Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-09-24
eY AUrHoR1TYo
Proposed CenStitation Amendments
To be besHbmited to the votersef Ohio at the October
Election.

AMENDMENT NJ. i.
r EsoLyED By YTaEGENERAL ASSEMBLY OF TIE
III STATE OF OHIO, Threefths Of the members elect
ed to each House concurrng therein, That it be and
hereby proposed to the electors of this State to vote
on the second Tuesday Of October next upon the APPROX
al rejection of the following amendment substi
tute for the twentyh Section of the second Article OF
the Consultation and for the second Section OF the same
Article and for the third Section o. the eleventh
Article viz: All regular session of tie General Assembly
shall commence the first Monday of January, annually
Senators shall be elected biennaly and Representatives
annu.v by the electors of their respective counties or
dictcts the second Tuesday of October Their term
of office shall commence tine frstd OF January next
after their election and that the Senators shall continue
two years. and that of Representatives 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 Provided that
of the Senators elected the second Tuesday
of October 1857 to be assetaned by lot the President
of the Senate direct shall hold their Office for only
one year and their shall be elected the
ond Tuesday of October thousand eight hundred and
ffy-eight and bennally thereafter When any county
shall have fraction above the rates for Representative
SO large that being multiplied by ten the result shall be
equal to ratios, additional Representatives
shall be appoioned for such ratios among the several
sessions of the decennia period in the following
If there be only ratio then Representative shall be
allotted the tenth session of the decennial period
there two ratios Representatives shall be allotted
10 the ninth and teuh sessions If three to the eighth
NINTH and tenth sessions four to the seventh eighth
ninth and tenth sessions; If i've to the sixth seventh
eighth ninth and tenth six to the fifth SIXTH seventh,
eighth ninth and tenth; If to the fourth, fifth,
SIXTH seventh, eih, ninth and tentn; If eight to the
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh eighth ninth and
tenh 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 any
senatorial district might be entitled in decennia
Rod by of any fraction of senatorial ratio the
fraction shall be multiplied by Eve and if the result be
equal to senatorial ratio, additional Senator shall
be allotted to said district for the ninth and tenth
sions- If it be equal to two such ratios an additional
Senator the seventh eighth NINTH and tenth sessions
shall be allotted to such district three then to the
ffth sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth.
four to the third fourth, fh sixth seventh, eighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively. If this amend
ment be adopted by the electors, the counties emit
tied to than member In either or both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth
sons Of the present decennal period provided shall
have like number of members in each branch thereof
each session Of the remainder of the present decennia
period.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS H FORD