True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-06-03
Laws Of ONO.
DP0sEDgONsTITUTION.
AMENDMENTS.
AMENDMENr no 1.

ResoIped bufke General Assembly of
ne State Of Ohio, Three-fi(ths Of the
members elected to each House concuning
lketein, That il be and hereby is proposed
10 the Electors Of this State to vote on the
second Tuesday Of October next upon the
approval or rejection Of the following amend
meuts as a substitute for the twenty NTH
section Of the second Article Of the Oonstitp-
tion and for the second section of the same
article and for the third section Of the eiev-
enth article, viz All regular sessions OF the
General Assembly shall commence on the first
Monday of January. annually. Senators shall
be elected biennially, and Representatives an
nuallv. by the electors Of their respective
counties or districts on the second Tuesday
Of October. Their term of Office shall com
mence on the first day Of January next after
their election, aud that of Senators shall con-
tin0e two years, and 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-
videdg,that seventeen, of the senators elected
on the second Tuesday Of October, 1857, to
be ascertained by lot, as the President of the
Senate may direct, shall hold their Office for
only one year, and their successors shall be
elected on the second Tuesday Of October, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty.eight, and
bienpially thereafter. When any county shall
have q fraction above the rates for Replesen-
tatiye so large that being multiplied by ter,
the result shall be equal TO one or more ratios,
additional representatives shall be apportion-
editor such ratios among the several Sessions
Of the flecennial period In the following man
ner; If there be only one ratio then repre-
sentative shall be allotted to the'tenth session
Of The decennial period.
If there retwo ratios, representatives shall
be allotted to the ninth aud tenth sessions :.
If.three, to the eighth, ninth and tenth ses-
sions: IL four, TO the seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth; Iffve, TO the sixth, seventh eighth,
ninth and tenth; If six, to the fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth Ifseyen, to
the fourth fifth, sixth, seventh eighth, ninth
and tenth If eight, to the third, fourth fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth If
nine, TO the second, third, fourth, fifth sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sessions of
the decennIal period respectively.
In determining the number of senators to
which any senatorial district may be entitled
in any decennial period, by reason of any
flaction Of senatorial ratio, the fraction shall
Be multiplied by five. and if the result be
equal to one senatorial ratio, an additional
senator shall be allotted to said district for
the niuth and tenth sessions. If it be equal
TO two such ratios an additional senator for
the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sessions
shall be allotted to such district If three
then to the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth.
II four to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, Sc
venth eighth, ninth and tenth sessions re,
spectively. If this amendment be adopted by
the electors, the counties now entitled to NOR,
than one member in either or both branche.
pfthe Legislature in the fourth and fifth ses
sions ofthe present decennial period as now
provided, shall have a like number OF mem
bers in each branch thereof for each session 0
the remainder Of the present decennial period
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House Of Representatives
THOMAS H. FORD,
Il President Of Tie Senate
Dated April 8, 1857.