The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-06-05
THE JOURNAL.
EContinuad from Eirat Paqe.l

ditional representative.
SEC. 4. The ratio for a Senator
shall be ascertained by dividing the
population of the State by the num-
her 81. The districts formed shall
be ofcontiguous territory and bound
ed by County lines. Until the next
decennial apportionment, the Coun-
tv of Hamilton shall oe entitled to
four, and the County Of Cuyahoga
to two Senators; and the other Dis
trict to one Senator each, and such
additional Senators for fractional
ratios as are provided for in this ar
ticle.
SEC. 5. When a county shall have
a fraction above the ratio so large !
that, multiplied by five, the result |
will be equal to one or more ratios, |
additional representatives shall be |
apportioned for such ratios in the |
following manner; If there be only |
one ratio, representative shall be |
allotted to the fifth General Assem-
bly, of the decennial period; if two
ratios, Ia representative shall be al
lotted to the fourth and third Gen
eral Assemblies; if three, to the third,
second and first General Assemblies;
if four, to the fourth, third, second
and first General Assemblies, re-
spectively.
SEC. 6. The same rules shall be
applied in apportoning the fractions
Of Senatorial Districts as are applied
to the fractions of Representative
Districts, and any Senatorial District
which may have less than one Sena-
torial ratio at any decennial appor-
tionment, shall be attached to the
contiguous District having the least
population.
SEC. Z. ANY county, forming part
Of Senatorial District, having a
population equal to full Senatorial
ratio at any decennial apportionment
shall then be made separate Sena-
torial District, if full Senatorial
ratio be left in the District from
which it is taken.
SEC. s. Until the next decennial
apportionment the assignment of
Representatives and Senators to the
several General Assemblies of the
decennial period shall be as provided
in this article, and no change shall
be made in the principles of repre-
sentation herein adopted, or in the
Senatorial Districts herein estab
lished as above provided. All terri
tory belonging to county at the
time of apportionment, shall as to
the rights Of representation and suf-
frage, rem8i,. 81 integral part there
of during the decennial period.
SEC. 9. The Governor, Auditor
and Secretary of State of any Of
them slall, at least four months
prior to the day for holding the gen
eral elections for Senators or Repre-
sentatives, in the year 1882, and at
each decennial period thereafter, as
certain and determine the ratio of
representation, according to the de-
cennial census and the number of
representatives each county or dis
trict shall be entitled to elect within
the ensuing 10 years; and the Gov
ernor shall cause the same to be pub
lished in such manner as may be di-
rected by law.
SEC 10. The State is hereby diVid-
ed into 33 Senatorial Districts, as
follows:
The 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 Pauld-
ing the fourth; Defiance, Williams
and Henry the fifth; Wood and Lu-
cas- the sixth; Hancock, Hardin and |
Logan the seventh; Auglaize, Shelby |
and Miami the eighth; Montgomery
the ninth; ClermCnt, Brown and |
Adams the tenth; Highland, Ross
and Fayette the eleventh; Clinton,
Greene and Clark the twelfth; Mad |
ison, Champagne, Union and Della
ware the thirteenth; Marion, Nor |
row and Richland the fourteenth;
WyandoE Crawford and Seneca the |
fifteenth; Sandusky, Ottawa and |
Erie the sixteenth; Huron, Lorraine
and Ashland the seventeenth; Knox,
Coshocton and Licking the eigh- |
teenth; Franklin the nineteenth; |
Fairfield, Pickaway ard Perry the |
twentieth; Pike, Scioto and Law
renee the twenty-frst; Gallia, JACK
son and Meigs the twenty second; |
VintoD, Athens, Hooking and Nor
gan tho twenty-third; Muskingum
and Guernsey the twenty fourth;
Tuscarawas, Holmes aud Wayne the
twenty-ffth; Carroll and Stark the
twenty-sixth; Medina, Summit and
Portage the twenty-seventh; Cuya-
hoga the twenty-eighth; Geauga,
Lake and Ashtabula the twenty
ninth; Trumbull and Mahoning the
thirtieth; Columbiana and Jefferson
the thirty first; Harrison, Belmont
and Noble the thirty-second; Mon
roe and Washington the thirty third.
For the first decennial period the
First District shall be entitled to four
Senator'S, the Twenty-eighth District
to two Senators, and every other dis
triot to one Senator in each General
Assembly; and the Twenty-ffth dis
trict to an additional Senator in the
Fifth General Assembly Of the de-
cennial 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 Rep
in each General Assem-
bly,, and shall each be entitled to an
additional Representative in the
fifth GenesaI Assembly of the decen-
nial period. The counties OF Bel
mont, Butler, Columbiana, Franklin,
Lucas, Montgomery, Muskingum,
Stark, Trumbull and WASHINGTON
shall seyerally be entitled to two ]
in each General As
sembly; and the counties Of Frank
i'm and Montgomery each to two ad-
1itional Representatives, one in the
third and one in the fourth General
Assembly Of the decennial period.
The counties Of Licking and Ross
shall seYerally be entitled to one
in each General AS