Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-30
LEGAL
- PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS.

Rssetrsd Bg the General assembly Of the state Of
Ohio, Three-ffths of the members elected 10 each
pro osed electors of this State to vote on the
second Tuesday of October rext the approval or
rejection ofthe following amendment as sulstitate
for the twentyhth Section Of the secord Article OF
the Constitution and for the SECOND Section the
Article end for the third Section o!the eleventh
Article viz All regular sessions of the General As
semhly shall commence the frs, Monday Of janu-
ary annually Senators shall be elected bienniaily,
and Representatives annually by the electors OF their
respective unties distriscfs the second Tues
of October. Their terms ef ONCE shall Commence on
the day of Janusry after their election, and
that Senators sh continue two years, ard that OF
Rel reseHtatives one year The senators elected IN
October shall hold their Offices for two years and
the Representatives elecIed the same time shall
hold their offices for one year. Provided that seven
teen ofthe Senators e cted the second Tuesday OF
October 1851 to he tanned by lot. as the PretI'
dent of the Senate may direct shall hold their once
for on one year. and their shab he lected
the second Tuesday of Ocioier one thousand eish'
hundred and fiftyeIght bennially the reafter.-
When anv county shall have traction above the
rates for Representative large that beIng multiplied
by ten, the result shall he equal to one OF more
additional presentaives shall be appointed for such
among the several sessions vi the decenna peri
| od in the following manner: II there he only one
ratio tn, Representative shat be ALLOTTED 10 'hs
tenth session of the decenHial perlod
| IfIheir two ratios Representatives snah ne q
oted the ninth and tenth sessions; u three 10 th
eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions our 70 .ne ses
enth eighth, ninth and tenth; ifhve 10 SKIN. seV
en'h. eighth ninth aud teath; lf sxfo the nith sxt
seventh ninth and tenth; iseven TO the iouTt
i fifth. sixth seventh eighth ninth and tenth slRht
10 the third fourth fifth, sixth. SEVENTH esht h.ntl
and tenth; n nine The second. third, iourih MIN
sixth seventh eight. ninth aud tenth sessions OF III
deoenhial period respectively.
IA determining the number of senators 10 WhiSi
any senatorial district might he entitled IN any deeen
MAI perIud, by of anv fraction OF senao'la
ratio the traction shall he mu tiplied by hVe ana
the result he equal one senatorial ratio an aaa
OnaI shall lie allotted to 81 district tor Id
ninth and tenth sessions. IT II be equal TO two sue
ratios an additional Senator for the venth, eishih
ninlh and tenth sessions shall he allotted 10 such uis
trici n three then the filth, sixth, seventheishtl
ninth tenth.
Hfour, To The third. fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh
eisLtn ninth and tenth sessions rsspeetlveiy Hth
amendment he adopted by the eiectots, Inc CnuhIie
Low untitled 10 more than ore member IN el.her q
bou ranches of the Legislature in the lOurlh an
fifth sessions the present decennial period as "'
| prov ided. shall Lave like numner OF mempeIs
eat br anch thereof each session the remalde
ofthe present decennial i.erIod. -
N. ii. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
THOMAS ii. FORD.
President Of the Senate.