Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-09-17
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Proposed Constitution Amendments
To be submitted to tic uoterscf Ohio at Tie October
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To be submitted to tic uoterso Of Ohio at Ae October
Election.
AMENDMENT No. l.
ID ESOLvED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
II STATE OF OHIO Three-ffths OF the members elect
ed 70 each House concurring therein That il be and
hereby is proposed to the electors this State 20 roe
the second Tuesday of October next upon the sppro
al rejection Of the following amendment as substa-
tute for the twenty 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 the first Monday of January annually
Senators shall be elected bennal and Representatives
annually by the electors of their respective counties
dictrcs the second Tuesday of October Their term
of office shall commence the first day Of January next
after their election and that the Senators shall continue
two years. that of one year The Sem
ators elected in October next shall hold their Offices for
two wears the Representatives elected at the
time shall hold their Offices for year. Provided that
seventeen of the Senators elected the second
October 1851 to be asserained lo the President
of the Senate may direct shall hold their Office for only
year, and their shall be elected the
ond Tuesday Of October thousand eight hundred and
ffyeight and bienniay thereafter. When any county
shall fraction above the for Representative
large that being multiplied by ten the result shall
shall be apporoned for such ratios among the several
sessions of the decenna period in the following
there be only ratio then Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session of the decennia period
there two ratios Representatives shall be allotted
to the ninth and teuth sessions; three to the eighth
NINTH and tenth sessions; If four the seventh eighth
eighth, ninth and tenth If six to the fifth SIXTH seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth; to tho fourth, 6fth
sixth, seventh egh ninth and tenth; If eight to the
third, fourth, fh sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth If nine to the second, third fourth fifth sixth
seventh eighth, ninth and tenth sessions Of decennia
period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators to which auy
senatorial district might be entitled in any decennia pc
ROD by reason of fraction of senatorial RATIO the
fraction shall be multiplied by ve and if the result be
equal to one senatorial ratio, additional Senator shall
be allotted to said district for the ninth and tenth
sions If it be equal to two such ratios additional
Senator for the eighth ninth and tenth sessions
shall be allotted to such district three then to the
fifth, sixth, seventh eighth, ninth and tenth
four to the third fourth, fifth, sixth seventh eighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively If this amend
ment be adopted by the electors the counties now emit
tied to more than one member in either or both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth ses
sons present decennia period provided shall
have like number of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder of the present ecennia
period.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate
Dated April Sd, 1857.