Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-09-16
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION

Dated April Eth, Is57.


RESOLVED Bg fhe General .9~SSeR5Iy Of TIE State Of
Ohio, Tnrce-nfths Of the members elected TO each
House concurring therein, That it 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 rs 4 substitute for
the tweuty-ifth 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 Of January, annu-
ally. Senators shall be elected biennially, and Rep
resentativesa annually, by the electors Of their respec-
tive counties or districts, on the second Tuesday foe
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 Ser ators elected in 0ctO
her next, shall 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 Senators elected on the second Tuesday of OctO-
Der, 1857, to be asc> rtained by lot, rs the President Of
the Senate may direct, shall hold their Office for only
one year, and their successors shall be elected on the
secOI d Tuesday Of October, one thousand eight hundred
and ffty-eisht, and hiennialiy thereafter. When any
county shall have a fraction above the rates for Rep
resentatives so large that being multiplied by ten, the
result shall he equal to one or rlore ratios, additional
Representatives shall he APP OrtiOned for such ratios
among the several sessions of the decennial period,
in the following manner. If there be only one ratio,
then a Representativ We shall he allotted to the tenth ses
sion Of the decennial period: If there are two ratios,
Representatives shall he allotted 10 the ninth and tenth
sessions: If three. TO the eighth, ninth and tenth ses-
sions: II four, to the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth:
II five, to the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth:
If six, to the fifth. sixth, seventh. eighth, ninth and
tenth. IL seven. 20 the iOorth. nun, SIKH, SEVENTH
eighth, ninth and tenth: If eight, to III: 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 dccennial period res
pectiveiy.
In determining the number of Senators to which any
senatorial district might he entitled in any decennial
period. 10y reason of any fraction Of 4 senatorial ratio,
the fraction shall be multiplied by five, and if the re-
suit he equal to one senatorial ratio, an additional Sen
ator shall be allotted to said district for 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 be allotted to such district. If
;hree. then TO the fifth. sixth seventh eighth, ninth
and tenth. If four. to the third. fourth. fifth, sixth,
seventh. eighth. ninth, and tenth sessions respective
ly. If this amendment he adopted by the electors, the
counties now entitled to more than one member in ei
Their or both branches OF the Legislature in the fourth
and fifth sessions of the present decennial period, as
now provided, shall have a like number of members in
each branch thereof for each session Of the remainder
Of the present decennial period.
N. II. A WORRIES,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
TII0S. III. FORD,
President OF the Senate.