True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-08-12
Laws Of Ohio.
PROPOSED Contribution
AMEEpEEETS.
AMENDMENT 10 l.


RssOlved5 5y the General .Assembly Of
ne Stute of Ohio, Thrre.fifths of the
members elected to each House concurring
therein, That II be and hereby Is proposed
20 the Electors Of this State to vote on the
second Tuesday Of October next, upon the
approval or rejection Of the following amend.
msnts as q substitute for the twenty fifth
section Of the second Article of the Constitu..
tion aud for the second section of the same
article, and for the third section Of The elev.
anth article, viz All regular sessions Of the
General Assembly shall commence on the first
Monday Of January, annually. Senators shall
be elected biennially, and Representatives, an.
nuaIly, by the electors OF their respective
: counties or districts on the second Tuesday
of October. Their term of office shall com.
mence on the first day Of January next after
their election, aud that of Senators shall con-
tinue two years, and that of Representatives
one year. The senators 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. Pro.
vided, that seventeen of The senator's elected
on the second Tuesday Of October, 1857, to
be ascertained by lot, as the President of the
Senate may direct, shall hold their Office for
only one year, aud their successors shall be
elected on the second Tuesday Of October, one
Thousand eight hundred and fifty eight, and
biennlally thereafter. When any county shall
have fraction above the rates for Rep esen-
tatiye so large that being multiplied by ter,
rthe result shall be equal to one or more ratios.
'additional representatives shall be apporLion-
-ist Nor such ratios among the several sessions
,oflhe dfsenliial period IN the follow ing man
ner II there be only oae ratio then a repre-
sentative shah be allotted to the tenth session
otslaeS Sdecenpial period.
If there aIe tWOIaErus, representatives shall
be allotted 70 the ninth aud tenth sessions
If three, to the eighth, ninth and tenth ses-
sions; II four, 10 the seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth; lftve, to thesSSth, seventh ,ei ghth,
ninth and tenth Ii SIX, to the fith, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth ; tfseven, to
the fourth NTH, sixth, seventh eighth, ninth
aud tenth /; Ii eight, TO the third, fourth fifth,
aixth, seventh, eighth, Dlnth and tenth If
nine, to the second, third, fourth, fifth sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth aud tenth sessions vi
The decennIal period respectively.
IN determining the number of senators to
which any senatorial district may be- entitled
any decennial period, by reason of any
fla ctIOn o senatorial ratio, The fraction shall
be multiplied by tive. an'l II The result be
equal " one senatorial ratio, all additional
senator shall be allotted to SAID district for
the ninth aud tenth Sessions. If IT be equal
10 two such ra.los all additional senator for
the seventh, eighth, ninth aud tenth sessions,
shall be allotted 10 such district Ii three,
then to the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth.
II four, TO the third, fourth, dfth, sixth, SO.
venth eighth, ninth and tenth sessions re.
spectivey. 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 Ses-
sions Of the present decennial period as now
provided, shall have like number OF mem.
bers in each branch thereof for each session Of
the remainder Of the present decenuial period.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofths House Of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate,
Dated April 3, 1851,