The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-24
AMENDMENT NO. 4.

}atvs *te AMENDMENT NO. 4. gaHa.5 4
Resoiecd BY The General .asscmbiy Of the State eF
one, Three aims of tile members elected 10 each
house eohcHr,g thereia, thai it be and heyeby -
proposeU 10 tie tetroYs of tie State, Oh the second
Iuesday oHueober leN TO abprol 6K reject thefol-
lowing ameIipn et as substitute for the frst ANA
second sections Of the thirteenth article Of the Usn
stuion. Viz: Corporations of every description
shall be created. and corporate powers GraLted only
by general laws which shall defHe the powers, briyi-
leges and immnhities and prescribe the autitS ina
Liabilities ofeaeh cssOr Fptons tions
but the General Assembly may enact special laws for
the corp0ratois in peculiar cases. md may
maj spceal pro Tit0ns in regard TO corporations in
cases whtretiom the peculiar ioeatop or Interests
such special provisions are required, aud may fror,
time to time alter or repeal all such laws are au
thorized b! this section. III ssz.srar.r .g ytE
N. H. VAN WORRIES =
aI. Speaker ftAc RdaSc of kepres eatdtires}
THOMAS II. FORD,
Va ~. I. President of the SsRdtS Z
Datea h9r:lo, 1857. ..,,t f,,, st,aas
-f'.''. ,''# AMEErMENT NO. 5. 4@g'3a" ~ /
Rssattsd So Me Geesrals6sssm6ig tf tas ,Stats}4J
House coneifrfit etheseip, MAT itlHt and fcriV h
rQP9sfdf io " e;Fgl"gs q vi. stag to.yoed aha
OF rfjactou Of The fqliGHing pincadoenlnFrt sai
nldAidhal section 10 a@gl" eleven ot thu Cons!tT-
ti"h3 t,Tery county Sifch f3~ Is, nqy 4heruaaeE
be ertilei = more than onr }eia.nr 5r FcITsa,ts
i've for thGrvsdUeof Use present dccenniat ptrtod
or of al orany portion OF pny subsp9p ent 5decep-
NAL period shnti be divided into mail Senate riai
or kepresfalEeS tleere ~ ap yeai Of the present,
or any Subsequent deccnhul pGfibd whfrf districts
shall be et contiguous territory, ahd each district
shall contain as nearly ratio for Senator or kepre
sentative is is atainabe,Iwhout Violatingthe rule
herein given as to contiguy of territory ard with
out dividing any township, election precinct, or ward
II any Representative, or Senatorial district, COM
lposed oftwo or more counties shall by reason d any
excess efp0pulaton Oyefa ratio, he entitled toad-
dional Representatives. or Senators for any portion
|nfthe present or any subsequent decCnhialtperiot
the strct shall be divided into ivy districts each
fportioh OF such deechnii period. which shalip o
contiguous terftqry and each shall cortcn as near
iatato as Is attdinalcwiihout dividing counties N
Eplfbyreasoi ofbe annexation of one eSenstorialdjs
trct to another, there shall be any Of popu-
lation over Senatorial fatio which sh, be entitled
to additional Senatorial representation for any por-
ton Of any leeennal PERIOD. eucb district, as now
constituted, shall electone Senater. Aka s@t
Counties shall he divided into districts by the cou4
ty commissioners or such other boa rd of OH ers et
tive and resident in he proper county as may be p6os
videdby law. Al least four mountls prior 10 tic
general election in 1855 the counties entitled 10 moro
than one member either honsc shall be divided in
to districts for the residue of the present deeennal
period ana at least four months prior the general
election in the first yoar of each subse6i decen-
MAJ Gerlod the counties entitled 10 more than one
memb Tor oil, or any portion ofsuch deeeDDiaip per-
'hef oF SG nGS ss apGS pls
published as may be directedby the commissioners
0ra' may be prescribed by n aH. r. Z VAN w yoRRFs RMS
+ ts''a speaker 81 tas mouse ef Rsprtssnta,;sss.a
II ...sF rat. i. .,.s2st,.y4 THOMAS H.s FORD.
\ President cfthe SenGts.
J. Dated AprilSds 1857. .se aa53 hH6 c. aTEs ~
I Fl,$f~ SEcRETARv OF STATE's Ory1t 4 avg
J. tE,t ssass II CoLrMBGs. April 4, Ie51.sasl.Te
| hereby certify that tile foregoing proposed y,
stiiutiop antnlendmeDs are correctly coIied 5fro
| the original rolls on file in tlis.offce,
ttGAAn SA .7PHSaf JAMES r.. BAKEfya
j83alla Yoa I! ST ajd Secretary efiStets.
~ hereby certify tbattbe foregoing protesSd res.
stution amendments aIetcorrectly copied from the
copy furnished me blythe Secretary OF St6te. eN
J. 8sf s355 5ya9af,. sSls 5afas, H. L.. CARTER,aa
/ n County asditos.