The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-16
POLITICAL,
Proposed Constitution Amendments

AMENDMENT hOs
Resolued By the General Assembly of the State of
Okfe. Three-fifths of the members elected to each
House eonS1rrihg therein, 4 AT IS { ne ana vn
the second Tuesday OF October next, upon the ap-
prevail or rejection of the following amendment;
as a substitute for the twenty fifth Section of the
second Article OF. the Constitution and for the
second Section OF the same Article, and for the
regular sessions of the General Assembly shall
commences on the first Monday of January, annu,
Representatives annually, by the electors of their
respective counties or districts on the second
Tuesday of October. Their term of office shall
commence on the first day of January next after
their election, and that OF Senators shslI continue
two years, and that of representatives one year
The Senators elected in October next shall hold
their offices for two years, and the Representa-
tives elected at the same time shall hold their Of
fees 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 of October,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight, and
biennially 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 one or more ratios, additional
ratios among the several sessions of the decennial
period in the following manner. Ifthere be only
one ratio then a Representative shall be allotted
to the tenth session of the decennIal period.
IT there are two ratios Represe~ natives shall be
allotted to the ninth and tenth sessions If three
to the eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions; if four to
the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth II five to
the sixth, seventh, eighth, Einth and tenth IL six
10 the Hll, slAlu, seNenIu, tlSnLn, ninth anu
tenth; If seven to the fourth fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; II eight to the third,
fJurth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, ehth, ninth and tenth sessions OF
the decennial period respectively.
In determining the number ofSenators to which
any senatorial district might Re entitled in any
decennial period, by reason of any fraction of a
senatorial ratio, the fraction shall be multiplied
by five, and If the result be equal to one senatorial
ratio an additional Senator shall be allotted to said
district for the ninth and tenth sessions. If i be
equal to two such ratios an additiO' aISenator for
the seventh. eighth. ninth, and tenth sessions shall
be allotted to such district. If three then to the
fifth, sixth, seventh, eight, ninth and tenth
IT four, to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth seventh,
eighth ninth, and tenth sessions respectively. IT
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 de-
cennial period as now provided shall have a like
number of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder of the present de-
cennial period.
Nh. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,.
THOMi H. FORD,
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