The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-07-02
AMENDMENT NO. +.

,". AMENHMENT NO.%O. 80 81
! Res0lrfd By The General .Assem5ly ofthe State =.
! ohio, Three-hfths of the members elected to eacI
House concurriDg therein, that 1t be and hereby 10
proposed to The electors of this State to vote, It'd
second Tuesday of October next upon the approval
! or rejection of the following amendmenment as ar
additional section to article eleven of the CoDsitu
tlon. Every county which now is, or may hereafter
be entitled to more than one Senator or Rcprese nta
tive for the residue of the present dccennia period,
or for all any portion of any subsequent deeen-
and Representative districts there may be Senators
or Representatives elective in any year of the present.
or any subsequent decennial period which districts
shall be of contiguous territory, and each district
shall contain as nearly ratio for Senator Repre-
sentative as is atanatle, without violating the rule
herein given as to centiguy Of territory, and wth
out dividing any township, election precinct, ,or ward
II any Representative or Senatorial district, com
posed OF two or more counties shall by reason Of any
excess of poprrlation over rati0 be entitled 10 ad-
diisonai Representatives Senators for any portion
Ofthe present or any subsequent decennial perOdS
the district shall be divided into twodstrcts for each
portion of such decennial period, which shall be
contiguous territory and each shall contain as near
ratio as is attainable without dividing counties. ~
fby reason ofthe annexation of one Senatorial dis
trct to another, there shall be any excess OF popu
lation over Senatorial ratio; which shall be entitled
to additional Senatorial representation for any poT-
ton Of any deeennial period, each district, as now
constituted, shall elect one Senator.
Counties shall be divided into districts by the coun.
ty commissioners or such other board of oit eee
tive and resident in the proper county may be pro-
vided by law. At least four mounths prior TO the
general election in 1885, the counties entitled more
han one member OF elthef mouse shall be divided in
to districts for the residue of the present. deeenniaf
and at least four months prior to thegeherai
election In the first yoar of each subsequent decent
mai period, the counties entitled 10 more than one
member for all, or any portion of such decennfaipe
iod in either or both houses, shall be divided Into
districts for the whole of the decennal PERIOD A
description of the district of each county shall be
published as may be directed by the commissioners
or as may be prescribed by law. 4r
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House of Rcpresentatipss.sg
THOMAS H. FORD,
Dated April Sd, 1857.
- SECRETARY OF STATES OPFicE,1
COLUMBUS, April A, 1857. l
- hereby certify that the foregoing proposed Con
sututlon amendments correctly copied ftom
the original rolls on file in this Office. .--
JAMES H. BAKER, S
.t.;t ~ Secretary Of Stafe. :
hereby certify that the foregoing proposed Con-.
stitution amendments correctly copied from The
copytarnished me BY the Secretary OF State.
{ S@'.f G. H. L. CARTER. j
! Rayenna, April 7th, 1857. ~ NJ,