The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-07-23
rRoPosED CONSTITUTION
A M E N D M E N rs,
AMENDMENT NO. 1.

Realized by tAs General -ssssnBIy Of tLs State Of
2Aio, lhree-hilhs OF the members elected 10 each
House eoneuLring therein, Thatit be and hereby iS
proposed to the electors OF this State 70 vote on The
second Tuesday OF October next, upon the approval
orrelection ofthe following amendment as a subst.
tute for the twenty h Section OF the second Arisls
OF the Consultation and for The second Section OF he
same Article, and the third Section Of the eleVen
Article, viz Alregular sessions OF the General As
semby shall commence on the frat Monday Of Janua.
ry, annually. Senators shall be elected biennaIlv
and representatives. annually, BY the electors ofthek
respective counties or districts the second TuesdaT
Of October. Their term of office shall commence on
the nrst day OF January next after their election and
that OF Senators shall continue two years. and that Of
Representatives one year. The Senators elected In
October next shall their Offices for two years and
the Representatives elected at the same time shall
hold their offices for one year Provided that seven
teen OF the Senators elected the second Tuesday
Of October, 1857 to be asceraned by lot as the Pres
dent oftbe Senate may direct, shall bold their once
for only one year, and their successors shall be elect
ed on the second Tuesday of October, ono thousand
eight hundred and fty-eght, and benniay theTeaf.
ter. When any county shall have fraction above
the rates for Representative so large that being multi
piled by ten, the result shall be equal to one or moro
ratios additional Representatives shall be apportion-
ed for such ratios among the several sessions the de-
eennial period In the following manner: IL there be
only one ratothen Representative shall be allotted
to the tenth session of the decennial period.
tnere are iw2 ratios, representatives shan be al
eighth ninth and tenth sessions; lour to the seventh
eighth ninth and tenth; If FIVE TO the sixth, seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth If sixth TO- the ftb SIXTH
seventh, eighth ninth and tenth Ifseven 10 the fourth
ffh, sixth, seventh, eighth ninth and tenth If eight
TO the third, fourth hh, SIKH, SEVENTH eighth ninth
and enth Ifnine to the second, third, fourth ffth
SIXTH SEVENTH eighth, ninth and tenth sessions of the
decennial period respectively.
In determining the number fSenators To which any
senatorial district might be entitled in arY decennial
period, by reason ofany fraction of senatorial ratio
thefracton shall be multiplied by RYe and If the re
suit be equal to one senatorial ratioj additional
Senator shall be allotted to said district for the ninth
and tenth sessions. If IL be equal to two such ratios
additional Senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth
alal NAaAN
three then to the fifth, sixth seventh, eighth ninth 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 decennal period as now
provided, shall have like number Of members in
each branch thereoffor each session of the remainder
of the present decennial PERIOD
Nh. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House Of Representatiues.
THOMAS H, FORD,
Pres,dcntR5 R5 the Senate.