The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-06-25
rRoPosED CONSTITUTION
AMEN D M E N is.
AMEkpMEEr NO.

Rsseirsd bg tle GensraI dssenSfv ef f1s STATE -
gaze, Ibree-hnhs OF The members elected 10 each
House eeneurrthg therein, ghatIt be and hereby
proposed 70 the electors Of this state 70 vote on he
second Tuesday OF October next, upon he approval
orrelection ofthe following amendment as iabsti.
tute TOT me tweny'hhh Section OF the second Article
OF the Constitution and for The second Section on ne
same Article, and for the third Section Of thc eleven
Article, viz: Aregular sessions OF ne General A.
sembly shall commence on the frat No dsv m lama.
ry, annLaIy. Senators shall be elected bienniaIly
and representatives annuay,b By The eeeisrs ofiheA
respective counties or districts the second Tuesaay
o. october Their term Of Office shall commences OF,
the hrst day OF January next aer their election an
representatives. ore year, The Senators elected In
October next shall hold their Offices for two years and
The representatives elected al the same time shall
hold their oces Tor one year. Provided that seyen-
teen OF the Senators eleetedon the second Tuesdsy
Of October 1885, to be ascerained by o as the Pres.
dent Of the Senate may Direct shall hold their once
for only year, aud their successors shall be elect
ed on The second Tuesday Of October, enc thousand
eight hundred and and biennAlly thereaf-
ter. When any county shall have a fraction above
the for Representative large that being multi
piled by ten me result shall be equal 70 one or more
ratios, additional Representatives shall be appoTion-
edfor such ratios among the several ofhe de.
cennial period IN the following manner: IL there be
only one ratio then Representative shall be allotted
to the tenth session of the decennial period.
lfthere two ratios Representatives shall be al
lotted to the ninth and tenth sessions II three to the
eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions four to the seventh
eighth ninth and tenth; II FIVE 10 the sixth seyen,h
eighth, ninth and tenth; IL sixth TO the fh, SIXTH
seventh, eighth ninth and tenth; seven to the fourth
to the third, fourth, nh, sixth seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth; lfDine to the second. third, fourth, h,
sixth, seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions of the
deeennial period respectively. -f.a.a ,a,l
In determining the number Of To which any
senatorial district might be entitled in ary decennial
period, by reason ANY fraction of senatorial ratio
the fraction shall be multiplied by eve, and If the re-
suit be equal to senatorial ratio, additional
Senator shall be allotted to said district for the ninth
and tenth sessions If it be equal two such ratios
an additional Senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth
andtenth sessions shall be allotted to such district II
three then to the fifth, sixth seventh, eighth, and
tenth. -
Iffour to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth sessions respectively. If this
amendment be adopted by the electors, the counties
now entitled to more than one member In either or
both branches OF the Legislature in the fourth and
fifth sessions of the present decennial period 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.H.VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Ofthe House Of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD,
= -H. President of the Senate.
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