Section of the eleventh
Article All regular session of the General Assembly
shall commence on the first Monday Of January annually
Senators shall be elected biennaly, and Representatives
annually the electors of their respective counties
dictrcts on the second Tuesy of October Their term
of Office shall commence on the day OF January next
after their election and that the Senators shall continue
years and that of Representatives. year The Sem
ators elected in October next shah hold their Offices for
two years. and the Representatives elected at the
time shall hold their offices for Provided that
seventeen the Senators elected the second Tuesday
of October 1857 to be asserained BY lot as the President
of the Senate direct shall hold their Office for only
one year and he- shall he elected the
ond Tuesday of October thousand eight hundred and
ffy.isht and bienniay thereafter. When any county
shall have fraction above the Representative
large that being multiplied by ten the result shall be
cqusl to ratios, additional Representatives
shall apporoned for such ratios among the several
sessions of the decenna period in the following
If there be only ratio then Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session of the decennial period
If there two ratios Representatives shall be allotted
TO the ninth and teuth sessions; If three TO the eighth
NINTH and tenth sessions If four to the seventh eighth,
ninth and tenth sessions If five to the sixth seventh
eighth ninth and tenth; seven TO the fourth, fifth,
SIXTH SEVENTH eigt ninth and tenth; If eight to the
third fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third fourth fifth, sixth,
seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions of decennal
period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators to which any
senatorial district might lie entitled in deceunal pc
Rod by of fraction of senatorial ratio the
fraction shall be multiplied by 6ve and if the result be
equal senatorial ratio additional Senator shall
be allotted to ssid district for the ninth and tenth
sions If it be equal to two such ratios an additional
Senator the seventh eighth NINTH and tenth sessions
shall he allotted to such district three then to the
fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth.
If four to the third fourth, fifth sixth, seventh, eighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively. If this amend
adopted by the electors, the counties enti
tied to than member in either both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth
ons of the present decennai period provided shall
like number of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder Of the present decennsl
period.
n. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS H. FORD,
President of Senatp.