The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-07-02
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND
MENTS.
AMENDMENT NO. I.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State OF
Ohio Three-ffths of the members elected to each
House concurriug therein That it be and hereby is
proposed to the electors of this state TO vote on the
second Tuesday of October next, upon the approval
or rejection of the following amendment as substi'
tute for the twenyfh section OF the second article
of the constitution and for the second section of the
same article, and for the third section of the eleventh
article viz all regular sessions of the General As
sembly shall commence on the first Monday OF Janu-
airy, annually. Senators shall be elected benially and
representatives annually by the electors of their re-
spectivo counties districts the second Tuesday OF
October Their term of Office shall commen ce on the
first day Of January next after their election I'd that
oil senators shall continue two years and that OF rep
resentatves one year The senator's elected i'm Oct,-
ber next shall hold their Offices for years. aud the
representatives elected at the same time shall hold
their offices for one year. Provided that seventeen
OF the senators elected the second Tuesday of Oc-
tober 1851 to be ascertaned by lot, the President
of the senate may direct shall hold their Office for only
one year and their shall lie elected the
second Tuesday of October, thousand eight hun
dred and ifty-eght, and bcnniay thereafter, When
any county shall have fraction above the rates for
representative large that being multiplied by ten
the result shall be equal to one or more ratios ald
tonal representatives shall be appOrtioned for such
ratios among the several sessions Of the dccrnnial
period in the following manner lfthere be only
ratio then representative shall be allotted the tenth
session of the decennia period
III there are two ratios representatives shall be aOt
ted to the ninth and tenth sessions if three to the
eighth, ninth and tenth If four to the seventh eighth
ninth and tenth if tive to the sixth, seventh eighth
ninth and zenith if six to the fifth sixth seventh,
elghtn Hntn ana ttntA u seven 10 the fourth, NTH,
SIXTH seventh eighth ninth and tenth if eight to the
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh eight ninth and
tenth if nine to the second third fourth fifth SIXTH
seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions of the de.
cennal period respectively
In determining the number of senators to which any
equatorial district might he entitled in anv dccennal
period, by reason of any fraction of senatorial ratio
6he fraction shall be multiplied by five and if the
suit be equal to Que senatorial ratio, additional
Senator shall be allotted 10 said district Tor the ninth
Aad tenth sessions II it be equal TO two such ratios
ap additional Senator for the seventh eighth ninth,
aud tenth sessions shall be allotted to such district If
ehtee then to the fifth, sixth, seventh eighth ninth
and tePth
IL f0Vr to the third fourth. fifth 81 seventh eighth
9TH, aud tenth sessions respectively If this amend
NJ. M =. "hopted by the electors, the counties
.H'It ~ oo han one member in either both
h,neses ~ the 're in the fourth aud fifth
-ions OF the present decennia erod as now provid'
ed, shall have like number OF memuers .e"o o'aneh @
thereof for each session of the remainder OF the S
eDt decennial period.
N, H. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.