Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-09
CONSTITU-
TION AMENDMENTS.
AMENDMENT NO 1.

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Rcsolred BIZ The General assembly of
the State of Ohio. Three-ffths of the
members elected to each House concur
ring therein, That it be and hereby is
proposed to the electors of this State 20
vote on the second Tuesday of October
next, upon the approval or rejection of
the following amendments IS a substi-
tute for the tWenty-ffth Section of the
second article of the Consultations and
for the second section of the same Ar
ticle, and for the third Section Of the
eleventh Article, viz: All regular sessions
Of the General Assembly shalEcom-
mence on the first Monday of January,
annually. Senators shall be elected BIZ
ennially, and Representatives annually,
by the electors of their respective coun-
ties or districts IN the second Tuesday
of October. Their term of Office shall
commence on the first day of January
next after their election, and that of
Senator shall continue two years, and
that of Representatives n year. The
Senators elected in October next shall
hold their Offices for two years, and the
Representatives elected at the same time
shall hold their Offices for one veal
Provided, that seventeen of the Senators
elected on the second Tuesday of Octo-
Der, 1857, to. be ascertained by lot, as
the President of-the Senate may direct,
shall hold their Office for only one year,
aud their successors shall be elected on
the second Tuesday of October, one
thousand eight hundred and ffty7eight,
and biennially thereafter. 81 When any
county shall have a fraction above the
rates for Representatives so large that
being multiplied by ten, the result shall
be equal to one or more ratios, addition-
al Representatives shall be apportioned
for such ratios among the several ses-.
sions o the deeennial period in the fol-
lowing manner: If there be only enc ra-
ito then a Representative shall be sallst-
ted to the tenth session of the decennial
period 3~5&Jjt.&IES95G ,
If there are two ratios Representa-
tiyes- shall be allotted to the ninth and
tenth sessions, If three to the eighth,
ninth, and tenth sessions; If four to the
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; If FIVE
to the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If six to the fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; If seven to the
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth.
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 the dcccnni-
al period respectively.
In determining the number of Sena-
tors to which amy Senatorial district
might be entitled in any d~ecennial, pc
ROD, by reason Of any fraction of a sen
atorial ratio, the fraction shall be null
tiplicd by five, and if the result be equal
to one senatorial ratio, an additional
Senator shall be allotted to said district
for the ninth and tenth sessions. If it
be equal to two such ratios an addition
al Senator for the seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth sessions shall be allotted to
such district. If three then to the fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth.
If four, to the third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, aud tenth
sessions respectively. If this. amend
,ment 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
session of the present decennial period
as now provided, shall have a like mum
Der of members in each branch thereof
for each session of the remainder of the
present decennial period.
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS II. FORD,
President Of the Scnate.
April Sd, 1857. H..