Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-09-10
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Proposed Constitution Amendments
To Be submitted TO the voters of Ohio at the October
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AMENDMENT NO. ].

AMENDMENT NO. !.
ID EsOLvED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
II STATE OF OHIO, Threeffths Of the members elect
ed to each House concurring therein That 1t be and
hereby is proposed to the electors of this State to vote
on the second Tuesday of October next upon the APPROX
al rejection of the following amendment as su6st
tue for the twentyh 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 session of the General Assembly
shall commence on the first Monday of January, annually
Senators shall be elected biennay and Representatives
annually the electors of their respective counties or
icrict ON the second Tuesday of October Their term
of office shall commence the frsda Of January next
after their election and that the Senators shall continue
two years. that of Representatives The Sem
ators elected in October next shall hold their Offices for
two years. and the Representatives elected at the
time shall hold their Offices for Provided that
seventeen of the Senators elected the second Tuesday
of October 1857 be assertained by lot the President
of the Senate direct shall hold their Office for only
year. and their shall be elected on the
ond Tuesday of October thousand eight hundred and
ffty-eght and biennisy thereafter. When any county
shall have fraction above the rates for Representative
large that being multiplied by ten the result shall be
shall apporoned for such ratios among the several
sessions of the decenna period in the following
If there be only ratio then Representative shall be
allotted the tenth session of the decennia period
If there two ratios Representatives shall be allotted
to the ninth and teuth sessions three to the eighth
NINTH and tenth sessions If four to the seventh eighth
ninth tenth sessions five to the sixth, seventh
eighth ninth and TENTH six to the fh SIXTH seventh
eighth ninth and tenth If seven to the fourth ffth
sixth seventh eigh ninth and tenth; If eight to the
third fourth, fifth, SIXTH seventh, eighth ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third fourth fifth, SIXTH
seventh eighth ninth and tenth sessions of decennia
period respectively.
In determining the number of Senators to which any
senatorial district might be entitled in any decennia pc
ROD by of any fraction of senatorial ratio the
fraction shall be multiplied by FIVE and if the result be
equal to senatorial RATIO additional Senator shall
be allotted to said district for the ninth and tenth
sions If it be equal to two such ratios additional
Senator the seventh eighth NINTH and tenth sessions
shall be allotted to such district three then to the
ffth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth.
four to the third fourth, ffh sixth, seventh, eighth
ninth and tenth sessions respectively. If this amend
ment be adopted by the electors the counties now ent
tied to more than member in either both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth and fifth
sions of the present decenna period provided shall
have like number of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder of the present decennia
period
Nh. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS H. FORD,
: President of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.