The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-04-23

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMEND
w. MENTS

Resolved by the General Assembly Of the State OF
Ohio Three -fiths 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 ueXt upon tile approval
! or rejection Of the following amendment as suhst
tute for the twentyifh section OF the second article
of the constitution and for the second section OF the
.ticle, and for the third section ol The eleventh
article, viz all regular sessions of the General AS
fsembly shall commence on the first Monday OF Janu
arv annually Senators shall be elected Licniuy and
Representatives annually by the electors of their re-
spdctvc counties districts on the second Tuesday of
October. Their term of office shall commence on the
first day of January next after their election and that
of senators shall continue years. and that of rep
resenatves one year. The senators elected in Octo
Der next shall hold their Offices for two years and the
Representatives elected ut the same time shal hou
their offices for year. Provided, that seventeen
of the senators elected the second Tuesday of Oc
tober 1857 to be Gscertaned by lot, as the President
of the senate NAV direct shall hold their office for only
year. and their successors shall be elected on the
second Tuesday of October, one thousand eight hun
dred and ifty-eght and bienniay 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, add
onal representatives shall be appOrtOned for such
ratios among the several sessions of the deeennia
period in the following manner lfthere be only one
ratio then representative shall be allotted to the tenth
session of the decennial period.
If there 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 five to the SIXTH seventh eighth
ninth and ;cnth if six to the fifth, sixth, seventh
eighth ninth and tenth If seven to the fourth, fifth
sixth seventh eighth ninth and tenth ii 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-
cennia period respectively.
In determining the number of senators to which any
senatorial district might be entitled in deccnnia
period by of any fraction of senatorial ratio
the fraction shall be multiplied by five, and if the
suit be equal to senatorial ratio, an additional
Senator shall be allotted 70 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 district If
three then to the fifth SIXTH seventh, eighth ninth
and tenth.
If four to the third fourth fifth sixth seventh eghth,
NINTH and tenth sessions respectively, II this amen
mcut be adopted by the electors the counties now en-
titled to more than one member in either or both
branches of the Legislature in the fourth aud fifth ses
sions of the present decennia period rs now provid
ed shall have like number Of members in each branch
thereof for each session of the remainder of the pres
ent decennial period.
N II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS II. FORD.
President of the Senate.