The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-08-21
PROPOSED coNsrUTTTiON .,MEND-
o MENTS.


AsETDNEsT no. !.
Rcsoirsd BY Ne efisnrrdi dsstmbiy oC Hc state OF
Ohio, Threc.fiilrs 0i the members elected to
each House concurting therein, That II hc and
hereby is proposed 10 the electors; uf this State
A. vote IN the second Tuesday uf October next.
upon the approva or rejection uf the following
amendment as yustituto inr the twGnty.nllh
hsction of the second Article ofthc Constitution
Ai.dfbr the second SccNicn Of abs stInC AftiClo.
aud for the third s,ciion Of the eleventh Arti.
Gle, viN All rcguLu sessions of The General As
scfsby sh~9ctsA. .Hcncc on tho first Monday ui
Jaiu Try. annually. Senators slall hc elected
vi, NJ ally, and Representatives annually, by
the electors of their respective counties az
DIS yiSts un the second Tuesday ut October.
Thrir term Of uHtyc ShHt commence ON the first
dHy y. January next nnor thnir election. and
iliu vi Senators shall continue two Years. and
that ~ Representatives one year IN" ScNa
tnrs elected IN Vctohcr ncN shall hold tlciI
Office for twu years. anl The Rrpro>rniiiy",
elected ut the same tim" shall hold their uri
ccsf0r one year. Provided, that seventeen ui
the ScMtnrs elected "n IT." -rr"ud Tuesday ul
Ocl,tcr, 1857 Ia be asccrtan.d by lot, as the
Prcsidtn; of the Scuatc may ,Irc't. slHll hold
theif y.iice Tor only one year, and their sue.
ccss"rs shal ho elected on the second tucsday
of OctOUGr, one thpuSand eight hundred aud
my eight, and hicnnialy thCrcafl.r Whs nj
any county shall have Il fraction above the rates
for lcpry uL,t tiNe 50 igigr that hoiur multi
piled by ten, the result shall lee IuIl To- uiiC or
more ratios. additional Repre- -ru'.t.Nt~ slHll be
ecSsi ms ufthe 'tecCnnial prriud IN The following
,uanncr; lfthcrchy oHly one ratio thrua Repre-
Sentative shall be allotted Ia the tenth st>stuu
o the dcccnnul period.
II there are tyU tstIus Representatives Shal.
he allotted Ia tho ninth aud t"nth .t,H uIiS: T.
three to the eighth. NINTH and tenth ou>.iuus; II
fur to the seventh. eighth. ninth aud tenth; II
five To the sixth. seventh eighth ninth and iunlh;
JIsiN tuthc hiih. sixth, seventh. ulEith, ninth
and tenth: II seven Ia the fourth, NTH, StNth
seventh. eighth, ninth and truth; He -ht lu The
and tcntlG II nine to the sccuid, tlurd, luurth
'ffth. sixth seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth
sessions oi the dcCenuial period respectively.
IN determining the number of Senators tu
which any senatorial district might he entitled
IN any ducnnial perodby reason ufany fraction
Of u senatorial ratio, the fraction shah he mu
tipled By Ave, aud f the result be- equal Ia ono
ratio, AN additional SCnaturShall be- allotted e.
scid district iOr the ninth and tenth session,
lit be equal 10 two such ratios IN additional
Senator for the seventh eighth niuth,aud tenth
sessions shall he allotted tu such district. Il
iIree then io the hnh, sixth, seventh, c,2hih,
ninth and tenth
II iour, To the third, fourth, nth, sixth. scV
cnth, eighth, ninth. and tenth sessions respect.
lively. lfthis ammcndmcut bc adopted hv III.
electors, the counties now entitled tu moro than
one member IN either Ut both branches uI the
Legislature IN the fourth and htjh .,,sSiris uitlr
present dccennial period ~ now provided. slml'
u I'VE a likc number 0imr mhriS Iuo,tch hrdurl
1hcreoiior each Scssiuiul the remainder ui the
present decennial period.
y. II. VAN WORRIES
n SpedkT The UD,tsr oJ haI, escDiaiircs.
TIlGNAS II. FORD.
PI,SitH Of m, S nate.
Dated Aurll a. lSJ-