Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-08-26
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION

Dated April 4th, 1857.
AMENDMENT NO I

Rssofred By the General Assem5ly Of the State Of
Ohio, Three-fths of the members elected TO each
House cOncurring therein, That il he and hereby is
proposed to the electors Of this State to vote On the sec
Ond Tuesday Of October next, upon the approval or re-
lection OF the following amendments as a substitute for
the tweuty-ffth 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 Arti-
Gle, viz: All regular sessions of the General Assembly
shall commence on the first Monday Ct January, annu-
ally. Senators shall be elected biennially. and Rep
resentatives annually. by the -lectOrs II their respec.
tive counties or districts. on the second Tuesday ofOc
tober. 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
resentatives one year. The Sei ators elected in 0cto
her next, sh al hold their offices for two years. and the
Representatives elected at the same time, shall hold
their offices for one year. Provided. that seventeen
of the Senator's elected on the second Tuesday of 0cto-
Der. 1857. to be asc rtained by lot, as the President of
the Senate may direct, shall hold their Office for only
one ye1r, and their successors shall be elected on the
seeoT d Tuesday Of October. one thousand eight hundred
and ffiy-eight, and biennially thereafter. When any
county shall have a fraction above the rates for Rep
resemtatives SO large that being multiplied by ten, the
result shall he equal to one or mhre ratios, additional
Representatives shall be APP ortiOned for such ratios
among the several sessions of the decennial period,
in the following manner. II there be only one ratio,
then 4 representative shall be allotted to the tenth SEES
sion Of the decennial period: II there are tive ratios,
Representatives shall be allotted 10 the ninth and tenth
sessions: II three. TO the eighth, nin!h aud tenth ses-
sions: If four, to the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth:
If ave, to the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth:
If six, to the fifth. sixth, seventh. eighth, ninth and
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eighth, ninth and tenth. II eight. TO tn third. fourth,
fifth, sixth. seventh, eighth. ninth and tenth: If nine,
10 the second. third. fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh. eighth,
ninth and tenth sessions Of the decennial period res
pectively.
Ia determining the number of Senator'S to which any
senatorial district might be entitled in any decennial
period. by reason Of any fraction Of Il senatorial ratio,
the fraction shall be multiplied by five. and if the re-
suit be equal to one senatorial ratio, an additional Sen
ator shall he allotted to said district for the ninth and
terth sessions. II it ne { luai to two such ratios, an
additional Senator Tor the seventh, eighth ninth and
tenth sessions, shall be allotted to such district II
three. then TO the fifth, sixth. seventh. eighth, ninth
and tenth. If four. to the thirl, fourth. fifth, sixth.
seventh. eighth. ninth, and tenth sessions respective
ly. II this amendment be adopted by the electors. the
counties now entitled to more than one member in eli
ther or both branches of the Legislature in the fourth
and fifth sessions of the resent decennial period, as
now provided, shall have 4 like number of members in
each branch thereof for each session of the remainder
Of the present deceLnial period.
n. ii. A WORRIES.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
TlIoS. II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
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