The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-08-13
rROrOskD CONSTITUTION ~,
A Nj i n d Nj e n T S
AMENDMENT NO. 1.


Rssoiced By ne General Assembly Of fAs sfets Of
oehiO, Three-iflhs Of the members elected TO each
House eoneurrng thensn, Ihatit be and hereby ,is
proposed 20 the electors OF this State 10 vote on the
second Tuesday OF October next, upon the spproual
or releeton Of The following amendment subsii.
ue for the twenty -h Section OF me SECOND Article
Of the Consultation and for the second Section OF the
same Article, aud for the third Section of the eleventh
Article, yiz Allregnlar sessions OF the General As
sembiy shall commence on the first Nj nd6y Of Js1na-
ry annually. Senators shall be elected biennialy
and Representatives arBuIiy by the electors 0fthef
respective eountesor districts the second Tuesday
Of October. Their term Of Office shall eommenee on
the rs day Of January next after their eectinn, and
that OF Senators shall continue two years and that OF
Representatives. one year. Tho Seuaibrs elected in
October next shall hold their offices for two years and
the Representatives elected at The time shall
hold their offices for year. Provided that seven
teen Of the Senators elected on the second Tuesday
ofOctOber, 1857 to be ascertained by lot, the PTes-
dent Of the Senate may direct, shall hold their office
for only year, and their successors shall ba elect
ed on the second Tuesday of October, one thousand
eight hundred and iy eight and bieDnally theTeaf
ter. When any county shall have a fraction above
the rates for Representative large that being multi
piled 10y ten the result shall be equal to
ratios, additional Representatives shall be apportOn-
ed for such ratios among the several sessions the de-
cenna period in the folio wing maEner: If there be
only ratio then Representative shall be allotted
to the tenth session of the dec ennal period.
lfthere two ratios, Representatives shall be al
oted to the ninth and tenth sessions Is three to the
eighth NINTH and tenth sessions flour to the seventh
eighth ninth and tenth; five to the sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth If sixth TO the MIN, sNh,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; lfseyen TO the fourth
fh, sixth, seventh, eighth ninth and tel h; If eieh
to the third fourth h, sixth, seventh, eigL 'b, ninth
and tenth; lfnine to the second. third, fourth, hlh,
SIXTH seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sessions OF the
decennial period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators to which any
senatorial district might be entitled In AIRY decennial
period, by reason oany fraction of senatorial ratio.
the fraction shall be multiplied by I've, and If The re
suit be equal to one senatorial ratio, additional
Senator shall be allotted to said district the ninth
and tenth sessions. If IL be equal two such ratios
an additional Senator for the seventh, eighth ninth
a laIlth hp IN
three then to the h sixth seventh eighth, ninth and
tenth.
lffour, to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth sessions respectively If this
amendment be adopted by the electors, the counties
now entitled to more than one member in either
both branches of the Legislature in the fourth and
fifth sessions of the present decennia period now
provided, shall have like number of members in
each branch hereoffor each session Of the remainder
of the present dccennial period.
NH. VANV0RHES,
Speaker of the House Of RepreS eHtatiUes.
THOMAS II. FORD,
60. Prestdento Of the Senate.
Datod April ID, 1857,