Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-05-07
advertisements.
Proposed Constitution Amendments
AMENDMENT NO. l.

AMENDhENI NJ. L.
D BY SSEMBL oFTHE
II STATE OF OHIO, Three-ffths of the members elect
ed to each House concurring therein, That it be and
hereby is proposed to the electors of this State to vote
on the second Tuesday of October next upon the approx
al or rejection of the following amendment as a substi-
tute for the twenty-6fth Section of the second Article of
the Constitution and for the second Section of the same
Article, and for the third Section of the eleventh
Article, viz: All regular session of the General Assembly
shall commence on the first Monday of January, annually.
Senators shall be elected biennally, and Representative
annually, by the electors of their respective counties or
dictricts on the second Tuesday of October. Their term
of Office shall commence on the first day of January next
after their election, and that the Senators shall continue
two years, and that of Representatives one year. The Sem
ators 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. Provided that
seventeen of the Senators elected on the second Tuesday
of October, 1857, to be assertained by lot, as the President
of the Senate may direct, shall hold their Office for only
one year, and their successors shall be elected on the sec
ond Tuesday of October, one thousand eight hundred ard
f~fty-tight, and biennially thereafter. When any county
shall have a fraction above the rates for Representative
so large that being multiplied by ten, the result shall be
equal to one or more ratios, additional Representatives
shall be apportioned for such ratios among the several
sessions of the decennial period, in the following manner:
If there be only one ratio then a Representative shall be
allotted to the tenth session of the decennial period.
If there are two ratios Representatives shall be allotted
nrti. and te4th sessions; If four to the seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth sessions; If 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, eigth, ninth and tenth; If eight to the
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh eighth, ninth and tenth sessions of decennial
period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators to which any
district might be entitled in any decennial pc
by reason of any fraction of a senatorial ratio, the
f action shall be multiplied by five, and if the result be
equal to one senatorial ratio, an additional Senator shall
be allotted to said district for the ninth and tenth ses-
sious. If it be equal to two such ratios an additional
Senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth sessions
shall lie allotted to such district. If three then to the
fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth.
If four, to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively. If this amend
ment be adopted by the electors, the counties now emit
tied to more than one member in either or both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth ses-
sions Of the present decennial period as 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. II. VAN WORRIES
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS ii. FORD,