The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-08-27
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND
MENTS.


Resolved by the General Assembly Of the State oi
Ohin, Thrce-flths of the members elected to each
House c0ncurriug therein, That t he and hereby Is
proposed to the electors Of this state 10 vote on the
second Tuesday Of October next, upon the approval
or rejection of the following amendment as a subsi
tute for the twentyh section OF the second article
of the consultation and for the second section Of the
Same article arl for the third section of the eleventh
article viz all regular sessions of the General As
somhly shall commence on the hrst Monda" ot J3hi-
ary, annually. senator, sldl! bceie'icI hrniaiI lnd
repre- 4rutatiycs annually by the electors Of hclr
Spcetive counties districts on the second Tuesday
October. Their term of office shall commence on the
rst day of January next after their election and that
OF senator's shall continue two years, ana that of rep
r.scntttses one year. The senator's elected in Octo-
ber next shall hold heir Offices for two years aud the
representatives elected at the same time shall hold
shcir Offices for pue year lrovdcd, that seventeen
OF the SENIORS cec.ed on the second Tuesday Of De-
tnhcr s5T to be ascgrtaiu,, by lot, Ge President
Or the senate may direct shall lOld their office for only
Onecar and their shall he elected On the
second Tuesday OF October one thousand eight hun
drei and ify-ciIat uui uichni1lly thereafter "hen
any county shat have fraction Ah"t me rates ip'
representative large that rcinG mt,ipi,d by ten,
ke result shall he cquh 70 one ar mere ratios, addi
tiona representatives shall be IppGriOncd for such
ratios among the several sessions of the drtrnniH
period in the following mlnner ltthrrc he ONLY one
ratio then representative shall be- 'ottcd to the tenth
session Of the dcccnnidl period.
If there are two RATIOS rerreS' natives Sh lll be aot
ted tn the ninth and tep,h sessions II three 70 the
eighth ninth aa tcnth il four TO the seventh, eighth
ninth and teHth if live TO the sixth seventh eighth
q ~ .
eighth ninth and tenth II seven 20 the fourth, NTH
sixth seventh eighth ninth and tenth If eight TO the
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh eight, nnth ana
tenth ane the second. third, fourth tfth SIXTH
seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions of the de-
ceRhial period respectively
In determining the number of senao' to which any
senatorial district might ho entitled IN any deccnnal
period by reason of any fraction of -eua;oria ratio,
the fraction shall he multiplied By five and il the re-
suit he equal to one senatorial ratio, an additional
Senator shall he allotted 10 said district tor the ninth
aad tenth sessions If it be- equal To tro such ratios
HI, additional senator for the -cvcIh, eighth, ninth,
and tenth 4es-inns shall be allutt. tn such district Ii
three then to the NTH, SIXTH seventh eighth ninth
and tenth.
Ii four to the third eighth,
ninth and tenth sessions respectively, II tlis amend
cnt he adopted hy the electors the counties nov en-
titled tn more than member in either or both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth aud nth sos.
-ions # the present dcccnniM period as nov rrovid
ed aha have like number OF members in each branch
thereof ter each session of the remainder OF The pres
cnt deceguial period. -
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
THOMAS Il. FORD.
President of the Senate.