The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-07-30
Proposed Constitution Amend
ments. -...
To be submitted to tie Pecple on tie ID Tuesday o.
October, 1851
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
AMENDMENT No. ].

AMENDMENT No, j,
Resolved by the General Assembly of the State
of Ohio, Three-ffths of the members elected to
each House concurring therein, That 1t be and is
hereby proposed to the electors OF this State TO
on the Second Tuesday of October next, upon the
approval or rejection of the following amendment
as substitute for the twenty fifth Section of the
Second Article OF the Constitution ard for the
ond section of the same Article aud tor the third
Section of the eleventh Article viz: All regular
sions of the General Assembly shall commence
the first Monday OF juuuary, annually Senators
shall be elected bienniaIly, and Representatives
nually, by the electors of their respective counties
or districts on the secoud Tuesday of October-
Their term Of Office shall cOmmaI ce on the first
day of January next after their election, and that OF
Senators shall continue Two years, and that OF Rep
resentaives one year. The Senators elected in Oc
tober next shall hold their Offices ior two years. and
the Representa- lives elected al the same time shall
hold their offices tor one yeur. Provided that II OF
the Senators elected on the second Tuesday of Oc-
tober, 1851 to be ascertained by lot, the Presi
dent of the Senate may direct, shall hold their Office
for only one year and their successors shall be cleo
ted on the second Tuesday of Oct one thousand eight
] hundred and fifty eight, and biennaly thereafter
| When any county shall have fraction above the
rates for Representative SO large that being multi
piled by ten, the result shall be equal one or more
ratios, additional Representatives shall be appor
toned for such ratios among the several sessions of
the decennlul period in the following manneri Ii
there be only one ratio then Representative shall
be allotted TO the tenth session OF the decennial pe-
| iCd.
If there are two ratios, Representatives shall be
allotted to the ninth and tenth sessions; If three to
the eighth ninth and tenth sessiotsi 1t 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; If
seven to the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth
nnlh and tenth; If eight to the third, fourth fifth
SIXTH seventh eigth ninth and tenth; Ii nine TO the
second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh eighth
ninth and tenth sessions 0t tie deceDnial period re
spectiVeiy.
In determining the number of Senators to which
any senatorial district might be entitled in any de-
cenni al PERIOD by IT any fraction of sena
torial ratio the fraclion shall be multiplied by five
and if the result be equal to senatorial ratio,
additional Senator snail be allotted To said district
for the ninth and tenth sessions. II 1t be equal tc
two such ratios an additional Senator tor the sew.
enih eighth ninth and tenth sessions shall be aliot
ted to such district. 1t three then to the fifth, sixth
seventh, eigoth ninth and tenth.
If four TO the third, fourth, fifth, sixth seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth sessions respectively. l
this amendment be adopted by the electors, the
counties now entitled to more than member il
either or both branches of the Legislature in the
fourth and fifth sessions of the present deeennal pc
rod as now provided, shall have like number o
members in each branch thereof ior each session Q
the remainder of the present decennial period.
n fl. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President ol the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.