True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-05-13
Laws Of Ohio.
PR0POsRD CONSTITUTION
AMENDMENTS.
AMrNpMENT no |.


Resolved by the General assembly q
The STATE Of Ohio, Three-6fths Of the
members elected to each House concnrring
therein. That Il be aud herebyis proposed
TO the Electors eof Ibis State to vote on the
second Tuesday OF October next, upon the
approval or rejection Of the following amend
nents as substitute for the twenty NTH
section OF the second Article Of the Constitu.
tion and for the second section of the same
article, and for the third section of the elev-
enth article, viz All regular sessions OF the
S General Assembly shall commence on the first
Monday Of January annually. Senators shall
, be elected bieRnially, and Representatives, an
ANally, by the electors OF their respective
counties or districts on the second Tuesday
Of October Their term of Office shall com.
menee on The first day Of January next after
their election, and that of'Senators shall con-
tinue two years, aud that of Representatives
one year. The senators elected in October
next shall hold their offices for two years,
and the Representatives elected at the same
time shall hold their Offices for one year. Pro-
vided, that seventeen Of the senators elected
on the second Tuesday of October, 1851, to
be ascertained by lot, as the President of the
Senate may direct, shall hold their Office for
only one year, aud 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 fraction above the rates for Rep. esen-
tative SO large that being multiplied by ten,
the result shall be equal to one or more ratios,
additionalreptesenta shall be apportion-
ed for such ratios among the several sessions
of the decennial period'in the following man
al. L. n. NoiI ihn,,
sentative shall be allotted to the tenth session
Of the decennial period
- Ifthere are twoTati0s, representatives shall
: be allotted to the ninth and tenth sessions
If three, TO the eighth, ninth and tenth ses-
sions II four, to the seventh, eighth ninth
aud tenth; If fve, to the sixth, seventh eighth,
ninth and tenth If six, to the fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth !; lfseyen, to
the fourth fifth, sixth, seventh eighth, ninth
and tenth If eight, to the third, fourth fifth,
nine, to the second, third, fourth, fifth sixth.
the decennial period respectively.
In determining the number of senators to.
which any senatorial district may be entitled
flacton OF q senatorial ratio, the fraction shall
DC fmuUlplleu Wy h'Vi auht IL lHe IesHlL be
Aequal TO one senatorial ratio, an additiOnst
Senator shall be allotted to said dstrict for
The ninth and tenth sessions. If it be- equal
to.two such ratios an additional senator fIf
theseventh, eighth, ninth and tepth sessions,
shah be allotted to such district Ie/three,
then TO the fifth, sixth, seventh, eigGh, ninth
ahd tenth.
''Alfsfour, 10 the third, fourth fifth, sixth, SO.
eventh eighth, ninth and zenith sessions re-
ispectvely lfthis amendment be adopted by
the electors, The couptes now entitled to more
-than one member in either or both branches
of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth ses-
,sions Of the present decennial period as now
provided, shall havea like number of mem.
bers in each branch thereof for each session of
the remainder Of the present decennial period
Or sl N. ii. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House ofRepresentatiues.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of tie Senate.
Dated April 3, 1857.