Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-10-01
LEGAL
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS

Resofrsd by the Genera! Assembly Of the Stets Of
Ohio Three-hfths of the members elected TO each
House cOncurring therein. That il he and hereby -
proposed the electors of this State vote the
second Tuesday of October next urOn the approvaor
rejection ofthe following amendment substitute
lwenty-i th Section of the second Article Of
the Constitution and for the second Section the
Ari Gle and for the third Section OF the eleventh
Article. viz: All regular sessions of the General As
senhly shall Commence the first Monday of Janu-
aTy annually Senators shall be elected biennially,
and Representatives annually, by the electors Of their
respective untes or DISTRICTS the second Tues
of October. Their terms If Office shall Commence on
the Tst day of January next after their election and
thai ofSenaiors sh I'll continue years ard that OF
ReI resent ives The Senators elected in
October shall hold their Offices two years and
the Representa- tives elected the same time shall
hold their offices for year. provided, that
teen of the Senator'S lscted the second Tuesday of
October, 1857 be asrertained by lot the PTesi
dent of the Senate may direct. shall hold their Office
for only year, and their shall he leeted
the second Tuesday Of October, one thousand eight
hundred and ffty-eight biennially the reaiter.-
When any county shall have fraction above the
rates for Representative so large that being multiplied
by the result shall be equal to ratios
additional R presentatives shall be appointed for such
the several the decenniai peri
od in the following manner: lf there he only one
tho Representative shall be allotted the
tenth session ofthe decennal period
Ifther two ratios Representatives shall be al
Otled the ninth and tenth sessions; f three the
eighth ninth. and tenth sessions; If four TO The
enIh eighth, ninth and tenth; Ifhve 10 SIKH. sew
eErh eighth. ninth and tenth; if six 70 the h SIXTH
seventh eighth, ninth and tenth; HSeven 10 the fourth
th. sixth seventh. eighth, ninth and tenth; eight
the third. fourth fifth, sixth. seventh eighh ninth
sud tenth: II nine TO the second, third, fourth. h
SIKH seventh eight. ninth tenth sessions of the
dec enniaI period respectively
IN determining tine number OF Senators to which
anv senatorial might re entitled in any decen
aI period, hy fraction ofa senatorial
the traction shall lie tipiied by five. and Il
the TcSull be equal senatorial ratio. addi
iJna' Senator shall be allotted district the
ninth and tenth sessions. II he equal To two such
additional SsTstOf for the seventh, eighth,
uEh and tenth sessions sta be allotted to such dis
tricI three then Iie fIh, sixth, seventh eighth,
ninth ana tenth
flour 10 the third. fourth. itb, sixth. seventh,
cigith, ninth and tenth sessions respectively Hths
amendment he adopted by the e.ect0Ts The Counties
entitled to mere lh5 oTe member in either or
hcll ranches OF the Leg siature IN the fourth and
fifth sessions Oft the present eoennial period now
prev ided. shall have u like number of members in
esoh branch thereof for each reHiaidei
OltLe present deCeHaIal IeTiOG.
n. Il. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of lie Horse Of KeDreSenhtiues.
THOMAS Fl. FORD,
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