M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-18
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND.
MENTs.
AMENDMENT no. l..

itSOltCd Oy INC GtNtTW Assembly u me
Slate Of Ohio, Three-Ghhs of the members
elected to each house concurring therein,
That it be and hereby is proposed TO tire
electors of this State to vote OH the second
Tuesday of October next, upon the APPROX
al or rejection of the following amendment
as Il substitute for the twenty-Enh Section
fthe second Article Of the Constitution
and for the second Section Of the same Ar.
ticle, and for the third Section Of the clev-
enth Article, viz: All regular sessions oil
the General Assembly shall commence on
the first Monday o~fJunuary, annually. SEN
ators shall be elected biennially, and Rep
resentatives annually, by the electors of their
respective counties or districts on the Sec
ond Tuesday Of October. Their term OF
Office shall commence on the first day OF
January next utter their election, and that
oil Senators shall continue two years, and
that ofReprescntGtives one year. The SEN
ators elected in October next shall hold
their Offices for two years, and the Repre-
sentaliycs elected at the same time shall
hold their offices for one year. Provided,
that seventeen Of the Senators elected on
the second Tuesday Of October, 1857, TO be
ascertaincd by lot, as the President Of the
Senate may direct, shall hold their Office
for only Que year, and their successors shall
be elected on the second Tuesday ofOcto-
Der, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight, and biennially thereafter. When
any county shall have u fraction above the
rates for Representative so large that being
multiplied by Ten, the result shall be equal
to one or more ratios, additional Represen-
tutives shall be Opportioned for such ratios
among the several sessions Of the deCcnnial
period in the following manner If there
be only one ratio then Il Representative
shall be allotted to the tenth session of the
decenniol period.
If there are two ratios Representatives
shall be allotted TO the ninth and tenth ses-
sions; lfthree to the eighth, ninth and tenth
sessions; If four to the seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth; IL five to the sixth, seventh.
eighth, ninth and tenth If six 70 the fifth.
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth; II
seven to the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh.
eighth, ninth andtcnth; Height to the third.
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
ard tenth If nine, to the second, third,
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth sessions Of the deccnnial period re-
spectivcly.
In determining the number OF Senators
to which any senatorial district might be en-
titlod in any decennial period, by reason Of
any fraction Of senatorial ratio, the frac-
zion shall be multiplied by five, and irthe
result be equal to one Senatorial ratio, an
additional Senator shall be allotted TO said
district for the ninth and tenth sessions. Ii
it be equal to two such ratios an additional
Senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth sessions shall be allotted to such dis
trict. If three then to The fifth, sixth, sew
enth, eighth, ninth and tenth.
If four, to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sessions re-
spectively. 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 sessions Of the present d%ecennial pc.
riod as now provided, shall have a like num-
Der of members in each branch thereof for
each session of the remainder of the present
decenniai period.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House Of Representatives..
THOMAS II. FORD,
PreSidgntof the Senate.
Dated April 81, 1857.