The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-07-30
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND
MEpTS,


Resolved by the General Assembly OF the state OF
Ohio, Three-ffths of the members elected to each
House concurriug therein, That 1t be and hereby is
proposed to the electors of this state to vote the
second Tuesday Of October next, upon the approval
or rejection of the following amendment as substl
tute for the wentyffth section OF the second M
of the constitution and for the second section OF the
same article aud for the third OF the
article viz all regular sessions OF the General AS
sembly shall commence the first Monday OF Janu-
ary annually Senators shall be elected bienally and
annually, by the electors OF their re.
spective counties districts on the second tuesday oil
October. Their term of Office shall commence on the
first ay of January next after their election and that
of senators shall continue two years. and that oil rep
resentatives year The senators elected IN Octo-
ber nex shall hold their offices for two years ana the
representatives elected at the time shall hold
their offices for year. Provided that seventeen
of the senators elected on the second Iuesday oi
ober 1851 to be ascerained by lot, as the President
Of the senate may direct shall hold their oee for only
one year. and their shall be elected ON the
second Tuesday of October one thousand elght nun
dred and fty-eight and biennially thereafter When
any county shall have fraction above the rates iOr
representative large that being multiplied by ten
the result shall be equal to one or more ratios add,
tional representatives shall be GpporOneu lor suc
ratios among the several sessions of the decennlal
period in the following manner ltthere he ohly one
ratio then representative sha be hOleu 10 IHe cu'
session Of the decennia period
If there are two ratios representatives, shall be a0t
ted tn the ninth and tenth sessions II three TO the
eighth nnt and tenth If four to the seventh Xhth
ninth and tenth if live to the sixth, seventh eighth,
ninth and enth If six to the fifth sixth, seventh,
eighth ninth and tenth if seven to the fourth NTH,
sixth seventh eighth ninth and tenth If eight to the
third fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eight ninth and
tenth if nine to the second, third, fourth NTH siNth
seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessiOns OF the ue-
.cennia period respectively.
In determining the number of senators to which any
senatorial district might be entitled in any deccnnul
period by of any fraction of senatorial ratio
the fraction shall he multiplied By five, ana II the re-
suit be equal to one senatorial ratio, an additional
senator shall be allotted said district Tor the ninth
and tenth sessions If it be equal such ratios
an additional Senator for the seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth sessions shall he allotted to such district j
three then to the ffth SIXTH seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth.
II four 20 the third fpur;lfh sixth, seventh eighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively, II this amend
be adopted by the electors the counties now en-
titled to more than member in either or botl
branches of the Legislature in the fourth aud fifth sgs
siOns of the present decennill period as nov proVd
ed shall have like number of members in each brancl
thereof each session of the remainder OF the pres
.ent dcccnnal period -
N H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,.
THOMAS IL. FORD.
President of the Senate.