The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-29

! IOu IN the mouse OF representatives tC
the ten years succeeding such apportioI
ment.
Sec. s. Every county shall be entitle
to one representative; every county col
] tanning said ratio and one-haf over sha
be entitled to two representatives; ever
county containing three times said rati
shall be entitledto three representatives
and so on, requiring after the first tw,
an entire ratio for each additional repre-
sentative
/ Sec 1 The ratio for a senator shall b
aseertained by dividing the population
| of the state by the number thirty-seven
| The districts formed shall be of eontigJl
Gus territory and bounded by county
lines. Until the next decennial appOrtion
ment, the county of Hamilton shall b.
entitled TO. four and the county of Cuya
hOga TO two senators: and the othel
districts To one senator each, and suel
additional senators for fractional ratio:
"a are provided for in this article.
See. ). When a county shall have a
fraction above the ratio so large that
multiplied by live, the result will be equal
to one or more ratios, additional repre-
SentativeS shall be apportiOned for such
ratios in the following manner: if there
be only one ratio. a representative shall
be- allotted To the fifth general assembly
of the decennial period; if two ratios. "a
representative shall be allotted to the
fourth and third general assemblies; if
three, to the third. second and first gen
eral assemblies; if four to the fourth.
third, second and first general assemblies,
respectively
See. 8. The same rules shall be applied
in appOrtiOning the fractions of senate
rial districts that are applied to the frac-
tiOns of representative districts, and any
senatorial district that may have less
than one senatorial ratio, at any decen-
NAL appOrtiOnment, shall then be at
tached to the contiguous district having
the least population.
See. Z. Any county, forming part of Al
senatorial district, having a population
equal To a full Senatorial ratio at any
decennial appOrtiOnment, shall then be
made separate senatorial district, if q
full senatorial ratio be left in the district
from which it Is taken
See. 5. Until the next deeennial ap-
pOrtiOnnent, the assignment of repre-
sentativeS and senators to the several
=
Od shall be aS provided for in this article,
and no change shall be made in the prin-
cipleS of representation herein adopted
ted, or in the senatorial districts herein
established, except as above provided.
All territory belonging to a county at the
time of an appOrtiOnment shall, as to
the right of representation and suffrage,
remain an integral part thereof during
the decennial period
See. 9. The governor, auditor, and
secretary of state, or any two of them,
shall, at least four months prior to the
day fixed for holding the general elee-
ton for senators or representatives, in
the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two, and at each decennial
period thereafter, ascertain and deter
mine the ratio of representation, accor-
ding to the decennial census and the
number Of representatives each county
or district shall be entitled to elect with
i'll the ensuing ten years; and the COVER
nor shall cause the same to be published
i'll such manner a. may be directed be
directed by law.
Sec TO- The State is hereby divided
into thirty-three senatorial districts, as
fOllOws:-
Ine county of Hamilton shall be the
first district, the counties of Butler and
Warren, the second; Preble, Darke and
Mercer, the third; Van Vert, Allen,
Putnam and Paulding, the fourth; De-
fiance, Williams, Henry and Fulton,
the fifth; Wood and Lucas, the sixth;
Hancock. Hardin and logan, the sew
enth; Auglaize, Shelby and Miami, the
eighth; Montgomery, the ninth; Cler-
mont, Brown and Adams, the tenth;
Highland, Ross and Fayette, the elev-
enth; Clinton, Green and Clarke, the
twelfth: Madison, Champaign, Union
and Delaware, tine thirteenth; Marion,
Morrow and Richland, the fourteenth;
WyaEdOt. Crawford and Seneca, the
fifteenth ;iaudusky, Ottawa and Erie,
the sixteenth; Huron. LOrain, and Ash
land, the SeventeeHth; Knox, COshOc-
ton and Licking, the eighteenth; Frank
lin. tie nineteenth; Fairfield, Pickaway
and Perry. the twentieth; Pike, SeiOtO
and Lawrence. the twenty-iirst: Gallia,
Jackson and Meigs, the twenty-secOnd;
NmtJr. Athens Hooking and Morgan,
the twrnty-third NJ Muskingum and
Guernsey, the twenty-fOurth; Tuscara-
was. Holmes, and Wayne, the twenty
fifth: Carroll and Stark. the twenty
sixth; Medina, Summit and Portage, the
twenty-seventh; CuyahOga, the twenty
eighth; Geauga, Lake, and Ashtabula,
the twenty-ninth; Trumbull and Ma
hOning, the thirtieth: COlumbiana and
Jefferson, the thirty-iirst Harrison, Bel
mont, and Noble, the thirty-secOnd:
Monroe and Washington, the thirty
third. For the first decennial period the
first district shall be entitled to four
senators. the twenty-eighth district to
two senators, and every other district to
one senator in each general assembly;
and the twenty fifth district to an adj
tiOnal senator in the fifth general assem-
bly, Of the decennial period.
Sec. IL. The appOrtionment for the
house Of representatives, until the end
of the first decennial period, shall be as
follows: The county of Hamilton shall
be entitled to ten, and the county of
Cuyahoga to five representatives in each
general assembly, and shall each be en-
titledtO an additional representative in
the fifth general assembly of the decen-
nial period The counties of Belmont,
Butler. COlumi1ana, Franklin, Lucas,
Montgomery, Muskingun, Stark, Trum-
ball, and Washington shall severally be
entitled to two representatives in each
general assembly. and the counties of
Franklin and Montgomery each 10 two
additional representatives, one in the
third and one ia the fourth general as
sembly 81 the decennial period. The
counties Of Licking and Ross shall sew
orally be entitled to one representative,
ia each general assembly, and two ad-
ditiOnal representatives., one in the third
and one in the fOIrth general assembly
Of the decenHial period The counties
Of AShtabula, Brown, Clarke, ClerInOnt,
Darke. Fairfield Lawrence, Meigs, Miami,
Richland. Seneca, Summit,
Tuscarawa~. and Wayne shall severally
De- entitled 70 one representative in each
general assembly. and one additional
representative in the fifth general assem-
bly. Of the drc-nniaI period Every other
c yunty shall BE- cnt.t'e ed to one represen-
tativr in each general a semblyOf the de-
cennial period
See. T. In voting for representa-
tive- and senators. in counties and dis
trict- entitled 70 more than two, each
electOr may east as many votes for one
candidate a. there are representatives or
senators 70 be elected. or he may distri-
butte the same. or equal parts thereof,
the candidates, a. he may see tit,
and the candidates receiving the highest
Of votes shall be- declared elected
ARTICLE XIV.
JUDICIARY APPORTIOSSIEST.
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