Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-06-11
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND-
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ANExDEEST NO 1.
R.sare2 b. DE Gensral Assembly g he Sats
Of Ohio, Three6nhs Of the members elected 70
eaSh House eOncurng therein. that u be and here
~ Il proposed TO The electors OF this State 10 vote
on the soodd Tuesday q October rext, upon the
approval OF ~rejecti0n Of the following amendment
rs q substitute for the Iwenty-Ghh Section Of .be
seond Article q tbe Constitution and fOF the
second sestoa ofthe same Article, aud for the
third Section Of the eleventh Article viz: All reg
ular sessions Of the General Assembly shall CON
mence on the first Monday of January, annually
Senators shall DO elected bienHiilv. and Rsprcsen'
tatives annually, 10y the electors OF their RESPECTIVE
esuuties OF districts on the second Tuesday Of DC
toJxr. Their term Of Office shall on
the 6rt day Of January next after their election,
and that Of Senators shall c]Outiune two year, and
thst Of Representatives one year. The Senstors
elected m October next shall hold their offices for
txo yean, and the Representatives elected at tie
ssns time shall hold their offices for one year.-
Provided, that seventeen Of the Senator'S elected 90
the second Tuesday Of October, 1857, TO he ascer.
,aiueJ by lot, as the President Ofthe Senate may
direct, shall hold their office for only one year, aud
Their succassorsshsl be elected on the second Tues.
day Of October, one THOUSAND eight hundred aud
fity-ejaht, ard b]ienniaily thereafter. Wien any
county chad have a fnctlan above the rates for
Representative SO large that being multiplied 10y
ten, the result shall be eqa~l To Que or more ratios
additional Representative shall be appori"ned
for such ratios among the several sessions Of the
d~eesnnial period in tue following manner: Ii finer
be only one ratio, then, a Representative sl,sii bt
allotted to the teuth session Of the dccenial pc
nod,
II there are two ratios, Representa-, es shellbe
allotted to the ninth and tenth sessions; Ii three L
the eighth, niuth, aud teuth sessions; Ii four t
the seventh. eighth, ninth aud ienth lC five 10 III
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth aud tenth II sN 10 III
fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth aud tenth;
seven to the fourth, fifth, sixth. seventh. eight
ninth and tenth; Ii eight to the third, fourth ifI
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth aud tenth; If ma
10 the second, third. fourth, fifth, sixth sew
entb, eighth, ninth and tenthi sessions oil Ihe deceu
nisl period respectively.
Ia determining the number Of Senators
which any senatorial district might be entitled i
any decenial period, by re.son Of any fraction c
n Senatorial ratio, the fraction shall be multiple
fy five, aud il tue result be equal TO- one senate
rial ratio, an additional Senator shall be allotted t
said district for the ninth and tepth sessions.
it 70 equal 10 two such ratios an additional Sens
torror the seventh, eighth, ninth aud tenth session
shall be allotted to such district. If three then
the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth an
tenth.
IL four to the third, fourth fifth, sixth, seyentI
eighth, ninth and tenth sessions respectively.
this amendment he adopted BY the electors, II
counties now entitled to more than one membt
IN either or both branches ofthe Legislature in Ii
fourth aud fifth sessions of the present decent
period rs now provided. shall have a like mum
Of members in each branch thereof for each sessio
Grthc remainder of the present decenial period.
N. II. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker Of The House of Representatives.
THOMAS II. FORD.
President OF the Senate.