True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-06-10
Laws Of Ohio.
PROPOSED C0NsTITUTIoN
AMENDMENTS.
AMENDMENr NO l.


Resolvsd 6y the General assembly gfI
the State of Ohio, Three.6fths OF the
members elected to each House cOncurlng
therein, That 1t be and hereby is proposed
10 the Electors of this State to vote on tne
second Tuesday of October next, upon tLe
approval or rejection OF the following arenI. asr
menta as substitute for the twenty MIN
section Of the second Article Of the Oohstltu.
t;on ana for the second section OF the same
srt;.la and foI the third section OF the eleV
orth article. viz All regular sessions Oh tne
CarayaI Assembly shall commence on the nrst
Nordav Of January, annually. Senators shall
Ia elected bienniaily, and Representatives, an |
nusIiv by The electors of their respective
counties or districts on the second 1uesoay
oS1cctoher. Their term Of office shall COM
mence on the first day Of January next after
their election, and that of Senators shall con-
tinue two years, aud that OF Representatives
one year, The senator's elected in OCTOBER
next shall hold their offices for two years,
and the Representatives elected at the same
time shall hold their offices for one year: FRO,
Vided, that seventeen OF me senators elected
on the second Tuesday Of October, 1851, to
he sscertained by lot, as the President of the
Senate NAV direct, shall hold their Office for
onlv one wear, and their successors shall be
elected ON the second Tuesday Of October, one
thousand eight hundred and nifty. eight, and
biennially thereafter. When any county shall
have fraction above the rates for RepIesen-
tatiye so large that being multiplied 6y ter,
the result shall be equal to one or more ratios,
additional representatives shall be aPportlon-
cd for such ratios among the several sessions
of the decennial period in the following man
ner If there be only Que ratio then repre-
sentative shall be allotted to the tenth session
of the decennial period. :.
If there are two ratios, representatives shall
be allotted to the ninth and tenth sessions
II three, to the eighth, ninth and tenth ses
s;ons if four, to the seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth: Iffve, to the sixth, seventh eighth
ninth and tenth If six, to the fifth, sixth
seventh. eighth, ninth and tenth lfseven, II
the fourth fifth sixth, seventh eighth, nlntl
and tenth: If eight, to the third, fourth fifth
s;xth. seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; !
nine. tn the second, third, fourth, fifth sixth
seventh. eighth, ninth and tenth sessions o
the decennial period respectively:
In determining the number OF senators
which any senatorial district may be entltle
in any decennial period, by reason of an
fiaction of senatorial ratio, the fraction sha
be multiplied by five. and if the result
equal to one senatorial ratio, an auultlont
senator shall be allotted to said district f'
the ninth and tenth sessions. If it be equ
to two such ratios an additional senator f
the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth session
shan be allotted to such district. If thre
then to the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, min
II four. to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, {
yeoth eighth, ninth and tenth sessions
spectiyely. If this amendment be adopted
the electors, the counties now entitled to mt
than one member in either or both brancf
Of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth
sions of the present decennial period as N
provided, shall have like number OF me
bers in each branch thereof for each session
the remainder Of the present decennial peri
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House Of Representative
THOMAS H. FORD,
r President Of the Sent
Dated April 8, 1857.