Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-05-12
PROPOSED Constitution Amend
InenlS.
AMEN DMENT No. I.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the state o
s cnmcrrin arc Hl o Smpsri elected TO eacl
proposed to the electors OF this State - vote an Nh,
second Tuesday of October next upon the a,Dpova y,I
or rejection of The following cndmcnt as ~ lp
iute for the tweniyinh Section the second Arj"Ie
Of the Constitution and for the second Section of tbc
same Article, and for the third section Inc
Article, viz: All regular sessions Of General As
se'nby shall commence on The first Monday of Janu-
AIRY, annually. Senators shall be elected bienniniy
and Representatives annually, by the electors OF their
resnective counties or districts on the second TUESDAY
of October Their term of office st II CONNIE nee on
the first day Of January next after their election md
that OF senatorssn continue two years, and that of
Represenintises one year. The Senators elected in
next sall nod ,her oihees for two years, and
hold Il or offices for one year. Provided. that sew
Iuesday of october, Is57 To be rained by lot as
llie President of the Senute may direct shall boiJ
% be- Sed G I o G hc Sa HH r%ossy h o
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-cight, and bien
tion above the rates for Representative so Inr%e
that being multiplicity ten, the result shall be equal
70 one or more r;itios, additional REPRESENTATIVE
shall be npportoneh for such os among the several
sessions o the decennnl period In the following man
licr: VI there be only one ratio then Represeutn-
re shall he allotted TO the tenth session Of the dece
If there arc two ratio Representatives shall he ol
loicd tot The ninth and tenth sessions; If three to the
eighth ninth and tenth sessions; lffour the yentl
eighth ninth. and tenth; If five to the sixth. seventh
eighth ninth, and tenth; If six, TO the fifth sew
Snth, eighth ninth, and tenth; If tiIc fourth
hltn SiXth seventh, eighth, linrt and tenth: If eirh
10 me thlrd fourth fnl, sixth, seventh. eighth ninth
sixth, seventh eighth, ninth and tenth sessions of thc
dtcenniaj period respectively. ..... ...'-
IN detcrnIinin@ the number of Senators to which |
any senatorial district might be entitled in anv de-
crnhai period 10y reasonof any fraction Of sannto-
ri ratio. the fraction shall be multiplied by a. md
1f the result be equal to senatorial ratio an ad
dinnal Senator shall be allotted to said district for
the ninth ana cntl sessions. If it be equal to two
snch ratios an additional Senator for the seventh.
eighth ninth, and tenth sessions shall bc allowed 10
such district three then 10 the fifth, sixth, seventh
cightl. ninth, and tenth ~
IT. forr, to the third fourth, fflh, sixth. seventh
eighth NINTH and tenth sessions respectively. If ihs
iu'ndinrnt be adopted by the electors the counties
nov cntiticdto moro than one member in ci.aer or
both branches -fte Legislature IN The fourt hand ffth
sessions "' the pres"ut dcccunal period now pro-
Nidtd, shall have like number al members IL each
branch thereof for each session OF the remainder OF
IL" present decemicl period.
n. II. VAN .VOnlIES.
speaker OF the Horse OF Reprcsc scntativcs.
THOMAS II. FORD.
- President of the Senate.