The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-07-30

ten years. after the year one thousand eight
hundred and seyenty-two, in the manner here
SEC. z. The population of the state. as as
certained by the federal census, or in such
other mode ns tI;d the general r, assembly may
hundred and five, and the Guotient shall be
the ratio of representatio III the house ofrep-
resentatiVcs for the ten years succeeding such
SEC 8. Every county shall be entitled to
one representative; every county containing
to two representatives; every county contain
ing three times said ratio shall be entitled to
three representatives; and so on, requiring
after the first two an entire ratio for each addi
tiOnai representative.
SEC. 4. The ratio for senator shall be
ascertsined by dividing the populatiSE of the
state BY the number thirty sew ~ y8he dis
triets formed shall be of contigef Hsrrltory
and bounded by county lines. Until the next
decennial apportionment, the county of Ham
ilton shall be entitled to four, and the county
of Cuyahoga to two senators; and the other
districts to one senator each, and such addi-
tionaI senators for fractional ratios as are pro-
vided for in this article.
SEC. 5. When a county shall have a frac,
ton above the ratio so large that, multiplied
by five, the result will be equal to one or mere
ratios, additional representatives, shall be ap-
portioned for. such ratios in the following
manner: If there be only one ratio, n repre-
sentative shall be allotted to the fifth general
assembly of the decennial period; If two ra-
tios a representative shall be allotted 10 the
fourth and third general assemblies; if four,
to the fourth, third. second and first general
assemblies. respectively.
SIC. 6. The same rules shall be applied in
apportioning the fractions of senatorial dis
tricts that are applied to the fractions of rep
resentatiye districts, and any senat9rl9i dis
senatorial ratio, at any decennlal apporton-
ment, shall then be attached to the contiguous
district having the least pop1lation;
atorial district, having population equal TO
full senatorial ratio at q decennial appOrtion.
ment, shall then be made n seperate senatorial
district if full senatorial ratio be left in the
district from which ii is taken.
SIC. 3; Until the next decennial apportion;;
senators to the several general assemblies of
the decennial period snail be as provided in
this article, and no change shall made in the
principles of representation herein adopted;
or in the senatorial districts herein estab-
ished, except as above provided. All terri
tory belonging to county at the time of an
apportionment shall, as to the right of repre-
sentation and suffrage, remain an integral
part thereof during the decennial period
SEC. 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 election for senators, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-twO,
and at each decennial period thereafter, ascer-
tain and determine the ratio of representa-
tion, according to the decennial census, and
the number of representatives each county or
district shall be entitled to elect within the
ensuing ten years; and the governor shall
cause the same to be published in such manner
as may be directed by law.
SEC. 10. The state is hereby divided into
thirty-three senatorial districts, as follows:
The county of Hamilton shall be the first
district; the counties of Butler and Warren.
the second; Preble, parke and Mercer, the
ding. the fourth; Defiance, Williams, Henry
and Fulton, the ffth Wood and Lucas. the
Hs6B s5By anS and Msm the the
eighth; Montgomery, the ninth; Clermont.
Brown and Adams, the tenth; Highland, Ross
and Clarke. the twelfth; Madison, Cham
paign, Union and Delaware, the thirteenth;
Marion, Morrow and Riehland, the fourteenth;
Wyandot, Crawford and Seneca, the fifteenth;
Sandusky. Ottowa and Erie, the sixteenth;
Huron, Lorain and Ashland, the seventeenth;
and dSckRn the eEhtseHh
and Perry, the twentieth; Pike, Scioto and
Lawrence, the twenty-frst; Gallia, jackson
ems, Hooking and Morgan. the twenty third;
Muskingum and Guernsey, the twenty-fourth;
Holmes and Wayne, the twenty
Medina, Summit and Portage; the twenty
seventh; Cuyahoga, the twenty -eigth; Geau- !
e.; Lake axe am and NJ MAshta6ula the twentyG1ninth;
biana and jefferson. the thirty-frst; Harrison, |
Belmont and Noble. the thirty-second; Mon
Ihc first decennial period tho 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 assem- |
bly,; and the twenty-fifth district to an .addi- |
lional senator in the fifth general assembly of /
me uecennlul PERIOD.
SEC. IL. The apportionment for the house
1f representatives, until the end of the first |
ieeenniai period, shall be as follows: The
county of Hamilton shall be entitled to ten,
md the county of Cuyahoga to five represen-
.atiyes in each general assembly, and shall |
each be entitled to an additional representa-
i've in the fifth general assembly of the decen-
lial period. The counties of Belmont, But
er, Columbinna, Franklin, Lucas Mont
,omery, Muskingum, Stark, TrumbulI and l
W Washington shall severally be entitled to two
representatives in each general assembly; and
he counties of franklin and Montgomery
zach to two additional representatives, one in
he third, and ono in the fourth general as
embly OF tho decennial period. The counties /
If Licking and Ross shall seVerally be entitled |
by, and two additional representatives, one
n the third, and one in the fourth general
of the decennial period. The coun-
les of Ashtabula, Brown, Clarke Clermont.
Darke, Fairfield, Lawrence, Meigs, Miami
Richland, Seneca, Summit, Tusca-
'awas and Wayne shall severally be entitled
% one representative in each general assem-
lly, and one additional representative in the
fifth general assembly of the decennial period
Every other country shall be entitled to one
in each general assembly of the |
locenuial period.
SEC. u. In voting for representatives and
senator's in counties and districts entitled to
more than two, each elector may cast as many
iotes for one candidate as there are represen-
ntives or senators to be elected, or he may
lmong the candidates, as he may see fit, and |
he candidates receiving the highest number |
If votes shall be declared elected.