M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND.
MENTS.
AMENDMENT NO. /.

Resolved By the General Assembly Of the
State of Ohio, Three-fiths of the members
elected to each house cOncurring therein,
That it be and hereby is proposed to the
electors of this State to vote on the second
Tuesday of October next, upon the approx
al or rejection of the following amendment
as q substitute for the twenty-fifth Section
of the second Article of the Constitution
and for the second Section of the same Ar.
ticle, and for the third Section of the elev-
enth Article, viz All regular sessions of
the General Assembly shall commence on
the first Monday Of January~ annually. Sen
ators shall be elected ~biennially, and Rep
resentatives annually, by the electors of their
respective counties or districts on the Sec
ond Tuesday of October. Their term of.
office shall commence on the first day Of.
January next after their election, and that.
of Senators shall continue two years, and
that Of Representatives one year. The Sen
ators elected in October next shall hold
their Offices for two years, and the Repre-
sentatives elected at the same time shall
hold their Offices for one year. Provided,
that seventeen of the Senators elected on
the second Tuesday of October, 1857, to be
ascertained by lot, as the President of the
Senate may direct, shall hold their office
for only one year, and their successors shall
be elected on the second Tuesday ofOcto-
Der, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight, and biennialIy thereafter. When
any county shall have a fraction above the
rates for Representative so large that being
multiplied by ten, the result shall be equal
to n or more ratios, additional Represent
tatives shall be apportioned for such ratios
among the several sessions of the decennial
period in the following manner /: If there
be only one ratio then a Representative
shall be allotted to the tenth session of the
dscennial period.
If there are two ratios Representatives
shall be allotted to the ninth and tenth ses-
sions; Ifthree 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 decennial period re-
spectively.
In determining the number of Senators
to which any senatorial district might be en-
titled in any decennial period, by reason of
any fraction of senatorial ratio, the frac-
ton shall be multiplied by five, and ifthe
result be equal TO one Senatorial ratio, all
additional Senator shall be allotted to said
district for the ninth and tenth sessions. If.
it be equal to two such ratios an additional
Senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth sessions shall be allotted to such dis
trict. If three then to the fifth, sixth, sew
enth, eighth, ninth and tenth.
If four, to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sessions re-
spectively. If this amendment 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 sessions Of the present decennial pc
riod as now provided, shall have a like mum.
Der of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder of the present
decenniai period.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives..
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.