Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-09-17
LEGAL
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS.
AMENDMENT no !.


Rssolred By the Genera. Assembly of the stats Of
Ohio, Three fifths of the members elected 10 each
House concurrng therein, That if he and hereby Is
OSed 10 the electors of this State to vote the
second Tuesday of October next uVOn the approval or
rejection OF the following amendment substitute
for the twentyith Section of the second Article oi
the Constitution and for the second Section of the
AI Gle aud Tor the third Section OF the eleventh
Article. viz All regular sessions of the General As
senbly shall Commence ON the first Monday of Janu-
ary annually Senators shall be elected biennaIly,
and Representatives annually by the electors OF their
respective unties or districts the second Tues
of October Their terms Of Office shall commence on
the day of January next after their election and
that of Senators sh continue two years and that of
ReI resen tives year. The Senators elected in
October next shall hold their Offices for two years. and
the Representa- tives elected a. the same time shall
hold their offices for year. Provided, that seven
the Senators elected the second Tuesday of
October 1857 to be aseertained by lot as the Presi
dent of the Senate may direct, shall hold their office
only year. and their successors shall he lected
the second Tuesday October one thousand eight
hundred and ifty-esLt, anG biennally the reaEer.-
When any county shall have a fraction above the
for Representative so large that being multiplied
by ten the result shall be equal to one or more ratios
additional Representatives shall be appointed for such
among the several sessions of the decennia peri
ratio Tho Representative shall he allotted to the
tenth session of the decennial period.
Iftheir ratios Representatives shall be al
otted TO the ninth and tenth sessions If three to the
eighth NINTH and tenth sessions; If four the
enth eighth, ninth and tenth; lfve 10 sixth. sew
enh eighth ninth and tenth; II six TO the fifth. SIXTH
fifth, sixth, seventh. eighth ninth and tenth eight,
the third fourth fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth; II nine to the second, third fourth fifth,
SIXTH seventh eight, ninth and tenth sessions of the
decenEial period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators TO which
senatorial district might be entitled in any decen-
niaI PERIOD by of any fraction OF .senEtora
ratio, the traction shall be multiplied by five and II
the result be equal to senatOrsl ratio, addi-
tonal Senator shall be allotted SAID district for the
ninth and tenth sessions If II be equal 10 such
ratios an additional Senator Or the seventh, eighth
nIh and tenth sessions shall be allotted to such dis
ict. If three then to the fifth, sixth, seventh eighth
| ninth and tenth.
flour, to the third fourth, fifth, SIXTH seventh
eighth ninth, and tenth sessions respectively Hthis
amendment be adopted by the electors, the counties
Low entitled TO more than member in either or
boii ranches of the Leg isature in the fourth and
fifth sessions of the present ecennial period now
provided. shall lave = like number OF members in
each branch thereof for each session the remaidei
| ofthc present decennia period.
n II. VAN WORRIES,
| Speaker Of tie House Of Representatives..
| THOMAS II. FORD,
| f'rsSj8suI Of The Senate