Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-06-04
LEGAL
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS.

Rssolved by the Genera! Assembly of the stats of
Ohis, Three-ffths of the members elected TO each
House concurring ther elm. That Re and hereby is
pio osed to the electors Of this State 20 vote the
second Tuesday of October next. the approval
rejection Of the following amendment substitute
for the twenty fiji Section OF the second Article Of
the Constitution and for the second Section o the
same AT ce ard for the third Section cthe eleventh
Article. viz: All regular sessions Of the General As
senhly shall commence on the FIRST Monday Of Janu-
ary annually. Senators shall be elected bienniay,
and Representatives annually by the Of their
respective unties DISTRICTS the second Tues
Of October. Their terms ri office shall mmence on
the rst day of January after their election and
that senators 81 II continue two years and that of
Rel reen tatives one year The senators elected in
October shall bold their Offices for two years. and
the Representatives elected the same time shall
hold their Offices for year. rovided, that seven
teen of the Senators elected the second Tuesday Of
October, 1857, to be ascertained by lot the Pres
dent of the Senate may direct shall hold their office
for only year. and their shall he Iected
the second Tuesday of October, thousand eight
hundred and ffty-eight. biennially the reafer-
When any county shall have traction above the
rates for Representative so large that being multiplied
by ten, the result shall be equal TO ratios
additional representatives. shall be appointed for such
among the several sessions Of the decenna peri
cd in the following manner: II there be only one
ratio tia Representative shall be allotted to the
tenth session of the decennial period.
lftheiT two ra tios Representatives shall he al
oted to the and tenth sessions II three to the
eighth ninth, and tenth sessions II four TO the
enth eighth, ninth and tenth; ifhve 10 sixth. sew
enth eighth ninth and tenth; III six 10 the th sixth,
seventh, eigDtn. nltn anu
fifth. SIXTH seventh eighth, ninth and tenth; eight.
the third fourth fifth, sixth. seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth; nine to the second third, fourth. hth,
SIXTH seventh eight. ninth tenth sessions Of the
decennial period respectively.
IN determining the number Of Senators TO which
any senatorial district might he entitled in sny decen
NAL period, by of any fraction of senatorial
ratio. the traction shall he tiplied by five and II
the result be equal 10 senatorial ratio. an eddi-
ionai Senator shall he allotted district for the
ninth and tenth sessions. II be equal TO two such
ratios additional Senator for the seventh eighth.
ninlh and tenth Sessions shall be allotted such dis
tric III three then the fifth, sixth, seventh eighth,
| ninth anu tenth.
Ifour, to the third. fourth, hhh, sixth, seventh,
eighth ninth, and tenth ions respectively Hthis
amendment he adopted by the electors the counties
| Low entitled TO more than member IN either or
bot ranches of the Leg islature in the fourth and
fifth sessions of the present ecennia period now
prov ided. shall have like number Of members in
each branch thereof for each session rhe remadei
oftbe present decennial period.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of lhe House Of Representatives,.
| THOMAS H. FORD,
| PreSidenI of fbf SeU1fe