The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13

ten years, after the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-twO, in the manner here
matter provided;
SEC 9 The population of the state, as as
certained by the federal census, or III such
other mode as the general assembly may
direct, shall be divided by the number one
hundred and five, and the quotient shall be
the ratio of representation in the house ofrep-
resentistives for the ten years succeeding such
appOrtionment.
SEC.3 3. Every county shall be entitled to
one representative; every county containing
said ratio and one-half over shall be entitled
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-
tonal representative.
SIC. 4. The ratio for a senator shall be
aseertpined by dividing the popnlatioF no Of ne
tricts formed shall be of contiguous territory
and bounded bycOunty lines. Until the next
deeennial apportionment, the county of liam
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-
tional senators for fractional ratios as are pro-
vided for in this article,
SEC. S. When n county shall have a frac-
tion above the ratio so large that, multiplied
by FIVE, the result will be equal to one or more
ratios, additional representatives shall be ap-
portioned for such ratios in the following
manner: If there be only one ratio, repre-
sentative shall be allotted to the fifth general
assembly of the decennial period; If two ra-
fourth and third general assemblies; if four,
to the fourth, third, second and first general
assemblies, respectively.
SEC. 6. The same rules shall be applied in
apportioning the fractions of senatorial dis
triets that are applied to the fractions of rep
resentative districts, and any senatorial dis
trict which may have less than one-halt OF
senatorial ratio, at any deeennlal apportlon-
ment shall then be attached to the contiguous
district having the least population.
SEc.7. Any county, forming part OF SEN
atOrial district, having population equal to
full senatorial ratio ut a deeennial apportion,
ment, shall then be made a seperate senatorial
district, if full senatorial ratio be left in the
district from which it is taken.
SEC. s. Until the next decennial appOrtlon-
ment, the assignment of representatives and
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-
lished, except as above provided. All terri
tory belonging to 2. county at the time oil 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
four months prior to the day fixed for holding
the general election for senators, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and elghty-two,
and at each decennial period thereafter, ascer-
tain and determine the ratio of representa-
ton, 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, Darke and Mercer, the
third; Van Vert. Allen. Putnam and Paul
and Fulton, the fifth; Wood and Lucas, the
sixth; Hancock, Hardin and Logan, the
seventh; Auglaize. Shelby and Miami, the
eighth; Montgomery, the ninth; Clermont,
Brown and Adams. the tenth; Highland. Ross
and Fayette, the eleventh; Clinton, Greene
and Clarke, the twelfth; Madison, Cham
paign, Union and Delaware, the thirteenth;
Marion, Morrow and Richland, the fourteenth;
Wyandot, Crawford and Seneca, the fifteenth;
Sandusky, 0ttowa and Erie. the sixteenth;
Huron, Lorilin and Ashland, the seventeenth;
Knox. COshocton and Licking, the eighteenth;
Franklin, the nineteenth; Fairfield, Pickaway
and Perry, the twentieth; Pike, Scioto and
Lawrence, the twenty-first; Gallia, jackson
and Meigs, the twenty-second; Ninton, Attn
ems, Hooking and Morgan, the twenty third;
Muskingum and Guernsey. the twenty-fOurth;
Tuscarawas, Holmes and Wayne, the twenty
fifth; Carroll and Stark, the twenty-slxth;
Medina, Summit and Portage; the twenty
seventh; Cuyahoga, the twenty-eigth; Geau
ga, Lake and Ashtabula, the twenty-ninth;
Trumbull and Mahoning, the thirticth; Colum
biana 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 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 addl-
tiOnal senator in the fifth general assembly of
the decennial period.
SEC II. 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 represen-
.atiyes in each general assembly. and shall
each be entitled to an additional representa-
tive in the fifth general assembly of the decen-
NAL period. The counties of Belmont. But
Ter, Columbiana, Franklin, Lucas, Mont,
gomery, Muskingum, Stark, Trumbull and
Washington shall seyerally be entitled TO TWO
representatives IN each general assembly; ana
the counties of Franklin and Montgomery
each to two additional representatives, one in
the third, and one in the fourth general as
sembly of the 1ecennial period. The counties
of Licking and Ross shall severally be entitled
to one representative in each general assem-
in the third, and one in the fourth general
assembly of the decennial period. The coun-
ties of Ashtabula, Brown, Clarke, ClermOnt,
Darke. Fairfield, Lawrence, Meigs, Miami,
MahOning, Richland, Seneca, Summit, Tusca-
rawas and Wayne shall severally be entitled
to one representative in each general assem-
bly,, and one additional representative in the
fifth general assembly of the decennial period.
Every other country shall be entitled to one
representative in each general assembly of the
decennial period.
SIC. u. In voting for representatives and
senators in counties and districts entitled to
more than two, each electOr may cast as many
votes for one candidate as there are represen-
tatives or senators to be elected, or he may
distribute the same, or equal parts thereof,
among the candidates, as he may see fit, and
the candidates receiving the highest number
of votes shall be declared elected.