Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-09-03

Election
AMENDMENT NO. /.
II DESOLvED BY YTBgGENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
IL, STATE OF OHIO Three-fEs of the rlrntcrs elect
ed Tn each House concurfing therein That 1t be and
hereby Proposed to the electors of this State to vote
the second Tuessy of October next upon the aprov-
al or rejection OF the following amendment as sust.
the txentr Section of the second Article OF
the Constitution and for the second Section of the same
Article and for the third Section OF the eleventh
Article viz: All regular session of the General Assembly
shall commence on first Monday of january annually.
Senators shall elected ennally and Representatives
annually by the electors of their respective counties or
dctriets on the second Tuesday of 0cobcr Their term
of Office shah commence the first day of January next
after their election and that the Senators shall continue
two years. that of Representatives year. The Sem
aors elected in October shall hold Offices
two years. and the Representatives elected at the
time shall bold their Offices for Provided that
seventeen of the Senators elected the second Tuesday
of October 1857 to be asscraied BY lot the President
of the Senate may direct shall hold their Office for only
one wear and their shall he elected the
ond Tuesday of October thousand eight hundred and
fy-eight and bicnnially thereafter When any county
shall have fraction above the rates for Representative
so large that being multiplied by ten the result shall be
equal ratios, additional Representatives
shall be apporioned for such ratios among the several
sessions of the decennal PERIOD in the following manner
If there be only ratio then Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session of the decennia period
If there two ratios Representatives shall I've allotted
to the ninth and teuth sessions; If three to the eighth
NINTH tenth sesSons If four to the seventh eighth,
ninth and tenth sessions; If five to the sixth, seventh,
eighth ninth and tenth; six to the ffth sixth, seventh,
elgntn, nlnIn anu lenlD, IL seven
SIXTH seventh cig ninth and tenth; If eight to the
third fourth, fih, 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 he entedin any decenpal pc
rod Iy Of any fraction of senatorial ratio, the
fraction shall be multiplied by five and if the result be
equal to senatorial RATIO additional Senator shall
I've allotted said district for the ninth and tenth
sions If it be equal to two such ratios additional
Senator for the seventh eighth NINTH and tenth sessions
shall lie allotted to such district II three then to the
dfth, sixth, seventh, eighth ninth and tenth.
four to the third fourth, fifth, SIXTH seventh eighth
ninth and tenth sessions resp,c lively. If this amend
be adopted by the electors the counties enti
tied TO than member in either both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth
sions of the present decennal period provided shall
have like number OF members in each branch thereof
each session of the remainder of the present deconnia
period.
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
THOMAS ii. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April 81, 1857.