Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-27
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Proposed Constitution Amendments
To be submitted to the voters of Ohio at the October
Election.
AMENDMENT No l.

To be submitted to the voters Of Ohio at the October
Election.
AMENDMENT NO. 1.
ID ESOLyED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
IL STATE OF 0HIO Three-ffths of the members elect
ed TO each House concurrng therein That it be and
the Tuesday October next upon the approv-
al rejection of the following amendment as substi-
tnte for the Section Of the seeond Article OF
Article, and for the third Section Of the eleventh
Article viz: All regular session of the General Assembly
shall commence the first Monday OF January annually
Senators shall be elected benn.ly and Representatives
annually the electors of their respective counties
dctrics the second Tuesday of October Their term
of Office shall commence the first day of January next
after their election and that the Senators shall continue
two years. that of Representatives The Sem
ators elected in October next shall hold their Offices fo
two years and the Representatives elected at the
time shall hold their Offices for year Provided that
seventeen of the Senators elected on the second Tuesday
of October 1857 be asserained by lot the President
of the Senate may 6rec shall hold their Office for only
one year their shall be elected the
ond TUESDAY of October thousand eight hundred
ffy-eght and biennisy thereafter. When any county
shall fraction above the rates for Representative
large that being multiplied by ten the result shall be
equal to ratios additional Representatives
shall be apporoned for such ratios among the several
Of the decennal PERIOD in the following
If there be only ratio then Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session of the decennia period
If there two ratios Representatives shall be allotted
to the ninth and euth sessions If three to the eighth
NINTH and tenth sessons If the SEVENTH eighth
ninth and tenth sessions If five to the sixth, seventh,
eighth ninth and tenh If six to the fifth sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; If seven to the fourt fifth,
sixth, seventh egth, ninth and tenth; If eight to the
third, fourth ffh sixth, seventh eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second third fourth, fth sixth,
seventh eighth, ninth and tenth sessions of decenna
period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators to which any
senatorial district might be entitled any decennal Pc
rod by of fraction of senatorial RATIO the
fraction shall be multiplied by ve and if the result be
equal to senatorial ratio, additional Senator shall
be allotted to said district for the ninth and tenth
sons. If it be equsl to two such ratios additional
Senator for the SEVENTH eighth ninth and tenth sessions
shall be allotted to such district three then to the
fifth, sixth, seventh. eighth, ninth and tenth
four, to the third fourth fifth, SIXTH seventh, eighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively If this amend
ment be adopted by the electors the counties enti
tied to more than member in either or both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth ses-
sons of the present decenna period provided shall
have like number Of members in each branch thereof
each session of the remainder of the present decenna
period.
n. II. VAN VOORHEES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS Fl. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.