Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-17

have acquired a sufficient population to en-
title them to elect. separately. under the
fourth section Of the eleventh article Of the
Constitution, shall form districts in manner
following, to wit The counties of Defiance,
Paulding and Williams, one district; the
counties of Henry and Putnam. one district;
the counties of Mercer. and Van Vert, one
district; and the counties Of Ottawa and
Wood, one district; each of which districts
shall be entitled to one Representative in
every session of the decennial period; and
the district composed of the counties of
Defiance, Paulding. and Williams. to two
additional Representatives. one in the third
and one in the fourth session of the de-
cennial period.
By the Constitution. the State is divided
into ~thirty-three senatorial districts, as fol-
lows The county of Hamilton constitutes
the first senatorial district; the counties of
Butler and Warren, the second; Mont
gomery and Preble, the third; Clermont and
Brown. the fourth. Greene. Clinton, and
Fayette. the fifth; Ross and Highland.
the sixth; Adams. Pike. Scioto, and Jack
son. the seventh: Lawrence, Gallia. Meigs
aud Vinton, the eighth; Athens, Hooking
aud Fairfield. the ninth; Franklin and
Pickaway. the tenth; CLARK. Champaign
and Madison; the eleventh; Miami. Darke
and Shelby. the twelfth; Logan. Union.
Marion and Hardin, the thirteenth; Wash
ingtOn and Morgan, the fourteenth; Mus
kingum and Perry the fifteenth; Della
ware and Licking. the sixteenth; Knox
and Morrow the seventeenth; CoshoctOn,
and Tuscarawas. the eighteenth; Guernsey
and Monroe. the nineteenth: Belmont and
; Harrison. the twentieth; Carol and Stark.
the tw~enty-first; Jefferson and Columbiana,
the twenty-seeond; Trumbull and Maho.
ming. the twenty-third; Ashtabula, Lake
|, and Geauga. the twenty-fourth; Cuyahoga.
: the t~weEty-6fth; Portage and Summit. the
twenty-sixth; Medina and Lorain. the
the twenty-seventh; Wayne and Holmes.
; the twenty-eighth; Ashland and Richland.
} the twenty-ninth; Huron. Erie. Sandusky
and Ottawa. the thirtieth; Seneca, Craw-
I, ford and Wyandot, the thirty-6rst Mercer.
Auglaize, Allen. Van Vert, Paulding. de-
fance and Williams. the thirty-second;
and Hancock. Wood. Lucas, Fulton. Henry
: and Putnam, the thirty-third.
For the second decennial period. each
of said districts, except the first, eighth.
seventeenth, twenty-eigth. thirtieth, thirty
second and thirty-third, shall be entitled
to one Senator.
The eighth and thirtieth districts shall
! each be entitled to one Senator for the de
%cennial period, and one additional Senator
in the fifth session of the decennial period
The thirty-seeOnd and t~hirty-third dis
l tricts shall each be entitled to one Senator
t for the decennial period. and two additional
: Senators, one in the third and one in the
fourth session of the decennial period.
The first district shall be entitled tC
three Senator's for the decennial period,
} and one additional Senator in the fifth
!, session of the decennial period.
The seventeenth district. composed Of
the counties of Knox and Morrow. having
; less than three-fourths Of a senatorial ratio
? of population, is, as required by the Con.
/ stitution, attached to the adjoining district
having the least number of inhabitants
which is the twenty-eighth district, com.
posed Of the counties of Wayne and Holmes
l The twenty eighth district, with the seven
7 teenth district so attached as aforesaid
| shall be entitled to one Senator for the de
eennial period, and two additional Sena
tors, one in the third and one in the fourth
session Of the decennial period.
| The fourteenth district. composed of thu
4 counties of Washington and Morgan, an,
!, part Of. the county Of Noble, and the nine
' tenth district, composed Of the counties 0
Guernsey and Monroe. and part of tn
county of Noble, remain as during tn
: first decennial period. the Constitution no
: admitting of any alteration of the territorial
: limits of said senatorial districts.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have here
unto set our names, and caused the Grea
Seal of the State of Ohio to be affixed, a
: L. 81. Columbus. the second day q
: April. in the year of our Lord on
f thousand eight hundred and SIX
ty-one. and of the independents
of the United States of Americ
the eighty-6fth.
W. DENNISON,
R. w. TAYLER,