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AMENDMENT NO. 8.

ReSoiped, By the General Assembly
of he State Of Ohio, three fifths of the
members elected to each House eOnourring
therein, that it be, and hereby is proposed
to the electors Of this State, TO vote, on the
second Tuesday of October next, upon
the approval or rejection Of the following
amendment as an additional section to aTti-
Gle eleven Of the Constitution. Every coun.
ty which now is, or may hereafter be enti.
tied to more than one Senator, or Repre-.
sentative for the residue of the present de-
cennial period, OF for all or any portion Of
any subsequent decennial period shall be
divided into ~ many Senatorial and Rep
resentatve districts as there may be Sena-
tors or Representatives elective in any year
of the present, OF any subsequent decennial
period, which districts shall be Of oontigu.
ous territory, and each district shall contain
as nearly a ratio for Senator or Represen-
tatiye as is attainable, without violating
the rule herein given as TO eontiguity oI
territory, and without dividing any town.
ship, election precinct, or ward, II any
Representative or Senatorial district, com
posed of two or more oounteT, shall by
reason Of any excess of population over a
ratio, be entitled to additional Representa-
tives or Senators for any portion of the
present or any subsequent decennial peri
cd, the district shall be divided into two
districts, for each portion Of such deceuna
period, which shall be contiguous territory
and each shall contain as near a ratio as il
sttainable without dividing counties.
II of reason by the annexation of one
Senatorial district to another, there shall be
any exec Of population over a Senatorial
ratio, which shall be entitled to additional
Senatorial representation for any portion
of any decennial period, each district, as
now constituted, shall elect one Senator
Counties shall be divided into districts
by the county commissioners or such other
board of officers elective aud resident in
the proper county as may be provided by
law. At least four months prior to the
general election in 1858, the counties en-
titled to more than one member of either
house shall be divided into districts for the
residue of the present deeennial period, and
at least four months prior to the general
election in the first year Of each subsequent
decennial period, the counties entitled to
more than one member for all, or any por-
tion of such decennial period, in either or
both houses, shall be divided into districts
for the whole of the decennial period. A
description of the district of each county
shall be published as may be directed by
the comfy commissioners or as may be pre-.
scribed by law.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.
SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
Columbus, April 4, 1857.
! hereby certify that the foregoing pro-
posed Constitution amendments are cor
rectly copied from the original rolls on file
at this office.
JAMES II. BAKER.
Secretary of State.
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| do hereby certify that have read and
compared the proof of the foregoing pro.
posed amendments to the Constitution, and
find them correctly printed from the copy
certified by the Secretayof State.
j, |. BLACKBURN,
Auditor Carroll co.