The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-05-13
POLITICAL.
Proposed Constitution Amendments.
-Aurspnnnr NO. ].


Resolued By the General Assembly Of the State OF
Ohio. Three-fnhs of the members elected TO eaGh
House conourring therein, That 1t be ana hereoy
the second Tuesday Of October next, upon the APP
proval or rejection of the following aneEdmehi
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
third Section of the eleventh Article, VIZ; All
regular sessions of the General Assembly shall
on the first Monday of January, annu-
ally. Senators shall be elected biennialiy, and
Representatives annually, By the electors of their
respective counties or districts on the second
Tuesdsy of October. Their term of Office shall
MINER on the first day of January next after
their election, ana that of Ser ators shall continue
TWO wears and that of representative Que year.
The Senators elected in October next shall hold
their offices for two years, and the Represenla'
tives elected ct the same time shall hold their OF,
fees for one year. Provided, that seventeen OF
the Senators elected on the second Tuesday oil
October, 1857. to be -as|eftained by lot. as the
President of the Senate may direct, shall hold
their Off ce for only one year, and their successors
shall he elected on the second Tuesday of October,
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-eight, and
blennla!Iy thereafter. Nheh any county snai
have a fraction above the rates for representative
so large that being multiplied by ten, The result
shall be equal 10 one or more ratios, additional
Representatives shall be apportiUned for such
ratios among the several sessions of the decennlel
period in the following manner: If there be only
one "a ito then a Representative shall be allotted
to the tenth session of the decennlal period;
allotted to the ninth aud tenth sessions If three
10 the eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions; if four to
the seventh, eighth. nlnth ana TENN II hye TO
the sixth. seventh, eighth, EinIh and tenth Ii six
to the ffth. sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If seven to the fOurth filth, sixth, seventh.
eighth, ninth and tenth; If eight TO the third,
f urth, 9th, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third. fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh sLth, ninth and tenth sessions OF
the dcLennial period respectively.
In Undermining the number ofSenators to which
any senatorial district might Re e titled in any
decenniai period, by reason of any fraction of a
senatorial ratio. the fraction shall be multiplied
by five, aud If the result be equal TO one senatorial
ratio, an %aditiona! Senator shall be allotted to said
district FOR the ninth o.i tenth sessions. IL 1t be
equal to two such ratios an additio al Senator Tor
the seventh, eighth nin;h, and Tenth sessions sha II
be allotted to such district If three then 10 the
fifth, sixth, seventh. eight. ninth aad tenth
If four, 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 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 i'll each branch thereof for
each session Of The remainder of the present de-
Cennial period.
Nh VAN
Speaker cf TIE HoHse Of Representatives..
TIOMPS H. FORD,
President of the Senate.