Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-05-26
'7H'FOpOseE Constitution AIheDd-

aMENDMENT No. i. 4 EH )

AMENDMENT No.I. EN a
Resolved by the General Assembly or tho STATE Of
Ohio, 1hrcc-Hfths OF the members elected 10 each
House concurring therein That II bo and hereby IS
proposed TO the electors of this State TO vote on the
second Ta7sffny af October next, upon the approval
or reflections Of the following amendment as substi.
tntc for the twenty lh Section OF tho second Article
same Article, the third Section Of Tho oieyenth
Article, VIZ: All regular sessions of the General AS
sembly shall coBlmen0e on the first Monday of Janu-
AIRY. annually. Senators shall be elected biennaly,
and Representatives annually by the electors or their
respective counties or districts the second Tuesday
OF October. Their term of office shall commence on
the first day of January next after their election md
Representatives. ono YEAR The SENATORS eIccted In
Oetober next shall hold ther Offices for years. and
hold their oic Is for one wear Provided. n I'm" ss
enteen OF the Senators elected the second
,hc President of The senate may direct, sbsIi liz bolJ
their office for only year, and their SUCCESSORS
shall DO elected on tho second Tuesday Of October,
one thousand eight hundred and hy-eght, and bien-
nally thereafter When any county shall have frac
tion above the rates for Representative large
that being multiplied by cn the result shall be equal
To one or more ratios, additional Representatives
shall be apporoncd for such ratios among the several
sessions ot the dcccnnial period IN the following
ncr: If there he only one ratio then Representa-
tive shall he allotted TO the tenth session Of the dccen
nal period.
IL there two ratio Representatives shall be al
otlcd the ninth and tenth scssons If three to the
eighth ninth and tenth sessons flour seventh
eighth ninth, and tenth; If five TO the sixth, seventh
eighth ninth, and tenth; If six to the fifth, sixth
enth eighth NINTH and tenth II seven to The fourth
NTH, sixth seventh eighth, ninth and tenh If eight
to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh. eighth ninth,
and tenth; If nine To the second, third, fourth, fnh,
sixth. seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions of the
decepnial period respectively. r.- .... --,
In determining the number of Senators to which
any senatorial district might be entitled In any de-
ccnnial period, by of any fraction Of senate
rial ratio the fraction shall be multiplied by FIVE, and
II the result be equal TO senatorial ratio, ad-
ditonal Senator shall be allotted to said district for
the ninth and tenth sessions. II II he equal to two
such ratios an additional Senator for the seventh,
eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions shall be allowed to
such district. II three then the fifth SIXTH seventh
eighth, ninth, and tenth.
IL four. to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth. ninth. and tenth sessions respectively. II this
amendment be adopted by the electors, the counties
now entitled to more than member In either
both branches Of the Legislature In the fourth and fifth
sessions of the present decennia period pro-
vided, shall have a like number of members in each
branch thereof for each session of tile remainder Of
the present decenniel period t.+I t- s''
N. .H.VAN WORRIES.
Speaker of the House Of Representatives..
THOMAS n. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
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