The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-06-04
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND
MENTS.


Resolved by the General Assembly OF the State OF
Ohio Three-hf of the members elected to each
House concurriug therein, That it be and hereby is
proposed to the electors of this state to vote on the
second Tuesday of October next upon the approval
or rejection of the following amendment as substi
tute for the twenty fifth section of the second article
of the constitution and for the second section Of the
name article and for the third section of the eleventh
article viz all regular sessions of the General As
sembly shall commence on the first Monday OF Janu,
ary annually Senators shall be elected bienally and
representatives annually by the electors of their re-
spectve counties 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 shall continue two years. and that OF rep
resenatves one year. The senators elected in Octd-
ber next shall hold their offices for two years. and the
representatives elected the time shall hold
their Offices for one year Provided that seventeen
of the senator's elected the second Tuesday OF De-
tOber 1857 to be ascertaned by lot as the President
of the senate may direct shall hold their office for only
one year and their shall be elected on the
second Tuesday of October one thousand eight nun
dred and ifty-egh and biennialy thereafter When
any county shall have fraction above the rates Tor
representative large that being multiplied by ten,
the result shall be equal to one or more ratios addl-
tional representatives shall be apporoned Tor such
ratios among the several sessions Of the decennial
period in the following manner II there be only one
ratio then shall be allotted to the tenth
session of the decennial period.
If there two ratios representatives shall be allot
ted to the ninth and tenth sessions il three to the
eighth ninth and tenth if four to the seventh, eighth
ninth and tenth if five to the sixth seventh eighth
:
eighth ninth and tenth if to the fourth fifth,
SIXTH seventh eighth ninth and tenth if eight to the
third, fourth fifth sixth, seventh, eight, ninth and
zenith if nine to the second third fourth fifth SIXTH
seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions Of the de-
cennia period respectively.
In determining the number Of senator's to which any
senatorial district might he entitled in any decennial
period by reason Of any fraction of senatorial ratio,
the fraction shall be multiplied by five, and II the re
suit be edual to senatorial ratio an additional
senator shall be allotted to said district tor the ninth
and tenth sessions If it be equal to two such ratios
an additional Senator for the seventh eighth ninth
and tenth sessions shall brallottcd to such district II
three then to the fth SIXTH seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth. ~
If four to the third, fourth oighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively II this amend
ment be adopted By the electors the counties now en-
titled to more than one member in either or hoth
branches of the Legislature in the fourth aud I'll ses
sions of the present deccnnial period now provd-
ed shall have like number OF members in each branch
thereof for each session Of the remainder U the pres
ent decennial period. .
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
THOMAS IL. FORD,
President of the Senate